Pictures of the Day: This is what a 7-star looks like!

Adil Najam

For all of those, me included, who wondered what a 7-star hotel looks like; this is it.

To find out what it feels like, you will have to wait an indefinite amount of time until this surreal StarTrek-like structure actually comes about in Islamabad. Will it? And if it does will it really look like this!

This would have made a great photo-quiz had written about the hotel a few days ago, had Asma not already posted the URLs to these pictures as a comment on that post, and had these pictures not been flying around in all sorts of emails from Pakistan. Despite all of the above, I thought they would still make a great post; maybe some of the koolness will rub off on the site. And I am sure the builders could do with some more free publicity.

Plus, as regular readers know, I have a thing for pictures with tullas (cops) in them (see here, here and here). And this one – even though imaginary – has that traffic cop perched right in the foreground. By the way, don’t miss the helicopter hovering above (near the helipad) either!

I am not sure we need any more discussion about whether this hotel is a good idea or not. But what about the design? Is this eye-candy or eye-sore? Will this really take us to the ‘next frontier’ (apologies for the pun)? Does this look more like ‘heaven on earth’ or ‘pie in the sky’?What do you think?

88 responses to “Pictures of the Day: This is what a 7-star looks like!”

1. Karachi Going High: 1947 ft Building on the Horizon at All Things Pakistan says:

   February 28, 2007 at 12:44 am

   […] There has been, of course, much fanfare about the Centaurus 7-star Hotel project in Islamabad, and I remain skeptical about the hyperbole accompanying these projects until I actually see them completed. I will reserve my comments on the trumpeted building itself until I see actual plans and designs for it and until it actually materializes in reality. One has heard of too many such grandiose projects that never transpired to get all excited about them just yet. […]

2. adeel says:

   February 13, 2007 at 3:12 pm

   Hi Guys

   I have read the comments about the 7 star hotel in islamabad and sorry to say everyone has commented against it. That is our badluck that whenever something constructive going on we people oppose it because opposition is the easiest thing what we can do.

   Thanks

3. Afaq says:

   December 28, 2006 at 1:23 am

   I have also heard the same, that there is a dispute and financer has run away. But I say we should wait for confirmation of this because it just may be a big rumor only.

4. DUNIA says:

   December 26, 2006 at 8:03 am

   its realy fantastic i realy liked the design :!) salam to all paksitani ppl hi

5. Amin Islamabadi says:

   December 26, 2006 at 3:03 pm

   So, over the last week I have heard from 3-4 people that the financer for this has backed out and the project is going to be scrapped. It may just be a rumor but I have now heard it a few times. Does anyone know anything about this?