Brad Pitt to design luxury Dubai hotel
He may be a well-known actor, but according to Brad Pitt, his real passion is architecture. The Hollywood star is taking his passion to Dubai where he will be designing a five star resort, complete with hotel rooms and a leisure complex which will host flashy events and awards ceremonies. According to the property company, the complex will be "socially conscious" and a world leader in environmental sustainability. Pitt says he has a strong belief in "environmentally friendly architecture," but that gives rise to the following question: how environmentally friendly can a 800 room luxury resort really be? I mean, aren't the oil tycoons, Hollywood stars and big time businessman who will be the hotel's main clientele already putting a significant cost on the environment with their private jets and numerous automobiles?
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Filed under: Arts and Culture, United Arab, Hotels and Accommodations, Ecotourism
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jun 5th 2008 @ 5:47AM
Alex Baran said...
brad pitt is sooo super-hot! he's getting even more handsome as he gets older (or I should say "mature"). i didn't know but he has been a smoker - I read here (http://www.projectweightloss.com) he quit when filming Troy... he had gorgeous abs in that movie!!
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Jun 7th 2008 @ 2:35AM
Wendell said...
While the "green elilte" claim that my car is warming up the earth, those in the "club" seem to be allowed to do anything they want. An 800 room luxury hotel that is more environmentally friendly than my lawnmower?? The laws of physics blush. I can't wait until ordinary people get sick to death of these self righteous hypocrites and ignores all of them at all levels.
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Jun 7th 2008 @ 2:38AM
chris said...
This is hilarious! Brad Pitt, the architect!!! I can just see the building falling down! Funny that he is doing this in ANOTHER COUNTRY, not the U.S.A.!!!!
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Jun 7th 2008 @ 2:48AM
Lynn said...
You've got to be kidding! Are people so dumb that we believe entertainers actually can be what they pretend to be? We believe Oprah can dictate what we read (note the way her book club selections become immediate best sellers), pick our president (note the way Obama has overcome all the scandals that should have ended his candidacy), tell us how to diet (although her own weight struggles should tell us this is preposterous). Brad Pitt might be able to successfully portray an architect in a movie, but you'd have to be crazy to actually let him create a building.
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Jun 9th 2008 @ 12:10AM
jburns said...
does brad pitt really know dubai,you can,t have a stamp from israel on your passport and you can't have an israel passport.and how long will they have oil?what is he thinking of..maybe his carrer will go down with tom cruise..i guess the rich do get richer but how do they do it?
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Jun 18th 2008 @ 11:03AM
Flipperfis said...
Why can't he just keep doing things here in the USA? There are alot of problems here that maybe if the STARS think about it they could help here more.I admire people who want to help the third world countries but ours is falling apart too. Why won't they acknowledge that?
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