Not to say that we predicted this or anything, but it definitely stands to reason that what looks like a real life version of the Death Star is being built in Dubai, which is at this point essentially its own science fiction universe. And it also stands to reason that the Death Star—actually a glass-shrouded "Technosphere"—is being designed by James Law Cybertechture, which has also come up with, among other outlandish things, the Mumbai tower where the balconies are swimming pools. Basically, all of this makes almost too much sense.
· james law cybertecture imagines spherical mixed-used building for dubai [design boom]