Star Trek's Enterprise could be zooming its way to Dubai to save the troubled emirate from property implosion.

At least that is what a development vaguely resembling a Trekkie communicator badge planned for the troubled emirate suggests.

The Atrium is a 278m tower designed by American firm Pickard Chiltern that rises from a shared podium as two separate towers and halfway up moulds into a single arching tower.

Australian developer QMM will build the skyscraper with the Sunland Group on Dubai's coast and plans to have its 1,000 luxury apartments open by 2013.

Obviously the news that Dubai is on the brink of a bust travels slow down under.