World’s Tallest Building

World's Tallest Building
The worlds newest tallest building is about to be completed, looks amazing, should be safer than going to space to get a better view of earth.

SPECIFICATIONS – BURJ DUBAI (DUBAI TOWER) AND DUBAI MALL, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

  • Order year: 2003
  • Construction start: 2004
  • Project type: Mall, residential and retail facilities and world’s tallest skyscraper
  • Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Estimated investment: Dh800 million (mall, residential and retail facilities); Dh3.9 billion (tower)
  • Completion: 2006 (mall); 2007 (tower)
  • Retail space: 5 million square ft
  • Shops: >1,000
  • Car parking: 16,000 spaces
  • Key Players: Sponsor EMAAR Properties PJSC
  • Lead contractors, designers, architects and engineers:
    DC Architects PTE Limited, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Bauer Spezialtiefbau, Middle East Foundations, Turner Construction Corporation, Grocon, Lerch, Bates and Associates Incorporated
  • World's Tallest Building Compare with other building
    The image is from BBC comparing the biggest buildings,

    You can’t say they don’t have a vision. Remarkably, the inspiration for the tower comes from – a flower. The Hymenocallis is a plant widely cultivated in Dubai, India and around the region. It’s harmonious structure is one of the organizing principles for the design.

    Hymenocallis

    The Foundation
    World Tallest Building View

    Korea will get the world’s second tallest building in the future.



    1 Comment »

    1. manish rai said,

      February 13, 2011 @ 2:29 pm

      Burj Dubai
      Burj Khalifa also known as Burj Dubai, is a supertall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 828 m (2,717 ft). Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009 and the building officially opened on 4 January 2010.

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