Burj Dubai
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This is my first post and I’m gonna start from the highest construction in the world. Burj Dubai is one huge skyscraper with height of 818 meters (2,684 ft) and 162 floors. The construction started on late 2004 and it is almost finished. By January 17 this year, workers reached the top. Interesting thing is that Burj Dubai has the biggest elevator installation and the fastest elevators in the world rising at speed of 60 km/h (55 ft/s).
The building was designed by SOM (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill) who are known from many other constructions (including the latest project of WTC1). Building is supposed to have similar look to the flower Hymenocallis. It contains a central core and three elements around. Burj Dubai is also famous from enormous exterior cladding which is around 142,000 quadrat meters (that is 1,528,000 sq ft).
Detail of Burj Dubai, image taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
The building is supposed to have a mixed use with Armani Hotel containing 37 floors, private apartments from 45 to 108 floor and offices. 78 floor will contain a swimming pool. The building will also contain 26 terraces.
Planned opening is set on December 2, 2009.
This amazing construction will be the highest building made by human being for many years. But there are some concept projects including even two miles high self-sufficient cities, but this is a case of future. There are still no materials that could be used tu build such monster. Burj Dubai become one of the most recognizable landmarks years before the counstruction completed.
Burj Dubai 2009, image taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
Dubai seems to be unique place for such constructions. The place that twenty years ago was mainly desert now becomes the new definition of highest and the most amazing buildings in the world. Still, the amount of highrises in Dubai is not that big, but the place is slowly taking the fame from New York’s Manhattan. Dubai constructions are more diversed and, what is the most important – higher. New WTC1 (also known as the Freedom Tower) will rise up to about 541 meters (1776 ft), which is impressing but that high. Many skyscrapers that are being built right now will be higher Tokyo Sky Tree, The Pentominium, Shanghai Tower or China 117 Tower.
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