Home > Cities > United Arab Emirates > DU > Dubai Login   Register     •  Comparison Diagram Compare this building to notable structures of the world Burj al Arab برج العرب Jumeirah Beach Road Dubai DU United Arab Emirates Status: built Construction Dates   Began 1994   Finished 1999 Floor Count 60 Elevator Count 18 Units / Rooms 202 Building Uses  - hotel  - restaurant Structural Types  - highrise  - atrium  - cantilever  - hole  - landing pad  - pole  - truss  - stilts Architectural Style  - structural expressionism Materials  - glass  - steel  - gold  - carbon-fibre  - fabric  - concrete   Heights   Value Source / Comments   Spire 321.0 m Guinness World Records Book 2006 Edition The Top of the Spire (1052 Feet High) Landing pad 210.0 m Al muntaha restaurant 200.0 m Atrium 180.0 m Description The world's tallest usable full hotel building. If you counted mixed use buildings the Jin Mao Tower in China would be the tallest which is only half hotel. In english "Burj al Arab" means The Arabian Tower Burj al Arab was one of the most expensive buildings ever built. It is one of the world's only two "7 star" hotels. Burj al Arab is shaped like a sail. • Google Search Companies W.S. Atkins & Partners  -  architect KCA International  -  interior designer   Led by Ms Kuan Chew Tom Wills-Wright  -  concept architect        Drawing by Jaic © SkyscraperPage.com • View all drawings (3)   • View Jaic's diagram   • View Dubai diagram • View Dubai diagram • View United Arab Emirates diagram Terms & Conditions:  All content displayed on and contained within this page is subject to Skyscraper Source Media Inc.'s Terms and Conditions.  No content displayed on this page may be reproduced, in whole or in part, without prior written permission by Skyscraper Source Media Inc.  All content © Copyright Skyscraper Source Media Inc.

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