DUBAI | Burj Khalifah (Burj Dubai) | 828 M / 2,716.5 FT - Pinnacle | 162 FLOORS

[DUBAI2015]

It's nice to see all the main towers of Dubai in that picture

[want2beaqui]

Does anyone else think Dubai is looking like early vegas in the sense a baron desert with a random city going up?

[X236K]

What are the next supertalls to be surpassed?

[Fido]

Sears Tower, the Petronas twins, Taipei 101 and finally CN Tower.

[M.K.]

Petronas Towers I and II, Sears Towers Chicago, Taipei 101 e etc. I do not consider CN Tower a bldg, but ...

[vanhenrik]

292 structures are under construktion in dubai end 91 structures are Proposed in dubai akording to http://www.skyscraperpage.com its rely werd where is the money comming from that provides this huge bulding engaigment ?

[Beyond 1000]

Sears Tower, the Petronas twins, Taipei 101 and finally CN Tower.



True, finally the CN Tower. If one considers it a building or not that is their affair. BD's number one milestone would be surpassing the world's tallest freestanding structure at 1815 ft and Taipe101 is just a hurdle.

[kenratboy]

Any news on the cladding?

[Beyond 1000]

Any news on the cladding?

I think they are gonna put some on. :haha:

Actually kenratboy, I read that it will be in May when they begin. The cladding will be made in China and shipped over. If I'm wrong please correct.

[westsider]

About everyone who thinks the CN tower is a skyscraper is a canadian.

[BuildTallBoy]

As I go by roof height for prefered measurement, and also count towers as 'buildings'....... BD will for me become the true world's tallest when it surpasses the 457m mark (top of CN Sky Pod).

Only 15 metres to go :)

[Imre]

01/03/2007

Burj Dubai , some pics from Satwa

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[DUBAI2015]

I just noticed, the wings are really catching up. Must be because of the machanical floors.

[SkyWatcher]

292 structures are under construktion in dubai end 91 structures are Proposed in dubai akording to http://www.skyscraperpage.com its rely werd where is the money comming from that provides this huge bulding engaigment ?

Incredible number of buildings going up...I daresay the most in my lifetime in any one city [just turned 50].

[Beyond 1000]

About everyone who thinks the CN tower is a skyscraper is a canadian.

Proud to be a CANADIAN. :tup:

Let's see now. Skyscraper. Something built so tall that appears to be scraping the sky.

CN Tower. Something built so tall that it appears to be scraping the sky.

Nothing in that word to PROVE that it must have floors.

Yep. Sure am proud to be a CANADIAN. :D

[Imre]

02/03/2007

Burj Dubai , pics from Zabeel and Business Bay

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[SkyWatcher]

Proud to be a CANADIAN. :tup:

Let's see now. Skyscraper. Something built so tall that appears to be scraping the sky.

CN Tower. Something built so tall that it appears to be scraping the sky.

Nothing in that word to PROVE that it must have floors.

Yep. Sure am proud to be a CANADIAN. :D

While it may not have offices or residences, it does have a restaurant....I have yet to see a restaurant that isn't in a building of some sort.

[AJphx]

wow, it is really getting tall

[Dalton]

It's starting to bulk up nicely with the wings catching up to the core. The proportions and setbacks are really starting to look very good now!

[X236K]

Proud to be a CANADIAN. :tup:

Let's see now. Skyscraper. Something built so tall that appears to be scraping the sky.

CN Tower. Something built so tall that it appears to be scraping the sky.

Nothing in that word to PROVE that it must have floors.

Yep. Sure am proud to be a CANADIAN. :D

¨I think, the CN tower is defined as "Free Standing Structure". There are more buildings like CN that are not listed among those to pass...

[BuildTallBoy]

Anyone with a height update??

[Sky Tower]

Yeah, it's really tall!

[Bergenser]

is it taller than Sears now?

[Martins]

March 3rd 2007 - Level 115 - Height 441.29m - Currently the 5th tallest highrise building in the world!

*** Info from www.dubaimegaprojects.com

[bryan r1]

burjdubaiskyscraper.com says that burj dubai is only 380 meters tall, which is 62 meters shorter than dubaimegaprojects.com. Which source is correct?

[Sky Tower]

burjdubaiskyscraper.com says that burj dubai is only 380 meters tall, which is 62 meters shorter than dubaimegaprojects.com. Which source is correct?
Read both pages of that thread from this link here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=445168&page=14)
There are 2 major moderators on that thread.

'Cullwulla' who concurs with my website stats

....and 'Krazy' who challenges them, agreeing with the EMAAR official height.

It's not my place to tell you what is right, but go back a few pages here or from the SSC link above, or for more condenced info try the other thread in the Middle East & Africa section here (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=71308&page=25) and make your own decision! ;)

However, most of the forumers who live there will tell you it's definately over 400m now! :yes:

[Fury]

Hi all.
Putmeister update 07 02 08

http://i5.tinypic.com/48eih5g.jpg

http://i6.tinypic.com/4ha6vtf.jpg

Emaar 07 03 02 approx

http://i12.tinypic.com/2wphycw.jpg

:banana: :cheers:

[kenratboy]

How many floors are we at now? I could around 110 at the very top. Amazing that is only 2/3 the final floor height, and maybe half the total height!

Seems the cladding kinda stalled, oh well, they will start when they can.

[Scruffy]

http://i12.tinypic.com/2wphycw.jpg



HOT DAMN!! Now here is a picture that deserves a second mention.

[arcite]

Just got back from a weekend shopping trip to Dubai and I must say the building looks much taller in real life. awesome. :D

[russbaseball]

hot damn is rite, that photo is amazing!

[vanhenrik]

i am geting tierd of all know how pipole !
i want the truth a bout this bulding hight !
end lets live it with that !

i sas it is 441.29m akording to http://www.dubaimegaprojects.com/

end a five days a go emmar rewels that it`s just 380

wats the facts ?

i know it isent dificult to messur a bulding hight with laserc ! they just need to have a gps divice thats messur the ground level att the ground of burj dubai end then messur the distence to the ground level end to the top levele with a laser ! end then calkulate the distence ! from the botom end the top !

if this i tru that the emmar source is confirmd

here is an uppdate of the strukrure !

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3767/burjdubaielevationkf8.jpg


http://i6.tinypic.com/29yjoeu.jpg

[SteveD]

Wow vanhenrik I see you have a true passion about the height! I hope you find your answers! As for me, I just look at the photos and say to myself, "hot damn that's tall!" :tup:

[-GR2NY-]

petronas has been passed long ago in my opinion. Even the next is questionable but how until it passes 101?.... or how many more meteres?

[Bergenser]

waiting for the next height update... :)

[Chicago103]

[QUOTE=-GR2NY-;2669010]petronas has been passed long ago in my opinion. [QUOTE]

Thats not just opinion, that is fact. Today the Petronas Tower is in no way, shape or form the World's Tallest Building and hasnt been since the Taipei101 surpassed it in "official" height. The Sears Tower ironically is still clinching on to the WTB title in one category, pinnacle height, to be surpassed by Burj Dubai later this year.

[rbowk]

When Is Cladding ?

[Imre]

07/March/2007

Burj Dubai , Burj Dubai Lake Hotel , The Dubai Mall Hotel

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Burj Boulevard

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Burj Dubai from Dubai Festival City

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From Festival City Waterfont Center

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from SZR , near Mall of the Emirates , apr. 11 km

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Burj Dubai from Festival Waterfront Centre (Dubai Festival City)

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[DUBAI2015]

Thanks Imre!

[NYC2ATX]

This is getting a little tiring, not having the facade going up (i know i speak for all of us). Oh God, what if this turns into a repeat of the Ryugyong Hotel? :uhh: :no:

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/sh/?id=100375&txt=ryugyong

[SteveD]

:previous: wow..fascinating and sad...thanks for posting that link Staten Islander. A 100 floor hulking concrete shell, for 15 years and counting....unbelievable!

[Rise To The Top]

how about some one does this: Be about (be as accurate as possible) 200m away from the building. Then, measure the angle that you have to look up to see the top. Will tell us which is right - 380m or 440m.

[FrancoRey]

This is getting a little tiring, not having the facade going up (i know i speak for all of us). Oh God, what if this turns into a repeat of the Ryugyong Hotel? :uhh: :no:

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/sh/?id=100375&txt=ryugyong

Thank God this time around, it's not some stupid broke commie nation that is trying to build a WTB...:koko:

[Dac150]

Eventually that hotel will deteriorate and implode. Quite a mess to clean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lecom]

Where the glass at

[hoosier]

Imre=badass :)

[Imre]

08/March/2007

Burj Dubai from Nad Al Sheeba roundabout


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Burj Dubai and camels

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[Bergenser]

Thanks alot Imre! :tup: I see this building will be visible from far distance! :)

[SkyWatcher]

Cladding is scheduled to start this month or next. Realize it takes a lot of testing time to get rolling on the glass.

Actually I am amazed that it is going to begin so soon after the other company failed.

[vanhenrik]

i wonder wen they are going to start bulding on the hight a gain ?

[Chicago103]

there is a big difference between 380 meters and 440 meters, why is there a discrepency all of a sudden? At 440 its on the verge of surpassing the Sears Tower, at 380 it is just passing the Empire State Building. However we can assume that the current floor count of about 110 is correct, right? Im confused I guess.

[mcdonnell77]

Wow it looks really tall from that picture. At 800m this thing is going to be colossal!

[Bergenser]

The two different heights confuses me! :???:

[M.K.]

I noticed several things in this bldg is confusing us. The total floors, the height constructed and the cladding. I suppose in some while all that to be arranged in a good way. It is already in construction time of a giant, so many questions are still open to this challenge be true for us. :shrug: I expect also not being a Corean one. That would be sad. I hope also the tallest intend hotel in world to be finished someday, when the inflitrations in concrete still allow it to be cladded and used as hotel or some other official occupancy. :sly:

[DUBAI2015]

The Burj Dubai is already one of the tallest building on Earth and it's only halfway completed! (according to the 808m Height)
But if the height is really 1011m it's only 1/3 of the way done! :banana:

[Dac150]

^^^^^^^That is freakin crazy!

[vanhenrik]

Architect - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Developer - EMAAR Properties

Contractor - Samsung Constructions / BESIX / Arabtec

Construction - Steel Re-enforced Concrete / Steel Spire

Rendering - UV Solar Glass / Aluminium / Stainless Steel

Volume - 517,240 sq/m est

Floors - 216 est

Height - 1011m est

Completion due - June 2009



History



Brainchild of the Chicago based Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architect Adrian Smith, the Burj Dubai Tower started life in the guise as the 560m Melbourne Grollo Tower design proposal.

Due to an overwhelming construction cost it was scrapped, only to be reborn in May 2003, as the tower was redesigned into a 705m proposal for a large plot in the Burj area of Dubai.

According to the developers, it will be the tallest building on earth. However at the end of June 2006 a height of 2650ft (807.7m) has been made public by some of the firms involved in this project.

Since the first groundbraking around the site on September 21st 2004, there have been many un-official changes in the towers final height by those working closely to the project.

Recently it has been confirmed to have been 808m in May 2005, but again it's thought to have been redisigned from many new sources, from the steel structure upwards, again raising the final height and again under great secrecy!

- Observation decks will be located on the 142nd and 143rd floors at a height of 537m.

- Scheduled to be opened in June 2009 (revised Dec 24th 2006).

- Will have the fastest elevators in the world with a speed of 1050m/min (65 kmh / 40.4 mph).

- Soon to be the undisputed tallest structure ever built, in every catagory, by a huge margin!

- Latest official sources suggest the 5th (maybe not the last) tower re-design has been quoted to have a final build height of 1011m+


The Burj Dubai Tower, now with 115 above ground floors has the most levels of any building in the world, exceeding the 108 floored Sears Tower in Chicago!



end info fron wikopedia

The Burj Dubai (Arabic: برج دبي for "Dubai Tower") is a supertall skyscraper currently under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at 25°11′50″N, 55°16′26.60″E. The lead architect is Adrian Smith formerly of the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and now partner in the firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. Its final height is officially being kept a secret due to competition; however, figures released by a contractor on the project have suggested a height of around 808 metres (2651 feet).[2] Based on this height, the total number of habitable floors is expected to be around 162. However, on the project's official website, an interior graphic of an elevator panel shows floor numbers up to 195. A more recent article by building subcontractor Persian Gulf Extrusions states a final height "over 940 metres" or at least 3084 feet,[3] but this has not yet been confirmed by Emaar. This new figure is 24 metres higher than the final height rumoured on the official website. Another source, from dubaimegaprojects.com reported an estimated final height of 1011 metres and a floor count of 216 floors.

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i rely hope that its going ower 1 kilometer 1011 meeters !

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[BorisMolotov]

You know, the amount of tapering that it has left can't be very much, so i think that it will be the 2650 ft.

[Beyond 1000]

The moderator in skyscrapercity locked up the BD thread for stupid posting. I'm so happy he did this. Every second there is a post about nothing. No wonder there are so many parts. Let's not post jibberish on this thread people.

Yes BorisMolotov, the amount of tapering doesn't indicate that this building will be 1km tall unless they have something up their sleeve we don't know about. It will be interesting how this plays out.

[moosanova]

now we know where all the tower cranes are........

[Pandemonious]

It will not be 1011 meters tall. I already explained many reasons why it is totally unrealistic that this thing's height will somehow be changed. I'd give it a less than 5% chance of happening. Seriously, they can't even get the fucking cladding on this thing, and you think they will build taller?

We already all know that the top 200 meters or more of this building are there solely to boost its height, and you think they will add 200 meters more? Give me a break.

I wouldn't have said anything had you not named a post as "facts."

[Chitown]

Regardless of it not going to 1K, this thing will be the WTB for a good long while, IMO. Sure, there's plenty of talk of other buildings going higher, but I'm damn skeptical. 800M is freaky tall.

[Urban Sky]

that aerial is f-in surreal!

[KFMaster]

Regardless of it not going to 1K, this thing will be the WTB for a good long while, IMO. Sure, there's plenty of talk of other buildings going higher, but I'm damn skeptical. 800M is freaky tall.

Well it's all about money right ? If we can think about another example of local wealth and political will, a new WTB might be built quite quickly...
It probably won't happen in the US, Japan or Australia but any fast growing place could go for it (10 years maybe) !

[Imre]

12/March/2007

Burj Dubai

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Burj Dubai and Al Wasl Plaza:) and pics from near Al Wasl Road

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Burj Dubai tunel pics

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Burj Dubai Boulevard , palms

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[WonderlandPark]

http://i19.tinypic.com/2n9cjrd.jpg



Holy mother of god! what a photo

[phillyskyline]

I can't wait for the glass, great pics!!!!

[ZZ-II]

april will be one of the most famous months in the history of Burj Dubai :)

[vanhenrik]

Holy mother of god! what a photo

thank you !

[vanhenrik]

wat has hapend on the highest wing ? the concrete fofms hawe diseperd totuly way ?
and wats hapening on the burj dubai ?

[Scruffy]

http://i19.tinypic.com/2n9cjrd.jpg




Damn. THIS IS AWESOME. The lake seems smaller than I would have thought. you can see the outline of what will be filled in.You can see the base of the hotel and its relative distance to BD. And that mall underconstruction on the left side is fkin HUGE.

[M.K.]

I have to agree with @Pandemonius, they will try to keep the timeline, not having punishment in contracts and the cladding is already delayed due to reasons we know. So they will not play with incertain now, with the height thema, changing a lot of things. I believe in 807,7m reality than saying 1k it is just marketing facts to promove the bldg and making it more famous it is already, not constructions facts. 800m is a great challenge to reach and will keep that mark as WTB for a while.

[Chicago103]

When would you people estimate that the Burj Dubai surpasses 2,121 feet (646 meters) and thus breaks the all time world's tallest structure record held by the destroyed Warsaw Radio Tower?

[DUBAI2015]

thank you !

But you did'nt take it. :sly:

[asdf]

I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but according to Emaar (emaar.com),

Level 110 = 380.1 m
Level 111 = 384.9 m
Level 112 = 389.7 m
Level 113 = 394.5 m

So each floor in this range is 4.8 m high.

[TheMeltyMan]

I've crapped taller buildings on my lawn.

[2-TOWERS]

I Thought It Was At Level 115

[Bergenser]

Kinda confusing! :???:
It looks over 400, but I think Emar know
what they'r talking about.....

[vanhenrik]

http://i15.tinypic.com/2q88w9g.jpg


http://i16.tinypic.com/34zbm9d.jpg

[colemonkee]

The Old Town looks like it's coming along nicely. I like the color - a little darker and richer than the obligatory sand colored beige that so many buildings in Dubai end up being.

I've crapped taller buildings on my lawn.
That's gotta hurt!

[zerokarma]

Good update, this thing is really going to start looking awsome once they get some glass on it.

[John F]

http://i15.tinypic.com/2q88w9g.jpg

**warning, Stephen King reference ahead**

Roland Deschain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(series)) would have absolute fits if he saw this thing.

**end Stephen King reference**

[asdf]

I Thought It Was At Level 115
I believe Emaar only counts floors that have been completely poured.

Sites like dubaimegaprojects.com need to stop spreading misinformation. Level 115 and 441.29 meters? That's impossible.

[Beyond 1000]

I believe Emaar only counts floors that have been completely poured.

Sites like dubaimegaprojects.com need to stop spreading misinformation. Level 115 and 441.29 meters? That's impossible.

asdf

If a floor is completely poured and is around 400m or so that is logical to count that high.

I think dubaimegaprojects is looking at it from a different perspective, not entirely false. For example, Guinness book, back in 1973 proclaimed the Sears Tower as tallest building when one steel column surpassed the World Trade Center in height when it reached what would be the 104th floor.

The question is, is the very top of pouring on BD 441.29m or 41m or so above the top completed floor?

Different perspective, nobody is really wrong.

Hey asdf, haven't heard from you in a while.

[Fury]

Hi all.

Webshots:

07 01 31
http://i3.tinypic.com/4hk0o54.jpg

07 03 01
http://i11.tinypic.com/4hkpt21.jpg

07 03 02
http://i11.tinypic.com/30x8sk8.jpg

http://i9.tinypic.com/2ym81th.jpg

07 03 07
http://i5.tinypic.com/2hf45d2.jpg

07 03 09
http://i12.tinypic.com/3yepqmq.jpg

http://i10.tinypic.com/479uvjn.jpg

Also - 1 week from today the Burj Dubai episode on Megabuilders 2 - Discovery Channel will air in Canada - Woo hoo ! They will show it a few times over a few days. Enjoy :cheers:

[vanhenrik]

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/7757/worldstallestupdatedfebkq2.jpg

[Dougall5505]

shouldn't the infinity tower be filled with water :)

[AZheat]

That's an interesting diagram because when you see the buildings all lined up like that the one that really looks massive is the Russia Tower. Of course it won't be nearly as tall as the Burj Dubai but the sheer bulk of this building is going to be very impressive.

[Fury]

Hi all.

Flickr:

07 02 25
http://i16.tinypic.com/2ywcvvp.jpg

07 03 02
http://i16.tinypic.com/2zznd3c.jpg

http://i16.tinypic.com/4029biw.jpg

http://i19.tinypic.com/2z6xac0.jpg

:cheers:

[vanhenrik]

rely rely inpresive pic`s !
i love dubai ! its going gigantic !

i love espechuly this picture ! http://i16.tinypic.com/2zznd3c.jpg

[Fury]

Hi all.

Arabtec update:

http://i19.tinypic.com/2d1927l.jpg

:cheers:

[DUBAI2015]

Can barely fit in the photo.

[CarlosV]

is the bottom part of the tower finished? if so..how come thres no skin on it??

[Imre]

16/03/2007

sandstorm, desert storm , srong wind .. everything , maybe later rain and snow:)

Burj Dubai

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[skyscraper]

is the bottom part of the tower finished? if so..how come thres no skin on it??

because the curtainwall manufacturer went belly up last fall. I don't know the status of their getting a new one, but even if they had been able to get a new one relatively quickly, they would need a great deal of lead time to manufacture all that glass for a building of this enormity.

[DUBAI2015]

Looks overly massive now!

[DUBAI2015]

Forgot to post this:
From CULLWULLA on SSC
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/750/burjoptionswj6.jpg

[dubai 1]

since the Al-Burj is supposedly going to 1,200m, i believe in a couple weeks some from the Burj Dubai is going to say something about the final height

[vanhenrik]

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[Dac150]

WOW thanks for the update!!!!!!!!!