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

[vanhenrik]

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/1708/imresolt12jk8.jpg

rely rely inpressive !

end it is going up a round 360 m mour thats 30 m mour then DUBAI Rose Rotana Hotel 333m
so 360 m mour is expekted end thats inpressive

[mcdonnell77]

Great pics. I really cant wait for them to finish this!

[Imre]

04/May/2007

Burj lake

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/4346/imresolt092ci5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/4783/imresolt093bg6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Imre]

just for interesting:

Burj area , underground road, tunel works

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/6277/imresolt114no9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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[Chicago2016]

Burj Dubai , I counted 125 floors

Why would you count? lol

About the pictures, I like daily updates with pictures thats why I come here. It is fun watching this building grow and we can use this thread as a nice archive once it is done.

[Tom_Green]

I thought everyone here new about Brian McMorrow on PBase.

http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/root&view=recent

One of the best websites of Dubai pics and all of it is his original material. There are many aerials, so he spends the money to regularly get great shots.

He travels around the earth on a constant basis as well, so you also get to see his other great locations.

He is an Emirates Pilot and a very nice person.

He is on the left side and i am the guy on the right side.
http://i14.tinypic.com/63l2wll.jpg

[Sky Tower]

Inside of Burj Dubai
http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/2007/insideofburj/inside-burj.html (http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/2007/insideofburj/inside-burj.html)

[Tom_Green]

The pics i took during my flight.
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/2096/img5629kopiecu2.jpg

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/3353/unbenannt1il9.jpg

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8724/img5634kopiekt9.jpg

[vanhenrik]

The 15 Official height


1 - Taipei 101 - Taipei - Taiwan - 509m / 101f - 2004
2 - Petronas Tower 1 - Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia - 452m / 88f - 1998
3 - Petronas Tower 2 - Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia - 452m / 88f - 1998
4 - Burj Dubai - Dubai - UAE - 446m / 125f - 2007
5 - Sears Tower - Chicago - USA - 442m / 108f - 1974
6 - Jin Mao Tower - Shanghai - China - 421m / 88f - 1998
7 - Two International Finance Centre - Hong Kong - China - 415m / 88f - 2003
8 - Shanghai World Financial Center - Shanghai - China - 400m / 90f - 2007
9 - CITIC Plaza - Guangzhou - China - 391m / 80f - 1997
10 - Shun Hing Square - Shenzhen - China - 384m / 69f - 1996
11 - Empire State Building - New York - USA - 381m / 102f - 1931
12 - Central Plaza - Hong Kong - China - 374m / 78f - 1992
13 - Bank of China - Hong Kong - China - 367m / 72f - 1990
14 - Seg Plaza - Shenzhen - China - 356m / 70f - 2000
15 - Emirates Office Tower - Dubai - UAE - 354m / 54f - 2000


The 15 Roof height

1 - Taipei 101 - Taipei - Taiwan - 448m / 101f - 2004
2 - Burj Dubai - Dubai - UAE - 446m / 125f - 2007
3 - Sears Tower - Chicago - USA - 442m / 108f - 1974
4 - Petronas Tower 1 - Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia - 413m / 88f - 1998
5 - Petronas Tower 2 - Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia - 413m / 88f - 1998
6 - Two International Finance Centre - Hong Kong - China - 406m / 88f - 2003
7 - Shanghai World Financial Center - Shanghai - China - 400m / 90f - 2007
8 - Jin Mao Tower - Shanghai - China - 397m / 88f - 1998
9 - Empire State Building - New York - USA - 381m / 102f - 1931
10 - Tuntex Sky Tower - Kaohsiung - Taiwan - 348m / 85f - 1997
11 - Aon Center - Chicago - USA - 346m / 83f - 1973
12 - John Hancock Center - Chicago - USA - 343m / 100f - 1969
13 - Shun Hing Square - Shenzhen - China - 325m / 69f - 1996
14 - Nina Tower - Hong Kong - China - 319m / 80f - 2006
15 - Rose Tower - Dubai - UAE - 315m / 72f - 2006

[M.K.]

:whip: :previous: The above list is complety wrong. Considering many Tv/Observation Towers like Ostankino in Moskow 540m high and CN Tower in Canada 553m high and considering the spires of the WTB like Sears Towers this Burj Dubai is not even in 10th place as tallest. Of course if we forget the Tv Towers and spires, wrongly thought as they count as Structures belonging, then Burj Dubai is quite reaching the mark. See that I did not include the Masts as we have some ones 600m high. So as Structure the Burj Dubai is pretty not that tall already. :whip:

[Sky Tower]

:previous: That's why it's a list of highrise buildings....not towers or structures as they're not inhabitable. When this list is exceeded we can aim for the structures list! ;)

[Rise To The Top]

Those arials are really nice, love the 2nd one.

[M.K.]

:previous: That's why it's a list of highrise buildings....not towers or structures as they're not inhabitable. When this list is exceeded we can aim for the structures list! ;)

The Observation Towers has observation decks in tv Towers mainly with a cafe and some restaurant. So it is habitable in someway and then should be put together in list. Only the Masts are inhabitable and could be avoided right now. But the list should include all Tv/Observation Towers open to public and the spires in highrise as belong to the structure at all.

[Dalton]

Any updates on what date we will start seeing see some curtain wall on this building? Wasn't it supposed to be sometime in May? I want to see some glass!

What, if any, interior work has been completed on the lower levels without any curtain wall in place? Perhaps some rough plumbing work? It seems meeting the completion deadline of late 2008 will be a miracle.

[vanhenrik]

:whip: :previous: The above list is complety wrong. Considering many Tv/Observation Towers like Ostankino in Moskow 540m high and CN Tower in Canada 553m high and considering the spires of the WTB like Sears Towers this Burj Dubai is not even in 10th place as tallest. Of course if we forget the Tv Towers and spires, wrongly thought as they count as Structures belonging, then Burj Dubai is quite reaching the mark. See that I did not include the Masts as we have some ones 600m high. So as Structure the Burj Dubai is pretty not that tall already. :whip:

they you meen is strukturs but the list includes buldings it is a dfrent !

[M.K.]

Even only computing buildings if you put the spires as it is part of them, The Sears Towers for example is already higher.

they you meen is strukturs but the list includes buldings it is a dfrent !

[T1000]

I found two quite interesting pictures and I don't remember seeing them on this thread. If they are here, I am apologising.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/Burj%20rendering.jpg - This is an ultra HQ rendering of the building - resolution is 2550x5100 pixels and I think is of the revised version with the proper top.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/1000%20Burj%20model.jpg - this is a 1000x2100 pixel picture of a real scale model of the building, giving somewhat of a real perspective what will the Burj look like with some cladding on it. It is also with the better top.

[Fabb]

I found two quite interesting pictures and I don't remember seeing them on this thread.

Excellent !
Thanks for sharing.

[Sky Tower]

:previous: Wow, thanks! This new render shows 214 levels! 1011m?

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/Burj%20rendering.jpg

[vanhenrik]

:previous: Wow, thanks! This new render shows 214 levels! 1011m?

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/Burj%20rendering.jpg

i rely rely hope fot that vertion to be realety ! wat do you think is it going to be that ?

[Sky Tower]

:previous: Ok, take a good look at the HD render and it matches exactly with the floor height figures I posted in October last year!

Levels 123-124 are 6m high each (split level ob deck!)
Levels 125-135 are 4.0m high
Level 136 is 4.8m high
Levels 137-139 mech floors are 5.0m high
Levels 140-149 are 4.8m high
Levels 150-153 are 5.5m high
Levels 154-185 are 5.0m high
Levels 186-206 are 6.0m high
Levels 207-216 are 4.2m high
Pinnacle is 110m high!

Lets assume EMAAR's current height are right (which they're not!) The discrepancy from datum ground to L1 is 15.2m in variation!

You have 442m (current height)
+12m
+40m
+4.8m
+15.0m
+43.2m
+16.5m
+155.0m
+120m
+37.8m
+110

Add all that together and you get a height of 996.3m

Now add the 15.2m discrepancy between EMAAR's figures and my GPS one's and you get 1011.5m http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/banana.gif

[T1000]

Bloody marvelous. Let's just hope we're on the right track. This building is going to be a monument of mindblowing magnifisence.:notacrook:

[Bergenser]

Glad to see we're back on topic ;)
Tom Green: I like those air shots!

[mcdonnell77]

1011m? And where did levels 190-216 come from. I thought it was to 189?

[Sky Tower]

Check the HD render again!
The 4th mech level (silver band) ends at L111, you can clearly see the double 124th floor (skydeck) and then just count up from there!
By the way, that's the latest official render from S.O.M.

[mcdonnell77]

Well i hope this does happen because i think the taller the better ! :)

[Sky Tower]

As usual my SSP friends remain benevolent, whereas the same post at SSC is causing the usual tantrums and turmoil.
I could have put money on that! :haha:

[Beyond 1000]

:previous: Ok, take a good look at the HD render and it matches exactly with the floor height figures I posted in October last year!

Levels 123-124 are 6m high each (split level ob deck!)
Levels 125-135 are 4.0m high
Level 136 is 4.8m high
Levels 137-139 mech floors are 5.0m high
Levels 140-149 are 4.8m high
Levels 150-153 are 5.5m high
Levels 154-185 are 5.0m high
Levels 186-206 are 6.0m high
Levels 207-216 are 4.2m high
Pinnacle is 110m high!

Lets assume EMAAR's current height are right (which they're not!) The discrepancy from datum ground to L1 is 15.2m in variation!

You have 442m (current height)
+12m
+40m
+4.8m
+15.0m
+43.2m
+16.5m
+155.0m
+120m
+37.8m
+110

Add all that together and you get a height of 996.3m

Now add the 15.2m discrepancy between EMAAR's figures and my GPS one's and you get 1011.5m http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/banana.gif


Your a genious Skytower. If that is a true rendering from SOM, then this does take BD to over 1km. It would be funny however as to why SOM/Emaar would want to release a superclear photo rendering of the building as CLEARLY having over 200 floors while all the while claiming only 160 or so. Interesting to see when the concrete core reaches the 156th floor as to what happens next. Just to point out that by your source the core was to be heightened to 647m in order to achieve this 1011m height.

[vanhenrik]

:previous: Ok, take a good look at the HD render and it matches exactly with the floor height figures I posted in October last year!

Levels 123-124 are 6m high each (split level ob deck!)
Levels 125-135 are 4.0m high
Level 136 is 4.8m high
Levels 137-139 mech floors are 5.0m high
Levels 140-149 are 4.8m high
Levels 150-153 are 5.5m high
Levels 154-185 are 5.0m high
Levels 186-206 are 6.0m high
Levels 207-216 are 4.2m high
Pinnacle is 110m high!

Lets assume EMAAR's current height are right (which they're not!) The discrepancy from datum ground to L1 is 15.2m in variation!

You have 442m (current height)
+12m
+40m
+4.8m
+15.0m
+43.2m
+16.5m
+155.0m
+120m
+37.8m
+110

Add all that together and you get a height of 996.3m

Now add the 15.2m discrepancy between EMAAR's figures and my GPS one's and you get 1011.5m http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/banana.gif
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if it is like you saying it is just bult half way try to imagen it finiched ! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Raraavis]

Let me be the first to complain that 1011.5 meters is not tall enough. If you add just 6.5 meters more to the spire you get 1018 m twice as tall as the current WTB. That would be an astounding accomplishment.

[vanhenrik]

i wonder were on this pic the ob deck will be

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/3353/unbenannt1il9.jpg

[mcdonnell77]

Let me be the first to complain that 1011.5 meters is not tall enough. If you add just 6.5 meters more to the spire you get 1018 m twice as tall as the current WTB. That would be an astounding accomplishment.

Yeh i agree that will certainly make taipei 101 look very small :yes:

[Slugbelch]

I found two quite interesting pictures and I don't remember seeing them on this thread. If they are here, I am apologising.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/Burj%20rendering.jpg - This is an ultra HQ rendering of the building - resolution is 2550x5100 pixels and I think is of the revised version with the proper top.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/1000%20Burj%20model.jpg - this is a 1000x2100 pixel picture of a real scale model of the building, giving somewhat of a real perspective what will the Burj look like with some cladding on it. It is also with the better top.
yep, already posted around December:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2495875&postcount=121
on that page contains a link to all renders of the BD, old and new (need to update it with about 20 more new ones sometime)

One of the renders had to be reposted here due to people downloading it so much, it exceeded my bandwidth:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2516723&postcount=232

BTW, those who debate the height issue, remember one thing:

Sky Tower: A Besix design house member has inferred that a height of 1011m has not only been a consideration, but is being built, creating the worlds first 1km tower! From it's current constructed status, I and other designers have come up with some very plausible 1km versions of the building ourselves without losing any of its proportion, with a continuation of another round of concrete setbacks before the steel pinnacle is erected. Have heights of this magnitude ever been considered for this site?
Adrian Smith: "Yes!"

[AltinD]

I see that my pictures taken on May 5th were not reposted here, so here you go:

http://i18.tinypic.com/4t6c9e0.jpg

http://i14.tinypic.com/4p1n3b8.jpg

http://i13.tinypic.com/5yb4u1i.jpg

http://i14.tinypic.com/4zwr43o.jpg

http://i13.tinypic.com/4ttoizb.jpg


Pictures were taken from a distance of 0.7 miles (1,126 meters), verified on Google Earth by a fellow SSC forumer.

[vanhenrik]

I see that my pictures taken on May 5th were not reposted here, so here you go:

http://i18.tinypic.com/4t6c9e0.jpg

http://i14.tinypic.com/4p1n3b8.jpg

http://i13.tinypic.com/5yb4u1i.jpg

http://i14.tinypic.com/4zwr43o.jpg

http://i13.tinypic.com/4ttoizb.jpg


Pictures were taken from a distance of 0.7 miles (1,126 meters), verified on Google Earth by a fellow SSC forumer.

finaly one wo dont maid that we do that ! 10 :tup: four you !

[theWatusi]

My take on the too many pictures discussion. I love to click on the different threads and see different people's takes on the various projects. Even if they are from a somewhat simular angle, different photog, different eye, view, take, ect. Its great stuff, and I hope people continue to contribute.

What does annoy me is when people (ahem :previous: ) quote a post, leave all of the pictures intact and write a quick one line response. To me that is unnessicary and irritating --its not the download time (highspeed) it is the wading through all of the duplicates trying to get to new material.

That being said, I can not wait until the cladding starts going up. To me that when the "real" BD will start to emerge.

[arcite]

That being said, I can not wait until the cladding starts going up. To me that when the "real" BD will start to emerge.

Not long now is it? :notacrook:

[M.K.]

If reaches 1011m= 1km high, it would be the first Highscraper to reach 1km for Guiness book forever. Maybe this is the intention of UAE, beeing the first reaching 1 Km, it doesn't matter who comes second, maybe also UAE with Al Burj or other, but Burj Dubai could be the First Forever Young.

Let's wait photos for Cladding, that will be also a real mark instead of having just Concrete Structure.

[SteveD]

Yeah, I'm eagerly awaiting cladding too. All that concrete with no cladding is starting to look bizarre and creepy!

[smile1]

Great pics!
I hope cladding starts soon!

[vanhenrik]

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/8346/burjdubaiog2.jpg

[Fury]

Hi all.

Pbase - Brian Mcmorrow - 07 04 05
http://i19.tinypic.com/6crz8tv.jpg

http://i12.tinypic.com/6ajy3wh.jpg

Webshots - Merlin2101 - 07 04 29
http://i19.tinypic.com/5xq3n75.jpg

http://i13.tinypic.com/4pyyxjc.jpg

http://i17.tinypic.com/6bjm2d0.jpg

http://i17.tinypic.com/62hjqfb.jpg

Webshots - Merlin2101 - 07 04 30
http://i12.tinypic.com/4ze1d7q.jpg

http://i13.tinypic.com/53r5cpi.jpg

Blog ( ? ) - 07 05 05
http://i13.tinypic.com/6g2m1bs.jpg

Enjoy :banana:
And for all you "too many pics" haters over here :whip: :haha:
:cheers:

[Fury]

Oooops - found some more ... :notacrook: :banana: :banana:

Picasa - Christine Harris - 07 05 04
http://i11.tinypic.com/4tp51dx.jpg

http://i12.tinypic.com/6gclnoh.jpg

http://i11.tinypic.com/4lt8ly9.jpg

http://i13.tinypic.com/6af44kk.jpg

Blog ( ? ) - 07 02 22
http://i10.tinypic.com/539m1z8.jpg

:cheers:

[Tom_Green]

More pics from my trip
http://i19.tinypic.com/63l2uc5.jpg

As a part of the skyline
http://i17.tinypic.com/4key9s0.jpg

Together with the current tallest completed skyscraper in Dubai
http://i16.tinypic.com/5x8ow93.jpg

[Beyond 1000]

If reaches 1011m= 1km high, it would be the first Highscraper to reach 1km for Guiness book forever. Maybe this is the intention of UAE, beeing the first reaching 1 Km, it doesn't matter who comes second, maybe also UAE with Al Burj or other, but Burj Dubai could be the First Forever Young.



That is exactly why it would be in their interest to push for one kilometer. They will have the world press on their door. If Al Burj reaches 1.2km and BD has already hit 1k, then Big Al can get tallest building title but not the thunder of the big kilometer. If BD gets just over 800m and then Big Al comes in at 1.2km, not only does it surpass the incredible BD by 50% but with it goes the hoopla of crossing 1k.

Lotta fun, lotta fun

[Rise To The Top]

Geez people, calm down with the massive pics. esp vanhenrik. Dont quote with massive pics, delete the ones you are not talking about. That and to the several people who posted updates: We all think its nice to see updates, but dont post the same damn thing over and over again. We don't need to see every single pic of Burj that has been taken on any given day. That and please dont post timelines with 12 massive pics. And for all of you who are taking the whole massive pic thing as a joke, you guys are immature, and the people who like to see pic updates are starting to get pissed at the heavy amounts of pics coming in because of it. Not funny.

Anyway, 1km now? I would love to see that, just as long as they dont get too thin on the upper floors. I've never really thought about going to Dubai till lately, and I'm starting to like the idea. Mabey I will go after my China summer trip in '08.

[DUBAI2015]

[QUOTE=Tom_Green;2820438]As a part of the skyline
http://i17.tinypic.com/4key9s0.jpg
QUOTE]

You can see that Park Place is practically finished. (the green/ white building on the left)

[SteveD]

:previous: does anyone have a closer view of that shorter building on the right hand side of the street that appears to be red?

[AltinD]

:previous: Do you mean Nuaimi Tower: 1 (http://i10.tinypic.com/2pott9c.jpg) & 2 (http://i10.tinypic.com/33enc4x.jpg)

[SteveD]

that doesn't look like the building I'm talking about Altin. It's just right of center in the photograph, four or five buildings closer to us than the only building on the right side of the street with a tower crane. I'm trying to figure out how better to describe it without saving, cropping, marking up and reposting the photo. It's short and rectangular and red (the brightest colors in the pic) and spreads out in a whitish base towards the bottom.

[Slugbelch]

Go here for a closer view of the red Sony Ericson billboard. It's the third pic
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2820430&postcount=31

[SteveD]

Go here for a closer view of the red billboard. It's the third pic
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2820430&postcount=31


Ahhh...thanks much. It's a giant billboard. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[vanhenrik]

http://v9v9.net/uploads/4347fd5b89.jpg

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/4641/burjdubai02copyho1.jpg

[mcdonnell77]

Great comparison. I take it no.4 is the real burj dubai?

[Fury]

Hi all.

Webshots - daonebomb - 07 04 25 - says from level 124:

http://i15.tinypic.com/67hgp3t.jpg

http://i17.tinypic.com/61owbxu.jpg

Enjoy :cheers:

[Slugbelch]

Looks like 124 to me. Expensive view, whoevers room that will be, but nice to see a rare shot of it at night. Thanks.

[Dac150]

I didn't expect Dubai to be that lively at night. I cant wait to see how it looks after all these projects are done. Good finds!

[Jonovision]

Nice views!! Whats the large lit pit for?

[DUBAI2015]

I think it's for the Lighthouse Tower.

[vanhenrik]

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3357/fpt008301copygk6.jpg

[PuyoPiyo]

Look like more closer to topped out!

[nickcurzon]

Speaking of cladding, does anyone know of any curtain walling, cladding PM's and site supervisors looking for a new job.? Thanks

[vanhenrik]

May 6th 2007 - Level 130 - Height 486.15m - Now having the tallest roof height of any highrise building in the world!

Category Description Floors Height (m) Height (ft)
Absolute height Structural height from foundation to construction pinnacle 132 492.17 1,615
Current GPS datum height Engineers ground to construction pinnacle (official) 130 486.15 1,595
Podium ground height Level 1 (artificial ground) to the height of the last completed floor 128 458.65 1,505
EMAAR press release height GPS podium concourse to the height of the last useable floor 124 442.10 1,444


http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3357/fpt008301copygk6.jpg

[Sacto]

Thanks for the updates.

[Slugbelch]

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Join us for all the World's Tallest Building Events!

May 23rd
Supertall: Designing Structure of the Burj Dubai (http://www.nyas.org/events/eventDetail.asp?eventID=9276&date=5/23/2007%206:30:00%20PM)
June 13th
Extreme Building: The Challenges of Constructing Burj Dubai (http://www.nyas.org/events/eventDetail.asp?eventID=9332&date=6/13/2007%206:30:00%20PM)
July 18th
World's Tallest Building: Why Dubai? (http://www.nyas.org/events/eventDetail.asp?eventID=9333&date=7/18/2007%206:30:00%20PM)

The series is a collaboration between the Skyscraper Museum and the New York Academy of Sciences to coincide with the exhbition World's Tallest: Burj Dubai. It follows the Mixed Greens series which built on the Museum's 2006 exhibition Green Towers for New York and the related lectures "Green Teams," available in a virtual archive at www.skyscraper.org.

This event is free to NYAS and Skyscraper Museum members.
Skyscraper Museum members please register at: physicalsciences@nyas.org.

Reception to follow.
Log In here (https://www.nyas.org/_membership/login.asp?redirect_location=http://www.nyas.org/events/eventDetail.asp?eventID%3D9276%26date%3D5%2F23%2F2007%25206%3A30%3A00%2520PM) to add this event to your calendar.


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WIND ENGINEERING OF THE BURJ DUBAI TOWER (http://www.ctbuh.org/TechPapers/WC007-092.pdf) (pdf)

[Chitown]

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3357/fpt008301copygk6.jpg
A lot of people rag on this project, but man, I'm having a hard time looking at that picture and imagining any way to deny that it is jaw-dropping. Incredible. Not only is this building ridiculously tall, but it's going to look it.

I'm about to piss myself in anticipation of the glass.

[vanhenrik]

http://www.skyscraper.org/Pics/bd_walkthrough/program.jpg

http://www.skyscraper.org/Pics/bd_walkthrough/presentation2.jpg

http://www.skyscraper.org/WHAT'S_UP/CURRENT/exhibits.htm#

[Fury]

Hi all.

Flickr - Kumar1950 - 07 04 28
http://i9.tinypic.com/52z1zzr.jpg

Flickr - tvangoethem

07 05 05
http://i10.tinypic.com/4pmy7pc.jpg

07 05 06
http://i4.tinypic.com/4pker90.jpg

Arabtec April update - Looks approx 07 05 05
http://i5.tinypic.com/5x6qhb6.jpg

Blog ( ? ) - 07 05 06 - From the Burj
http://i2.tinypic.com/54jcbjb.jpg http://i4.tinypic.com/5yx8xec.jpg

http://i7.tinypic.com/6ft5vmh.jpg http://i10.tinypic.com/6hdc1s1.jpg

http://i9.tinypic.com/4qi76h5.jpg http://i2.tinypic.com/503of4m.jpg

http://i7.tinypic.com/4vqpcpj.jpg http://i4.tinypic.com/4ttbddj.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/4vn18ue.jpg http://i7.tinypic.com/5xsfnfs.jpg

http://i5.tinypic.com/4zn3eyr.jpg http://i1.tinypic.com/6g0sx2d.jpg

Enjoy :cheers:

[Fury]

Thanx Slugbelch !
Some shots from the Skyscraper Museum's Burj Dubai presentation - Wish I lived in NYC. http://www.skyscraper.org/home.htm

Elevators
http://i2.tinypic.com/53aj29z.jpg

Facade
http://i4.tinypic.com/4q5wwf8.jpg


Fantastic stuff. :cheers:

[PuyoPiyo]

Really getting clapping really soon.

[vanhenrik]

i wonder wat the cost is goning to be for a ticket to the ob deck ?

[Montu2u]

In looking at the façade pictures from the Skyscraper Museum that Fury posted, I never realized the similarity in cladding between Burj Dubai and Trump Chicago, especially the vertical spines between the panes. Those shots form the top really give you a sense of scale for this project. Truly awesome.

[Bergenser]

A skyscraper museum, sounds cool. I wish it was a skyscraper museum here in Bergen. :(

[mdiederi]

Duboy on SSC (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13101897&postcount=735) said they started installing the real facade panels this morning.

[Slugbelch]

Thanx Slugbelch !
Some shots from the Skyscraper Museum's Burj Dubai presentation:tup:

Did you notice all the pics/plans/blueprints all over the walls in the virtual tour?
Seven large mosaic panels on the gallery cases illustrate aspects of the construction process of Burj Dubai from site preparation through the completion of 100 stories in March 2007. Arranged chronologically, these 1,344 photographs, taken as regular documentation shared among the architects, engineers, and contractors, show in detail how a tall building is constructed through on-site activities, various building components, and material testing procedures.

Because the installation of the curtain wall has not yet commenced, these photographs provide an unusual glimpse of a supertall defined solely by its structure. The lower images of the seventh panel show the March 2007 curtain wall testing in China.

[Fury]

:previous: Did so. Downloaded all I could and my eyes were hurtin' last night trying to see the shots by zooming in. So I emailed the museum this AM. Asked if they would send me any and all pics or info they have. Offered to send them my 4600 pic database in return. :shrug: Doubtful but I'm hopin'

I am a nut for this structure ... :yes: Thanx again for the link Slugbelch - keep up the good work bud. :cheers:

[CarlosV]

is this taller than Sears Tower now????

[Slugbelch]

^ The media say yes on May 5:

http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20070505062806/secIndustries/pagConstruction

http://www.ameinfo.com/118994.html?rsslink

[DUBAI2015]

So now the Burj Dubai has had the first cladding twice in May 2006
http://burjdubaiskyscraper.com/2006/05/burj-dubai-2006-05-28-8.jpg


And in May 2007.
http://www.esnips.com/imageable/large/3ddc03f9-f8c0-42ed-ad3c-76e28430107a

[mdiederi]

Hopefully it's not just another test this time.

[NYC2ATX]

Hopefully it's not just another test this time.

it may be, considering they said June, and its still early to mid-May. By June we should expect to see the cladding in full swing.

[vanhenrik]

http://i8.tinypic.com/4oq2xpe.jpg

[Hollie Maea]

It's not test cladding this time. The stuff they are putting up is the real stuff. The guy who said "June" was just speculating, based on the fact that the cladding would be arriving in May.

[Imre]

Burj Dubai , with a small camera , morning I am going there again.

11/May/2007

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/2567/imresolt08xy9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/6691/imresolt03mf9.th.jpg (http://img260.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt03mf9.jpg)

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/3456/imresolt02gr4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/8602/imresolt05um9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/4746/imresolt07di1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/4746/imresolt07di1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/222/imresolt09pw0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/222/imresolt09pw0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/3885/imresolt10ia3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Sky Tower]

Glass....at last....thanks again Imre!
Can't wait to see the protective film come off.....then we can see what the finished result will be.....I'm sure much nicer than those test panels!
Really diggin the shiney stainless flutes....this building's gonna get much sexier in the next few weeks. I feel like a proud father...who's just born me a new grandchild! Yes.....I know I'm very sad but today is a day to remember in the history of this epic build. Go Dubai!

[Hollie Maea]

Let the dancing bananas commence...

[Dalton]

The panels look remarkably similar to what's being used on the Chicago Trump Tower. Hope the glass is better quality though.

Why would they start on floor 19? Is that a mechanical floor?

[M.K.]

But not seems this clad going so fast as concrete does.:whip:

[Slugbelch]

I only see those big mounts (1st pic) on row 19 only. None above or below. Only the cement anchors are below 19 and they've been there forever. Plus, considering that many on the project said that it would go in overdrive to put them on, and yet only this one side and this one spot, with no activity anywhere else.

After all that has transpired with this problem, and a years delay, sorry, but I'm still skeptical. Maybe in a couple weeks when there are a couple rows started.

[Hollie Maea]

^^ Read what Duboy posted at SSC. Yesterday was just the starting ceremony for the glass, and he said the first 2 or 3 weeks won't be at full speed.

[Slugbelch]

^ As you very well know with your battles with Sky Tower, you just can't go by what one person says in a small sentence. Over here, and like you say over and over again at ssc, sources are required. I'm not saying that he's lying, I'm saying that the cladding track record on this tower is not very good and to jump up and down because 7 panels are on is a bit premature

The old and new Dubai. Taken yesterday
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9946/493812592840cf291d4ojn9.jpg
Magicno5

[Hollie Maea]

^^ True he could be wrong, but he's always been right in the past (he's made a number of statements in the past that have ended up true). Anyway, we'll see in the next few weeks :)

Edit: He was the one who broke the news that they were going to try to start cladding last November, about a month and a half before it happened. As we know, the facade test failed, but he was right in his information regardless, and they would have started when he said if the test hadn't failed. I think he has inside connections with the cladding people (but yeah your point is well taken about not blindly believing what people post about inside connections ;) )

[Rise To The Top]

Either way, I was mostly right on the cladding. They will have a floor or two max by the next two weeks. Most of the workers are being concentrated on the unfinished wing tward the top. I'd say once that wing is finished then we will see lots of cladding going on.

[Slugbelch]

:previous: I emailed the museum this AM. Asked if they would send me any and all pics or info they have. Offered to send them my 4600 pic database in return. Doubtful but I'm hopin'You never can tell. After all, you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. You've seen here what can happen if you ask politely and professionally. If Mr. Adrian can respond to a forumer, then surely a skyscraper museum will as well.
BTW, updated Flickr's The Burj Dubai (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7374456@N04/favorites/) through March 1 2006. From there until Dec. 06, it will be slow going since there are roughly 4,500 pics to sift through per month, but once I hit Jan 07, it will go a lot faster ;)

[Fury]

Either way, I was mostly right on the cladding. They will have a floor or two max by the next two weeks. Most of the workers are being concentrated on the unfinished wing tward the top. I'd say once that wing is finished then we will see lots of cladding going on.

Now how the hell would you know - do you live in Dubai ?
You must be going by all those darn pictures that get posted.
In fact I'm surprised you even come here with all those darn pictures you have to look at :shrug:


Slugbelch you are the man, dude. I don't know where you are finding all those shots on Flickr, but your efforts are greatly appreciated ( by some of us ... ) Keep up the good work. :cheers:

[malec]

I love that last picture. Great to finally see some glass on this thing as well, Imre said he's going again tomorrow for some proper pictures.

[DUBAI2015]

Let the dancing bananas commence...

Okay,
Bananas, DANCE!!

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
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:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[falcon2xp]

Hey guys I have been checking this site since page10 but I never have post a comment! Anyways thanks for all the cool pic and the information really appreciate

[falcon2xp]

he he he Banana dance is awesome!

[Stephenapolis]

Nice to see the facade is strarting. It will really improve the looks during the rest of the construction. We all know it will make it far more pleasing to the eyes. Except maybe when there is glare off of the glass. ;)