|  | Burj al Arab
برج العرب
| Status: | | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1994 | | Finished | 1999 | | Floor Count | 60 | | Units / Rooms | 202 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - hotel | | - garden | | - parking garage | | - restaurant | | - fitness center | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | - atrium | | - cantilever | | - hole | | - landing pad | | - pole | | - truss | | - stilts | | Architectural Style | | - structural expressionism | | Materials | | - glass | | - steel | | - gold | | - carbon-fibre | | - fabric | | - concrete |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Spire | | 1053 ft | | Guinness World Records Book 2006 Edition | | | The Top of the Spire (1052 Feet High) | | | | | Landing pad | | 689 ft | | | | | | | | | | Al muntaha restaurant | | 656 ft | | | | | | | | | | Atrium | | 591 ft | | | | | | | |
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.
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