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

[starvinggryphon]

Can we please get back to posting more INCREDIBLE pics please, and drop the politics?

PLEEEEASE!!??

NEVER! :ack:

[Dallas Snob]

NEVER! :ack:

Well, at least I tried. (sigh)

[-GR2NY-]

Lecom, thats the ryunyong hotel. (sp?)

I was talking about it earlier in this thread too.

[Slugbelch]

Taken July 16, but are new:
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7264/bd7162006rf0.jpg
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/6964/bd71620061ij0.th.jpg (http://img86.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd71620061ij0.jpg) http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6314/bd71620062pa0.th.jpg (http://img163.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd71620062pa0.jpg)
- DaveinAustralia-

If you want the latest pics, go here:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=71308&page=6

[malec]

By AltinD


http://i7.tinypic.com/21e6c87.jpg

http://i7.tinypic.com/21e6byu.jpg

http://i7.tinypic.com/21e6eea.jpg

[Bergenser]

it begin to take form... I love it! :D

[Lecom]

One sexy way to post construction updates:

http://i7.tinypic.com/21e6c87.jpg

Already a very massive tower, I love it. it's also funny how they're starting the finishing work on the 2nd setback on the left without even finishing the first.

http://i7.tinypic.com/21e6byu.jpg

[Fabb]

It's a monster already.
What will it look like with another 100 floors ?

[CGP124]

It's a monster already.
What will it look like with another 100 floors ?


Probably about 166% taller based on that sign. (sorry about being a smartass :jester: )

But in all seriousness, I don't even think my senses know how to percieve something that is that tall and so much taller than anything we have ever seen.

[Slugbelch]

Looks like 57 levels. The hole in the core is 40/41?

I would have thought the 4th setback would have started, but I guess they are going to keep going up.
The first setback looks to be almost done.

July 30:
http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/1774/bd76061so0.jpghttp://img397.imageshack.us/img397/9808/bd76062eg2.jpg

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1622/bd76069ax3.jpghttp://img397.imageshack.us/img397/1619/bd76066aw9.jpg

http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/5515/bd76064xd8.jpg http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/9803/bd76068jo7.jpg

http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/2441/bd76063kn7.jpg http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/1757/bd760612yt3.jpg

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/7083/bd76065ah3.jpg http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/2852/bd76067fj5.jpg

http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/2472/bd760610tv1.jpghttp://img397.imageshack.us/img397/4403/bd760611hy3.jpg

Lake Hotel:
http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/5862/bdlakehotel2hj6.jpghttp://img397.imageshack.us/img397/993/bdlakehotel1sb8.jpg
http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/7735/bdlakehotel3pw3.jpg
-B.McMorrow-

[-GR2NY-]

Cant wait till the cladding hits

[Slugbelch]

yeah, I thought it would start at 60 or 65, but now, they may start when it gets cooler :cool:
http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/5206/bd73006jm7.jpg
July 30-lensitive-

[giallo]

Great updates, Slug.

[Slugbelch]

Kinda old but new. You can count the levels to determine age:
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/7187/bd1hk8.jpg
-dubaidon-

Supersize:
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/3756/bd1aww2.th.jpg (http://img501.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd1aww2.jpg)

A couple more night pics of the surrounding area in the M.E. section (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=71308&page=6)

[jamesinclair]

The top is looking pretty skinny already. Unless of course, the bottom is simply massive. I need new pictures showing the workers standing somewhere.

[oldpainless]

Contrary to what many of said, the Burj Dubai building itself is not a sustainable project. The only reason why it will ultimately be "sustainable" is because of the vast residential, hotel, entertainment and retail complex that is being built around it designed solely to make the numbers work. The sum-total amount of money made off of all of the individual components of this complex is what makes the tower itself economically feasible. The building is totally reliant on the much smaller buildings and features surrounding it. Without the other components though the Burj Dubai would be a literal cash blackhole. This is a fact. Check out this Forbes article.

http://www.forbes.com/realestate/2006/05/02/tallest-towers-skyscrapers_cx_sc_0503feat_ls.html

[Jasonhouse]

^And without the Burj Dubai, those smaller buildings couldn't command a price premium for being located in the development which is home to the WTB...

Just like how anchor tenants in malls (like Macy's) get free rent, and then the mall's owner charges the small stores a premium for being near the anchor stores... Or how anything is worth more when it's near something desireable... It's commercial real estate 101...

[aaron38]

Millenium Park in Chicago could be considered a financial black hole, certainly did cost enough.

But it is now a serious tourism draw, has spurned the development of several high profile condo buildings and is revitalizing an entire section of the Chicago Loop.

Same principal. Chicago's investment in Millenium Park was worth it, and the Burj Dubai investment will be worth it as well I'd imagine.

[oldpainless]

I agree... just pointing it out though. It is true that supertalls don't make much sense after a certain point. Elevators begin taking up so much ground floor space. But I'm sure it will ultimately end up being a smart financial decision once everything is working together.

I'm just wondering what will happen when this project no longer has the WTB title and loses its superior status and hype, which will eventually happen. I'm sure it will forever be a spectacular place to visit and spend your money, but as bigger and better things come down the pipe in Dubai, Burj Dubai won't have its "world's best" status to fall back on. And when that happens, I wonder if they can keep the all-important hype going. Unless they've already taken that into account and designed the project to sustain itself years after the buzz has worn out.

[Slugbelch]

Today by Imre
http://i1.tinypic.com/23kwxup.jpgLooks like setback 4 underway (SZR side). Only one left to go on that side. Also should see setback 1's yellow stuff taken down since it looks like it's done. :cheers:

[yeah!]

imagine when the constrution will be finish!:)

[PhillyJim]

I need to go back to Dubai in '07. Dubai, Here I come!!!

[Ktulured55]

I need to go back to Dubai in '07. Dubai, Here I come!!!

Hah, I think I'll wait until 2020 when most of it's projects are done. It will be a very futuristic heaven on Earth by then. That's when I'll go! ;)

[Bergenser]

^^hehe yep, I will clearly visit in 2020 too! ;)

[Slugbelch]

Official document (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2165650&postcount=1137) says a level average of 3.4884, while ssc says close to 3.9 meters (3.896). Now it's safe to say that it has already gone over another milestone:
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4374/metlife6yx6.jpg

#12: 1908 THE METROPOLITAN LIFE BUILDING NY 700.1ft (213.4m) 50floors (http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b303)

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6130/metlife5yj7.th.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metlife5yj7.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4899/metlife9ce5.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metlife9ce5.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2403/6802402705bfb6cc39ocq4.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=6802402705bfb6cc39ocq4.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/82/68024028e02bff4525oxr0.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=68024028e02bff4525oxr0.jpg) http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6031/metlifetower0rg.th.jpg (http://img301.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metlifetower0rg.jpg) http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/9439/63110829074c003adcown9.th.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?image=63110829074c003adcown9.jpg) http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/9807/3jc3.th.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3jc3.jpg) http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9513/1qy0.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1qy0.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1720/2ze5.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2ze5.jpg) http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/4590/metbackhiweb0dn.th.jpg (http://img385.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metbackhiweb0dn.jpg) http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6700/metfrontweb8ft.th.jpg (http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metfrontweb8ft.jpg) http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/3173/metlife15pc3.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metlife15pc3.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7544/109009197f434abb9f6oxu5.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=109009197f434abb9f6oxu5.jpg) http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2931/metlife7sb1.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metlife7sb1.jpg) http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6762/1lm1.th.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1lm1.jpg) http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3417/metlife8aig1.th.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metlife8aig1.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6513/metlife2azz2.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metlife2azz2.jpg) http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8283/metlife3pa5.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metlife3pa5.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9046/metlife2sq8.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metlife2sq8.jpg) http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1205/461633827ljlbobfskx3.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=461633827ljlbobfskx3.jpg) http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5561/1dw5.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1dw5.jpg) http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4623/metlifetr5.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metlifetr5.jpg)

#11.5: 2006 Burj Dubai UAE (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7787) 709ft / 216m 62 Levels
Taken Aug. 8:
http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/5763/burg08aug2uz8.th.jpg (http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=burg08aug2uz8.jpg) http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/7208/metropolitanlifeinsurancecompa.th.jpg (http://img50.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metropolitanlifeinsurancecompa.jpg) http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/8488/1908243ud.th.jpg (http://img385.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1908243ud.jpg) http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6695/metlifeaz2.th.jpg (http://img412.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metlifeaz2.jpg) http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/7450/metlifemcmahanphoto1869102980450da5.th.jpg (http://img467.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metlifemcmahanphoto1869102980450da5.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4848/ih019188wl4.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ih019188wl4.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2984/1346axlz0.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1346axlz0.jpg) http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8537/1504ixpc6.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1504ixpc6.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2822/1636vaeq0.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1636vaeq0.jpg) http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6615/metropolitanlifetowerandmadisoub9.th.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metropolitanlifetowerandmadisoub9.jpg) http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/3315/metlifepainting2gu1.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metlifepainting2gu1.jpg) http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5299/metlife12yh4.th.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metlife12yh4.jpg) http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7356/metlifetower2mzmn7.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metlifetower2mzmn7.jpg)
#12: 1908 The Metropolitan Life Building NY (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=303)
700ft / 213m / 50floors
#13: 1908 Singer Building NY (http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b1031)
612ft / 187m / 47 floors (Demolished)
#14: 1899 Park Row Building NY (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3927)
391ft / 119m / 30 floors
#15: 1895 Milwaukee City Hall Wisconsin (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=744)
353ft / 108m / 9 floors
#16: 1894 Manhattan Life Insurance Building NY (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7343)
348ft / 106m / 18 floors
#17: 1890 New York World Building (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7344)
309ft / 94m (Pinnacle 349ft / 106m) / 20 floors
#18: 1891 The Masonic Temple Chicago (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7345)
302ft / 92 meters / 22 floors
#19: 1889 Auditorium Building Chicago -Sorry no link. Not in SSP diagram database-
269ft / 82m (Pinnacle 349ft / 106m) Emporis: 73 m / 238 ft / 17 floors
#20: 1876 St Pancras Chambers London UK (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=9888)
269ft / 82m / 6-9 floors
#21: 1868-76 Equitable Life Assurance office Building NY (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=45876)
142ft / 43m / 6-8 floors (Destroyed)
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8136/metlife10ja7.jpg

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/3635/18849890164e943d525odk6.jpg

[Lecom]

It always amazes me how much shorter Met Life looks than it actually is. If I didn't know any better, I'd suspect that current BD is about twice as tall as Met Life (if I didn't see its pictures in skyline context).

[Slugbelch]

yeah, I had a hard time finding one with it in the city's skyline back when it bacame WTB in 1908.
http://img324.imageshack.us/img324/6526/metlifets7.jpg

Unlike the Singer (60 years old before demolished), we fortunately stilll have it around to take pics of it today. If the Singer could have held out for 6 more years, it would have been preserved.
:(The only WTB to be demolished:(

[vitat]

Hello! Here is how burj can look in the future. 112 floors, approximately 400 meters of height.

:)

http://vitatastr.narod.ru/futureburjdubai.jpg


Andrey Strelyaev,
Russia? Nizhnevartovsk.

[-GR2NY-]

Hello! Here is how burj can look in the future. 112 floors, approximately 400 meters of height.

:)

http://vitatastr.narod.ru/futureburjdubai.jpg


Andrey Strelyaev,
Russia? Nizhnevartovsk.

Your first post ever; didn't work bud!

[Dougall5505]

yup just a question mark for me

[Boisebro]

let's try this...

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/1boisebro/futureburjdubai1.jpg

[JACKinBeantown]

Wow, they've gotten a lot done in the past two days.

[Fabb]

Wow, they've gotten a lot done in the past two days.

Don't get too excited. That's only a simulation. You can tell by the color of the sky that is not realistic. But you have to have an eye for that kind of things, which I do.

[Slugbelch]

If you want to get the latest in the WTB construction pics (ssp/ssc/Arabtec/Doka), renders, news and anything else related with this building, there's no need to go any further than your own forum and it's all on one page for your viewing pleasure:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=71308&page=6

-or-

just go to "Burj Dubai updates?" thread and click on "last page" :tup:

[Lecom]

Don't get too excited. That's only a simulation. You can tell by the color of the sky that is not realistic. But you have to have an eye for that kind of things, which I do.
I'm pretty sure Jack was being sarcastic.

[Fabb]

So was I, but in a less obvious way maybe.

Oh well.
Windows are missing. I bet that when the construction reaches 400 m, there will be plenty of them.

[JACKinBeantown]

Ah... subtle sarcasm. We're all a bunch of geniuses, aren't we?

[zerokarma]

yeah, I had a hard time finding one with it in the city's skyline back when it bacame WTB in 1908.
http://img324.imageshack.us/img324/6526/metlifets7.jpg

Unlike the Singer (60 years old before demolished), we fortunately stilll have it around to take pics of it today. If the Singer could have held out for 6 more years, it would have been preserved.
:(The only WTB to be demolished:(

What a shame to demolish such a building, that was very unfortunate.

[Slugbelch]

8/11/06:
Pics were close to fitting together:

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4779/bd811062nf5.jpg
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/6045/1oo3.jpg

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/1500/bd81106yu0.jpg
Dubaidon

[jamesinclair]

Dubai needs more grass.

[Lecom]

Wow, amazing pano, slug. I like how the two towers have this Lord of the Rings effect, with the one in the distance being the slimmer Saruman's tower and the one in the front the stouter yet taller Sauron's.

[Slugbelch]

Here's another big one for the desktop:
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/6125/bd8112006pan2hy1.th.jpg (http://img113.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd8112006pan2hy1.jpg)

[JACKinBeantown]

It's getting hard to count the floors in a photo. How many?

[Fabb]

Here's another big one for the desktop:
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/6125/bd8112006pan2hy1.th.jpg (http://img113.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd8112006pan2hy1.jpg)

What's the other tall one on the right hand side ?

[smussuw]

^^ Bright Star tower 280 m, 59F.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=126618

It's getting hard to count the floors in a photo. How many?
^^ 64

Dubai needs more grass.
We have alot of green areas, u wouldnt expect a place U/C to have grass.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=106697&highlight=greenery+dubai

[Bergenser]

wow amazing that BD wil be twice as tall as the Bright Star tower! :D

[Fabb]

^^ Bright Star tower 280 m, 59F.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=126618

http://www.atkins-me.com/Images/BrightStart2.jpg

Thanks !
It looks like it's almost topped out.

[Slugbelch]

Aug. 12th:
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9569/2194520170014377738nfjedqphdt8.jpg

Aug. 18th:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=71308&page=6

[malec]

Taken from SSC:


http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/5330/img00242yj6.jpg


and 10 years later:

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/805/bigfatmapwf1.jpg

[kalmia]

...


http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/805/bigfatmapwf1.jpg

Where did you find this image?

What are the 2 taller buildings on the left side?

[Slugbelch]

For some reason malec only wants to give us here at SSP the worst pic of the set, so here is one of the better ones of the actual tower, not a tiny shadow in the far distance:

Aug. 19th:
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7441/img00082ht7li0.jpg

BTW, it is not from ssc, it is from Second to None (give the guy some credit).

[Patrick]

wow its getting pretty thin...

[malec]

For some reason malec only wants to give us here at SSP the worst pic of the set, so here is one of the better ones of the actual tower, not a tiny shadow in the far distance:

Aug. 19th:
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7441/img00082ht7li0.jpg

BTW, it is not from ssc, it is from Second to None (give the guy some credit).

I posted that pic in order to show it in the skyline, something which we haven't seen properly for ages. I think it's the best in the set btw. What's with you and SSC anyway? Why the hate and rivalry?


Where did you find this image?

What are the 2 taller buildings on the left side?

That's my 3d model (which I really have to start working on again, new towers to add). One of the towers is the burj al alam (world tower in english) at 484m and the other one, not much is known about it yet. All we have is a crappy render but we know it's 100 floors high and has a pretty massive spire.

[Slugbelch]

^ If this is all your going to contribute out of the nice set you had to chose from, then you posted it in the wrong thread. This is for the tower. You started a huge thread in City Compilations that you never came back to. You also had a huge thread in M.E. section for this and I reminded you about it going into archive a few months ago. You brought it back out and explained that you were pissed about Al Bawadi for the reason not to maintain it. It won't be much longer before *flush* back to the archive it goes again, due to no updating. You might as well let it die a dignified death:(

It's not even in your sketchUp thread you started.

If I remember correctly, your guys update the tower regularly, yet if you don't post theirs, none would be posted here. Your last SSP update from them was the end of July. It has grown since then, but you post a sunset shadow shot from miles away. If you posted all of them, then yes, it would be one of the best. But when you link only this one (since July), then no, it is not.

The last two questions are easy.

Check out this page:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=71308&page=6

If this isn't a sign of unity and collectiveness, I don't know what is. Everything is consolidated in one spot for the viewrs ease and enjoyment of information on the next WTB. Believe it or not, SSC included! Where's your page with links to us? After all, we do have stuff that is unique here also.

You even said it yourself about your own forum:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2180314&postcount=111

So finally, the last two questions should be pointed at you and your buddies:

What's with you and SSC anyway? Why the hate and rivalry?

I noticed this long before I registered, so don't blame it on me.
Ever since you became a ssc mod a few weeks ago malec, you have changed. It would be nice to see the old malec again. ;)

Now, it wouldn't be worth contributing unless I had something to offer. I think at this time, I'll send a nice group hug photo in front of what we come here for
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5329/bd2gp8.jpg

[malec]

If I remember correctly, your guys update the tower regularly, yet if you don't post theirs, none would be posted here. Your last SSP update from them was the end of July. It has grown since then, but you post a sunset shadow shot from miles away. If you posted all of them, then yes, it would be one of the best. But when you link only this one (since July), then no, it is not.

I wasn't thinking of that when I posted it, I said already that I wasn't trying to post an update of the tower but just to show how it looks so far in the skyline.

BTW, the reason why I haven't been posting is because I've been away for pretty much the whole of last month. Was playing with an orchestra for 3 weeks (one of which was in Finland) and then with another music group last week (came back yesterday).
I intend to finish the new compilation thread I started just before I went away. The one in the ME section is just a copy of the one I started at SSC though but I could update it if you want. What I'd really like to get back to though is the 3d model, I've been really lazy with that lately

[smussuw]

why is Slugbelch upset? :D

[Slugbelch]

^ Why does smussuw troll? :D

[malec]

Some great new pictures by Imre:

http://i8.tinypic.com/2573uht.jpg

http://i7.tinypic.com/2573uhh.jpg

http://i8.tinypic.com/2573wi0.jpg

http://i8.tinypic.com/2573wnt.jpg

http://i8.tinypic.com/2573xgx.jpg

http://i8.tinypic.com/2573x9u.jpg

http://i8.tinypic.com/2573zau.jpg

http://i8.tinypic.com/2573z86.jpg

http://i7.tinypic.com/2573zis.jpg

http://i8.tinypic.com/25740ab.jpg

http://i8.tinypic.com/25740bb.jpg

[Slugbelch]

Interesting on the next round of setbacks:
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5780/1qd6.jpg

Somebody get STR some beer, he might have some revisions to do. He does some of his best work buzzed.

I wonder if this is the beginning of the steel.

[aaron38]

Slugbelch,

What do you figure is the height right now?
I'm guessing about 250m, which means they're a third of the way done.
But they're also probably at least half way done by volume.

[JACKinBeantown]

It's really starting to take shape.

[Slugbelch]

Slugbelch,

What do you figure is the height right now?
I'm guessing about 250m, which means they're a third of the way done.
But they're also probably at least half way done by volume.Official doc from Besix said an average level was 3.4884 back when it was at 150 meters.

It is at level 66 now, so it should be at 230.2344 meters (3.4884/level) 755.36 feet.

But I think it is between that number and yours. ;)

[Bergenser]

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/7121/1df3.gif cool :D alrady a tall building! :D

[mclancer]

if you look at the last set of pictures by "malec"...
(the eighth picture)
they have skipped floor #41

[Fabb]

if you look at the last set of pictures by "malec"...
(the eighth picture)
they have skipped floor #41

That's it : the 160-floor figure is a bluff.
I knew it.

[nezzybaby]

^Not necessarily, the 40th floor marker could be right at the top of the 40th floor, and the 42nd floor marker could be at the bottom of the 42nd, theres at least a 1 floor gap between the signs, they may have just been getting a bit out of line on the markers. It does intrigue me though, of all the floors to miss out why 41??

[Stavros]

OMG this is going to be one huge building...

[Finlay (Portland Or)]

^^^It is because the 40th floor is a two-story level. On the side where that photo is taken, there is a large two floor lobby, but there is a 41st floor on the other side.

[innov8]

Damn... no conspiracy! Good eye Finlay :tup:

Thanks for all the photos... I wonder when the world media
outlets will start talking notice of this mamouth.

[represent916]

it is already preety thin. i didnt know it was going to get so thin so soon... so its about 1/3 done?

[Fabb]

Damn... no conspiracy! Good eye Finlay :tup:


Remember the elevator button that indicates floor #189 ? ... and the actual floor count (160) ?
I smell conspiracy.

[malec]

Supertalls galore, (the burj dubai and index tower aren't mine btw, they're STR's and Raptor's)

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9987/untitleddo4.jpg

[nezzybaby]

^Stunning image

Fabb, who's saying 160 floors or 189 is right?? I did the calculations a while back, and by no logic of missed numbers can you get to 189, i managed 165 175 or about 250 (removing all unlucky numbers from all societies, leaves very little). My personal belief is that there will be no floor skipping at all, and the 189th floor will be a very small staircase in the spire that isn't actually reachable by elevator. The 160 could well be the highest properly occupiable floor.... this is of course all speculation.

I stick with my prediction that this will be half a mile high, i'm not commiting myself to a number of floors at all though, there has been no documentatino to make me think that any of the figures people are throwing around are accurate. 160 floors is based on the original design of the tower, we know its undergone a redesign since this figure, and it refers to the 705m burj. 189 seem like showing off, even though it does appear on the official website. 800m seems pretty close to the truth based on reports from DOKA and other companies involved with the construction, but other than knowing that its over 154 we really dont know how many floors at all.

[nezzybaby]

out of curiosity to whom is 41 an unlucky number??

[STR]

^It doesn't have to be unlucky for a number to be skipped.

I stick with my prediction that this will be half a mile high, i'm not commiting myself to a number of floors at all though, there has been no documentatino to make me think that any of the figures people are throwing around are accurate. 160 floors is based on the original design of the tower, we know its undergone a redesign since this figure, and it refers to the 705m burj. 189 seem like showing off, even though it does appear on the official website. 800m seems pretty close to the truth based on reports from DOKA and other companies involved with the construction, but other than knowing that its over 154 we really dont know how many floors at all.

Arabtech says 162 floors at 808 meters total. 162 will be the highest real floor, which will house machinery and broadcast equipment. Anything above will not be complete floors.

[nezzybaby]

That sounds about right to me, looking at your models and the released renders, they are almost identical, and i think at the moment if its much taller than that it will just look silly.

[Finlay (Portland Or)]

it is already preety thin. i didnt know it was going to get so thin so soon... so its about 1/3 done?

Thats just the core.....The whole thing will be wrapped in steel and concrete masonry I believe?

[JManc]

when this thing is done it will definitly be up there as being one of the most elegant buildings in the world.

[Chicago Skyline]

when this thing is done it will definitly be up there as being one of the most elegant buildings in the world.

No doubt, it is another step toward Frank Loyl Wright's vision of mile-highe The Illinois!:worship:
Burj Dubai will be truely spectacular when finished!:cheers:

[smussuw]

my poor attempt to picture burj Dubai from my house

scroll to see all of it

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http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1070/burjpt6.png

[smussuw]

bigger photos

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4620/1003259im6.th.jpg (http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1003259im6.jpg)

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1536/1003262lw7.th.jpg (http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1003262lw7.jpg)

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3710/1003263si5.th.jpg (http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1003263si5.jpg)

[Slugbelch]

^ Looks good.

I see 68 levels so far, but interesting that they haven't removed the yellow panels from the first setback. I has been done for some time now.

[Fabb]

Another 25 floors and it'll be officially a super-tall building.

[Bergenser]

^ is super-tall a 300+ building ?

Nice pics BTW :D

[Slugbelch]

Brickfest 06:
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7101/226765235ceea67606doiq8.jpg http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/455/brickfest06rq5.jpg http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/6082/2267653576040c1cfdfohk4.jpg http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9214/brickfest062qo8.jpg http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/5894/226770639ddfd12c016okz1.jpg
What is that in the background?
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/54/22676803568e21f0c27ota4.jpg
curiouslee/kcaster

[colemonkee]

Those are some great skyline shots, smussuw. You've got a helluva view there. Are those the Executive Towers rising on the right of that second picture?

[Fabb]

^ is super-tall a 300+ building ?


Some say over 1000 ft, or 305 m.

[deejer8]

slug, where exactly is this brickfest '06 taking place? in IN? in IL?

[Slugbelch]

BrickFest is August 25 through the weekend. Started in 2000, BrickFest has been held just outside of Washington, DC in Arlington, Virginia at George Mason University.

[Daquan13]

Great models of the world's famous towers!

Is that one of the Twin Towers that I see in the 3rd, 4th and 5th pics?

[Bergenser]

807,7 metres, is that "final" now, or can it be even taller? burj Dubai (http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7787)

[smussuw]

Are those the Executive Towers rising on the right of that second picture?
yes

[CarlosV]

this is a beautiful model!!! :)

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/6082/2267653576040c1cfdfohk4.jpg

[nezzybaby]

807,7 metres, is that "final" now, or can it be even taller? burj Dubai (http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7787)

nothing is confirmed it could still be taller or shorter, thats just our best current guess

[Slugbelch]

Sept. 1
concrete status
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/1207/9106aob1.png

[JACKinBeantown]

I'm not an engineer so this is NOT an educated opinion, but every time I see a rendering of this buidling in its finished state I can't help thinking that it looks like it could easily snap in half. (Obviously I don't want that to happen.)

[nezzybaby]

^ever get the same feeling with CN tower? its a hell of a lot thinner!

i think this looks like a fairly solid scraper, the constant setbacks form almost a pyramid, which has to be one of the most stable shapes there are.

[LWR]

Can anyone come-up with the Lat/Long of Burj Dubai? I would like to see what the site looks like on Google Earth (although that shot will be old).

Thanks...

[Bergenser]

picture posted/created by:CULWULLA at SSC:

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3158/thebig4aug2006aw0.jpg
it's amazing how tall it alrady is! :D

[JACKinBeantown]

^ever get the same feeling with CN tower? its a hell of a lot thinner!

i think this looks like a fairly solid scraper, the constant setbacks form almost a pyramid, which has to be one of the most stable shapes there are.

I've always thought of the CN Tower as a solid shaft with elevators, so it seems pretty stable to me. But I know what you're saying.