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

[Slugbelch]

Playin in the paint today
Updated 3-8-06::

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[zerokarma]

Great to see it rising, this sure is going to be one bad ass building

[SJPhillyBoy]

This building is beautiful and will be enormous.

[-GR2NY-]

Dis building iz pwnz Ju.

;)

[Dracmus]

wow...it is really coming along. it is going to be interesting when it is finished.

[landscraper]

As an American I think it is funny the fact that all of this money is coming from oil and in twenty to thirty years the world will no longer be dependent upon oil for energy and then what? All of these buildings will fall over from lack of maintenance. Peace.:banana:

[R@ptor]

As an American I think it is funny the fact that all of this money is coming from oil and in twenty to thirty years the world will no longer be dependent upon oil for energy and then what? All of these buildings will fall over from lack of maintenance. Peace.:banana:

Not one of these morons again! Your first post in this forum and you have nothing better to do than create trouble. :no:

[landscraper]

oh hey man i am sorry i didnt mean to turn it into a political issue. I am a moron and it is a great design. yay everyone's happy:whip:

[Stu]

Anyone catch some of that footage on CNN when Wolf Blitzer was given a flying tour of Dubai? They flew by BD and mentoned it's going to be the tallest building in the world.

They also flew over a few other landmarks like Burj al Arab, the mall with the artificial ski hill and the palm islands.

[TheMeltyMan]

Hah, I first heard about this on VH1 from on some horrible fast cutting show about how much better celebrities' lives are compared to ours.

I'm just glad crappy 101 in taiwan will no longer be the tallest.

[Slugbelch]

^ T101 is in a very unique place. No other building is even close to it's height in the city. It would fit in better with other tall buildings like Tokyo or HK.

[malec]

The burj is growing:

http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/2006/02/2006Dubai021.jpg

[landscraper]

what does burj mean?

[malec]

^^ Tower

[landscraper]

is this Dr. Tom Maleck the traffic engineer from Michigan State University? if so, hi, if not thanks for the translation

[malec]

^^ Nope :D


Here's a little diagram I made BTW showing the tallest towers near burj dubai. As you may know, Dubai doesn't have one central skyline but a few clusters, the main ones being the marina area and the other the SZR area. Burj Dubai is in the SZR area along with DIFC and Business bay and aswell another project to the left of emirates towers (there might be more announced in the future but we don't know yet). This diagram shows ONLY towers in this area so that's why others such as infinity tower, ocean heights, etc are left out. I've decided to add the "future business bay centrepiece" since this is a tower that's sure to be built. In all new renders of business bay a very tall tower is shown in a certain location and this will be built by Dubai Properties, the master developer. No design or height has been released but I'm going to take a guess at about 500m. If you want to see it's location you can see it in the burj al alam video here (http://www.burjalalam.com/home.htm) and is shown at around this height. Also it makes the diagram look better :D

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/1773/untitled16vm.jpg

[Raraavis]

I can't believe how massive it looks already. It is hard to imagine how big this tower is going to be.

[DamienK]

What is that Al Yacoub tower - a Big Ben lookalike?

[malec]

It's supposed to resemble big ben yes :(
One of the worst towers in Dubai because it'll wreck the skyline. All we have is a shitty render the looks dull. Maybe if it was a super-glassy version then maybe it would look good. There was some controversy over that tower a few months ago because the authorities said it resembled it too much so they might have redesigned it by now (hopefully)

[malec]

The latest pics:


http://i2.tinypic.com/rclr15.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/rclrav.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/rclrhk.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/rclrms.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/rclrpz.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/rclrwm.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/rcls2f.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/rcltf9.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/rclthg.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/rclurk.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/rcltmr.jpg

[JBinCalgary]

lookin good!

[CtrlAltDel]

The monster is rising....

[ArchMadness]

Jeez this thing is massive. Looks like you'd be able to see it from all points in the city. Crazy.

[malec]

Larger versions of some of the pics above:


http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8418/1012304003su.th.jpg (http://img100.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1012304003su.jpg)

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/861/10123068xa.th.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10123068xa.jpg)

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/696/10123080zr.th.jpg (http://img67.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10123080zr.jpg)

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1395/10123096gz.th.jpg (http://img59.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10123096gz.jpg)

[Slugbelch]

Playin' in the paint today.
UPDATED 3-14-06:

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Current Records Broken:

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CURRENT MILESTONE RECORD BROKEN:

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1899 Park Row Building NY
391ft 119m 30 floors

It rises 386 feet to its cornice and 391 feet to the lanterns placed atop the structure; counting the four stories in the lanterns, this was the first building in the world ever to reach 30 floors, and is the tallest skyscraper in the world from the 19th Century. It was also home to the Associated Press. The foundation of the Park Row Building was made of 3,900 Georgia spruce piles driven into wet sand and topped by granite blocks.

It was under construction for over 3 years and ten years before the construction of this building, there were only six towers in New York over 10 stories.

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b3927
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3927

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/1729/kveus0482b9fa.jpg

[sciguy0504]

Looking good. A little bit done, a lot more to go.

[BrownsvilleTx]

Yeah! Too bad that only a handful of people in the world will get to see it. After the port deal went sour, I don't think they want to see Americans anymore. Oh well, I can always go as a Mexican National since I have dual citizenship:righton:

[choyak1]

I don't know about that since an American company was the architect. Isn't it SOM???

[malec]

^^ SOM is right. Adrian Smith to be precise.

Slugbelch that's a great diagram you've made there. It's pretty accurate too.


As you guys probably know, it's unfortunate that a lot of towers being built around the burj dubai look average. Many of them look similar and look like they're worshiping the tall one (someone said this before can't remember). According to recent news though there will be a fair few decent (or maybe excellent) towers built in the burj dubai complex. We know already of the lake hotel:

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/9854/lakehotel7ox.jpg


Also a recent set of 2 towers:

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/1983/emaar17tt.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5570/emaar25ov.jpg

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/9724/image000359fl.jpg

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/2674/image00036edited9lz.jpg


Apparently there will be towers designed by bigshot architects such as Cesar Pelli, Jean Nouvel, Frank Ghery and more by SOM. I doubt these guys will let their towers "worship" the big one :D

[colemonkee]

Those two towers look like fatter cousins of Symphony Tower in Atlanta.

[Slugbelch]

A clear day today in Dubai:

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/7104/getoneshot3170ik.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4784/getoneshot31723nd.jpg

[Slugbelch]

Another "Worlds Tallest" milestone passed:

#12: 1899 Park Row Building NY
391ft 119m 30 floors
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/1729/kveus0482b9fa.jpg
It rises 386 feet to its cornice and 391 feet to the lanterns placed atop the structure; counting the four stories in the lanterns, this was the first building in the world ever to reach 30 floors, and is the tallest skyscraper in the world from the 19th Century. It was also home to the Associated Press. The foundation of the Park Row Building was made of 3,900 Georgia spruce piles driven into wet sand and topped by granite blocks.
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/64/scc012a031fv.jpg
It was under construction for over 3 years and ten years before the construction of this building, there were only six towers in New York over 10 stories.
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/5186/0126jb.jpg http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/9195/st20paul20and20park20row20buil.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b3927
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3927

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Previous milestones broken:

#13: 1895 Milwaukee City Hall Wisconsin
353ft 108m 9 floors
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It is one of the oldest standing skyscrapers.

The upper part of the tower was rebuilt after a damaging fire in October 1929. A $70 million renovation began in early 2006 and is expected to continue through 2008.

#14: 1894 Manhattan Life Insurance Building NY
348ft 106m 18 floors
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It was the world's first building to pass the 100m mark. By the 1960s, the building was no longer particularly tall or fashionable, and was demolished to make way for the 1965 addition to the Irving Trust Company’s Art Deco One Wall Street, now The Bank of New York.

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7343
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b7343

#15: 1890 New York World Building
309ft 94m (Pinnacle 349ft 106m) 20 floors
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Also known as the Pulitzer Building. It is thought to be the tallest skyscraper in the world from 1890 until 1894 when it was surpassed by the Manhattan Life Insurance Building. (However, its pinnacle height was not surpassed until the Park Row Building was constructed in 1899).

The number of stories is disputed: estimates range from the 26 stories claimed by the World to the 16 or 18 suggested by recent scholars. The World and Tribune buildings were demolished in 1955 for the expanded automobile entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge.

Steel columns. The weight of the building was supported by masonry walls as thick as 9 feet. Ten Otis Brothers hydraulic elevators, one of which traveled to the observation platform in the dome. Demolished 1955.

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7344
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b7344

#16: 1891 The Masonic Temple Chicago
302 feet (92 meters) to roof 22 floors
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Arguably the birthplace of the skyscraper, Chicago has held the title of tallest building twice in skyscraper history. The structure was shorter than New York's World Building with its lantern, but boasted the highest occupied floor. The owners also boasted that it was the most expensive ($3,500,000). It was demolished in 1939.
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3534/masonictemple18az.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7345
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b7345

#17: 1889 Auditorium Building Chicago
269ft 82m (Pinnacle 349ft 106m) Emporis: 73 m 238 ft 17 floors Standing
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Combining hotel and office space with a splendid theater designed for an opera company, the auditorium/Skyscraper was a turning point and a milestone in the development of modern architecture.

In 2001, a major restoration of the Auditorium Theatre was begun to return the theater to its original colors and finishes.

#18: 1876 St Pancras Chambers London UK
269ft 82m 6-9 floors
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Also called The Midland Grand Hotel, the single span roof of 74 m (243 ft), the greatest built up to that time, was adopted on purely economic grounds to make maximum use of the space without obstructions. Even though it was the tallest in the world, several floors were trimmed off the original design due to the massive costs for the time.

The Barlow Trainshed is currently closed and access to the spectacular interiors of the former hotel is by tour only. An extension which is being added to the trainshed to allow Eurostar trains to use the station when it becomes the London terminus of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, which is scheduled to be in 2007.

#19: 1868-76 Equitable Life Assurance office Building NY
142ft 43m 6-8 floors
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First office building to use elevators (Otis) and was a model for future skyscrapers. Destroyed by fire in 1912. Otis is the manufacturer of the Burj Dubai elevators.

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=45876
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b45876

Also updated top page.:cheers:

[Slugbelch]

:whip: Labour unrest hampers Burj Dubai work
22 March 2006

DUBAI - Construction on a building expected to be the world’s tallest was interrupted on Wednesday after Asian workers angered by low salaries and mistreatment rioted, smashing cars and offices and causing what a government official said almost US$1 million in damage.

The stoppage triggered a sympathy strike at Dubai International Airport also Wednesday, when thousands of labourers building a massive new terminal also laid down their tools, airport and labour officials said.

Some 2,500 workers on the emerging Burj Dubai tower and surrounding housing developments chased and beat security officers Tuesday night, broke into temporary offices and smashed computers and files, and destroyed about two dozen cars and construction machines, witnesses said.

The initial riot was caused by workers angered because buses to their residential camp were delayed after their shifts, witnesses at the site said.

An Interior Ministry official who investigates labour issues, Lt. Col. Rashid Bakhit Al Jumairi, said the rioters caused almost US$1 million in damage.

The workers, employed by Dubai-based construction firm Al Naboodah Laing O’Rourke, returned to the vast site on Wednesday but refused to work.

Crowds of blue-garbed workers milled in the shadow of the gray concrete tower, now 36 stories tall, while leaders negotiated with officials from the company and the Ministry of Labour.

“Everyone is angry here. No one will work,” said Khalid Farouk, 39, a labourer with Al Naboodah. Other workers said their leaders were asking for pay raises: skilled carpenters on the site earned just US$7.60 per day, with labourers getting just US$4 per day.

A reporter inquiring about the riots was ordered to leave the site by an Al Naboodah manager who refused to give his name. The firm’s business development manager, Jonathan Eveleigh, declined to comment when reached by telephone.

Al Jumairi said the labourers were also asking Al Naboodah, one of the Emirates’ biggest construction conglomerates, for overtime pay, better medical care and humane treatment by foremen.

“They are asking for small things,” said Al Jumairi, the labour investigator. “I promised them I would sit with them until everything is settled.”

Al Jumairi later said he was being diverted to negotiate with idled labourers at the airport.

Labour stoppages in Gulf countries have recently become common, with some two dozen strikes last year in the United Arab Emirates alone. Most have centered on unpaid salaries and triggered a Labour Ministry crackdown on contract-breaching companies.

The strikes and riots by Al Naboodah workers marred what otherwise appeared to be smooth construction of the Burj Dubai, which is to be a spire-shaped, stainless-steel-skinned tower expected to soar far beyond 100 stories.

Emaar, the tower’s Dubai-based developer, is keeping the final height a secret until the $900 million Burj is complete by 2008.

A section of the tower is to host a 172-room luxury hotel operated by Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani.

The protesting workers are among almost a million migrants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China and elsewhere who have poured into Dubai to provide the low-wage muscle behind one of the world’s great building booms.

In five decades, Dubai has mushroomed from a primitive town of 20,000 to a gridlocked metropolis of 1.5 million.

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2006/March/theuae_March745.xml&section=theuae&col=

[Slugbelch]

Skilled carpenters on the site earns just US$7.60 per day, with labourers getting just US$4 per day, and the skyscraper still costs $900m?

wow

[colemonkee]

This isn't the first time this has been brought up in Dubai, though this is the first I've heard of it at Burj Dubai. The workers don't seem to be asking for too much - and if you ask me they deserve no less. It's dangerous work and they should be paid accordingly. Hopefully the developers settle this quickly and work can resume, with everybody benefiting.

[sabre0link]

O_o...

That is one TALL building! yikes!

[malec]

Don't know why the fuck they don't just pay the workers properly. Are they too stupid to realise that if they keep their workers happy first of all, they'll do a better job and 2nd, Emaar will have a better reputation. Grrrr :(

[Slugbelch]

Washington Post pic:

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/3641/18fe.jpg

Maybe with this going on and other Dubai based issues getting into the press lately, we'll get more interested reporters to the city and get more pics of this supertall.

update:
Another one showed up today. They're all pretty small, but they are current and, at least, it something:
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8472/untitled4qm.jpg

[trvlr70]

Perhaps a shut down will allow the Fordham Spire to temporarily be the world's tallest building.

[zerokarma]

Skilled carpenters on the site earns just US$7.60 per day, with labourers getting just US$4 per day, and the skyscraper still costs $900m?

wow

I wonder what it would cost if they were paying decent wages to them.

[AZheat]

I have a technical question about the Burj Dubai. After watching the progress of the building for some time I see that the building appears to be completely constructed with reinforced concrete. I'd always had the idea that it would be constructed with steel. The reason I'm curious is that very tall buildings need to be somewhat flexible due to the forces of the wind on the building. I have always thought that concrete had no flexibility whatsoever. Since this building will be extremely tall I would imagine that the highest floors must be able to bend a little in order to accommodate these forces. Are they planning to use some state of the art technology to dampen the effect of wind?
Bob R.

[Lecom]

Regarding this news... Tower of Babel parallels, anyone?

[colemonkee]

I have a technical question about the Burj Dubai. After watching the progress of the building for some time I see that the building appears to be completely constructed with reinforced concrete. I'd always had the idea that it would be constructed with steel. The reason I'm curious is that very tall buildings need to be somewhat flexible due to the forces of the wind on the building. I have always thought that concrete had no flexibility whatsoever. Since this building will be extremely tall I would imagine that the highest floors must be able to bend a little in order to accommodate these forces. Are they planning to use some state of the art technology to dampen the effect of wind?
Bob R.

The highest floors will be steel. I believe those steel floors will start somewhere after floor 160 or 165. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[Slugbelch]

^Doka website stated 575 meters. Some floors are taller than others already (floors 16-18), so it maybe around floor 150 ?:shrug:

Some construction info from the news today:

.......Another demand of the workers was that they should all be given their weekly day off on Friday and annual holidays, he said. About 10,000 workers are working round-the-clock on a shift system at the Burj Dubai Project. On Fridays, workers are assigned to work on a rotation basis.
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All these issues will now be discussed with the company and some viable solution will be reached within the next two days, Lt. Sahfee stressed.

Salah Bilal Faraj Al Falsi from the Permanent Committee of Labour Affairs in Dubai assured that there is no delay in salary payments, but the workers have demanded a set date for these payment every month.

Now that various authorities concerned, including Dubai police, have intervened the employer have already been advised not to deduct salary for late attendance for which the workers are not at fault; the installation of more attendance registration machines; and no loss of salary for the protest period.

Salah added the workers have now gone back to work and also thanked the officials for settling their problems.

Responding to a Khaleej Times query regarding the incident, Al Naboodah Laing O'Rourke issued a statement saying: "Regrettably over the last 24 hours there has been unrest on certain of our projects in Dubai as a consequence of misinformation and misunderstanding with some of our workforce."

"These issues have now been addressed and resolved through official channels with the assistance of the Dubai Labour Ministry and representatives from our directly engaged workforce."

"We are pleased to report that following positive discussions the employees on our sites are now returning to work."

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2006/March/theuae_March750.xml&section=theuae&col=

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I recovered a new pic today from the riots and noticed something, I'm not sure but do I see the first setback taking place:

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7195/untitled28uz.jpg
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2342/untitled12zb.jpg
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8472/untitled4qm.jpg actual size pic

[Slugbelch]

Looking at the pics taken yesterday over at SSC, it looks like the first setback is now indeed underway. The scaffolding is being removed and the opennings in the outer wall looks different than the rest of the end wall.

First setback: Floor 18 (or floor plate 19). I think it is the North wing
Tower at floor 34 at the core.
Wings are at 20 & 21
Noses are at 6 & 7
:cheers:

[malec]

Some updates posted by Smussuw over at SSC:


http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/928/10124064aq.th.jpg (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10124064aq.jpg)

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/482/10124072bl.th.jpg (http://img62.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10124072bl.jpg)

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/9910/10124082ev.th.jpg (http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10124082ev.jpg)

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/4646/10124099fr.th.jpg (http://img78.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10124099fr.jpg)

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/870/10124135bn.th.jpg (http://img72.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10124135bn.jpg)

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5407/10124147eh.th.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10124147eh.jpg)

[Lecom]

Nice update. The building is already a massive skyscraper.

[malec]

If you don't like the labour situation then click here (http://www.petitiononline.com/dxblabor/petition.html). (no it's not spam or a virus and your computer will not be bombarded with porn if you do)

[Raraavis]

Higher pay? Overtime?

They should ask for full citizenship, an elected government, and religious freedom, and they should shut down the UAE until the get it.

[emoney]

Its amazing how political building a skyscraper can be... I read that 75% of the population of the country is foriegn labor. They could shut down the whole country, but they just want a day off.

[Slugbelch]

Playin' in the paint today:

UPDATED 3-30-06:
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1039/bdpost1qm.jpg

[malec]

These pics are kinda big. Anyway, hope you don't mind:
go to www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com

[Slugbelch]

^ If you're talking about the three new ones that were posted on his website, it looks like they are older than the ones you posted here a few posts back from SSC. It looks like the setback has more scaffolding on it that hasn't been removed yet. They are nice close-ups though.

I noticed that the person running the website (bikes) gets most of his pics (and other buildings) from these 2 forums. Does he ask permission every time one gets posted?:rolleyes:

[malec]

Nope, but he has the approval of everyone who takes those photos. Those people are DubaiLover, AltinD, Smussuw and some more who post on SSC and sometimes here aswell

[Slugbelch]

I was wondering because when this thing beats T101 or hits 600m, I got a feeling there will be huge amounts of photos from numerous sources and to get permission will be a full time job.

[malec]

Have you guys seen burj dubai's latest competitor.
This is actually a whole city in the planning over in Kuwait. It's to take about 25 years to build (the whole city not just the tower) and will feature a 1001m tall tower. I doubt the actual design is finalised. Anyway, here it is

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=332488

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=292117&page=5



http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5051/silkcity9ap.jpg


http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/6435/silkcity22dm.jpg

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http://image007.mylivepage.com/chunk7/52938/64/silk%20City%206.jpg

[trvlr70]

This building is getting more iconic by the minute. I just pray the extremists never turn on the more moderate U.A.E. population over there. I'd hate to see this building turn into a target of sorts.

[WonderlandPark]

A full kilometer in the air, whoa. Amost like FL Wright's mile high tower.

[Slugbelch]

Have you guys seen burj dubai's latest competitor.
This is actually a whole city in the planning over in Kuwait. It's to take about 25 years to build (the whole city not just the tower) and will feature a 1001m tall tower. I doubt the actual design is finalised.

As of this date, what is the chance of this (skyscraper) actually getting started?

50%?

[Bergenser]

I would like to say that I liked the Burj Dubai design a bit better then the rival in kuwait :D but they are both pretty cool :cool:

[Slugbelch]

4-1-06:

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6978/1a8lb.jpg

[Lecom]

A full kilometer in the air, whoa. Amost like FL Wright's mile high tower.
my thoughts exactly

[Bergenser]

http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/2005/diagram/Tskyline.jpg

this is how it would look in toronto :D......

[Daquan13]

How about New York next to the Freedom Tower?

[MercurySky]

Ya,put either the FT or one of the Twin Towers next to it.

[spyguy]

Put FLW's Illinois for reference to show how tiny Burj really is :D

[TheOldMan]

Have you guys seen burj dubai's latest competitor.
This is actually a whole city in the planning over in Kuwait. It's to take about 25 years to build (the whole city not just the tower) and will feature a 1001m tall tower. I doubt the actual design is finalised. Anyway, here it is

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=332488

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=292117&page=5



http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5051/silkcity9ap.jpg


http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/6435/silkcity22dm.jpg

http://image007.mylivepage.com/chunk7/52938/64/%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%80%D9%80%D9%80%D9%80%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1%20.....%20%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%20%D8%A3%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%84.jpg

http://image007.mylivepage.com/chunk7/52938/64/silk%20City%206.jpg


They are truely starting to get ridiculous over there. the tower itself looks pretty good though.

[Bergenser]

after cliping and pasting and drawing several times..... and thanks to Paint Shop Pro 8, I have made a picture of Burj Dubai in New York...

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6265/burjdubaiinewyork6ns.jpg
:D

[malec]

Cool, although a different colour cladding would be better

[High Pointer]

Hehe...I like how it takes away the FT's "gleam" :D

[Bergenser]

Burj Dubai would look better in a city that always has a very great skyline...
not in the dessert..... anyway, I am shure Burj Dubai would look great after the construction of the plenty dubai skyscrapers around...

when do you think someone is gonna beat Burj Dubai`s height?? :D

[malec]

Well good that you asked because it gave me the perfect oppertunity to post this:


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/F9y/MubarakTower4.jpg


All I have to say to this is :haha: :haha:

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2583/zzbigshit3ub.jpg

[Slugbelch]

^ Looks like seaweed

[Fabb]

Poor old BD looks anemic.

[Slugbelch]

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/1254/10bi1.jpg

Current Milestone Records Broken:
#11: 1908 The Singer Building NY
612ft 187m 47 floors

#11.5: 2006 Burj Dubai UAE
450ft 137m 37 floors

#12: 1899 Park Row Building
391ft 119m 30 floors

#13: 1895 Milwaukee City Hall Wisconsin
353ft 108m 9 floors

#14: 1894 Manhattan Life Insurance Building NY
348ft 106m 18 floors

#15: 1890 New York World Building
309ft 94m (Pinnacle 349ft 106m) 20 floors

#16: 1890-91 The Masonic Temple Chicago
302ft 92m 22 floors

#17: 1889 Auditorium Building Chicago
269ft 82m (Pinnacle 349ft 106m) Emporis: 73 m 238 ft 17 floors

#18: 1876 St Pancras Chambers London UK
269ft 82m 6-9 floors

#19: 1868-76 Equitable Life Assurance office Building NY
142ft 43m 6-8 floors

[LeftCoaster]

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2583/zzbigshit3ub.jpg[/QUOTE]

excuse my ignorance, but what is this other building??

[Slugbelch]

^It is Madinat al Hareer or "Silk City" in Kuwait.
1001 meter Mubarak Tower proposed:
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/8996/14ty1.png

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=102845

[malec]

A rediculous proposal for Kuwait:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=292117&page=1

[LeftCoaster]

thanks guys, any chance of this monster acually being built? especially considering the horrid state of middle eastern stock markets right now.

[Daquan13]

Looks like an ugly copycat version of the Burj Dubai Tower!

[choyak1]

Nah, that Kuwait tower is just horrendous whine the Burj Dubai is beautiful!!! Also that comparison appears that the Kuwait tower might have 30 to 40 million square feet in one tower!!!!!

[STR]

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/769/silkcity19rv.png

UGGLLLYYYY. This thing will be oppressive.

[alexjon]

They're both pretty.

And phallic.

[malec]

It actually looks OK in STR's render, but it would be oppresive, sort of like the alburj tower. In the night render I posted last page it looks really chaotic and messy though, looks sort of scary. It's hard to comprehend how huge this thing would really be, especially for me who has never even seen a 300m tower. Monday week I'll be going to Chicago and I will get to see monsters like Sears, Aon Centre and John Hannock and I'll think these are huge! I couldn't imagine how tall this would be. 1000m is officially a mountain isn't it?

[xiahoudun]

Hehe, don't worry, Malec. You'll get used to them. :D

Indeed the Kuwait superscraper is so unreal. ...But maybe in 25 years it will be a general height for the super-duper scrapers?!

[malec]

To me it looks more like a tower that would be built to house the last remaining humans in a post-apocalyptic (spelling?) world.

Anyway, updates from Smussuw this afternoon:

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/7431/10127092el.th.jpg (http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10127092el.jpg)

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3668/10127087bd.th.jpg (http://img150.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10127087bd.jpg)

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1885/10126991jh.th.jpg (http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10126991jh.jpg)

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9906/10127066as.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10127066as.jpg)

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2819/10126984bb.th.jpg (http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10126984bb.jpg)

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2078/10126660zo.th.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10126660zo.jpg)

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8954/10126683ks.th.jpg (http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10126683ks.jpg)

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/8416/10126732qy.th.jpg (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10126732qy.jpg)

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/5416/10126740vw.th.jpg (http://img93.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10126740vw.jpg)

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5307/10126783pf.th.jpg (http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10126783pf.jpg)

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/7505/10126814ct.th.jpg (http://img93.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10126814ct.jpg)

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1702/10126842ug.th.jpg (http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10126842ug.jpg)

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3518/10126888eh.th.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10126888eh.jpg)

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/5066/10126910cj.th.jpg (http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10126910cj.jpg)

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3455/10126922hd.th.jpg (http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10126922hd.jpg)

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/333/10126946pe.th.jpg (http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10126946pe.jpg)

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6555/10126967hp.th.jpg (http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10126967hp.jpg)

[malec]

Shit! The new tower really resembles Wright's old mile-high tower plan, especially with that new spire. I'm starting to really like this new design. I didn't like it at first since I thought it was really overdone but now I love it because of all the references to various never built proposals like this one.

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/474/compare5rv.jpg

[Jasonhouse]

Enough of the Kuwait hijacking.


Just create another thread for that project, and talk all you want!

[StevenW]

That tower is scary-tall!

[JACKinBeantown]

I count 40 stories. Is that right?

[Fabb]

I count 40 stories. Is that right?

I count fewer than 20 floors after the one labelled 19.
So, 37/38 ?

[smussuw]

if u bothered to see the pictures u would realize that it says 38F

[Bergenser]

yey! thanks for the update :rock: lets get new images every week ;)

[JACKinBeantown]

if u bothered to see the pictures u would realize that it says 38F

Uh... thank you for being so pleasant. I mean, thank u.

[Fabb]

I missed the one that says 38.
How long before the cladding appears ? (the pictures don't say, do they ?)

[Chicago103]

How tall is the building in feet and meters as of today?

[Slugbelch]

Once you figure out how high this guy is, then the rest is easy:

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5978/ojht2t2cm.jpg
I missed the one that says 38.
How long before the cladding appears ? (the pictures don't say, do they ?)

I wouldn't expect cladding until floor 70 or something.:shrug:

[BrandonJXN]

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/769/silkcity19rv.png

UGGLLLYYYY. This thing will be oppressive.

Get that shit out of LA!!

:hell:

Anywho, with the labour disputes, has construction slowed down on the Burj or is it still going on?

[malec]

Nope. The labour dispute occured at the dubai mall (which is part of the same project, it's next door) and the tower itsself was never affected

[Slugbelch]

How tall is the building in feet and meters as of today?
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/7503/16lf4.jpg
If it is at floor/level 38, then it is around 460ft (140m).