DUBAI | Burj Khalifah (Burj Dubai) | 828 M / 2,716.5 FT - Pinnacle | 162 FLOORS - Page 191

Bergenser · #**3801** Posted **Jun 12, 2007, 9:32 AM**

^So, that means you can calculate which date this building becames WTB?
BTW I just thought of something I've found weirid for a long time:
On Dubai Mega Projects.com I read:
"- Observation decks will be located on the 124th floor at a height of 440m."
I find this very strange becasue the "skypod on the CN-tower is taller: 446.5m. Why wouldn't BD place the observation deck taller?

vanhenrik · #**3802** Posted **Jun 12, 2007, 10:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by Bergenser

^So, that means you can calculate which date this building becames WTB?
BTW I just thought of something I've found weirid for a long time:
On Dubai Mega Projects.com I read:
"- Observation decks will be located on the 124th floor at a height of 440m."
I find this very strange becasue the "skypod on the CN-tower is taller: 446.5m. Why wouldn't BD place the observation deck taller?

484/134 = 3,611
509 - 484 = 25
25/3,611
6,9 floors + 1 floor/3,611 to make it the tallest bulding in the world
= 7,2 floors

Slugbelch · #**3803** Posted **Jun 12, 2007, 1:06 PM**

^

Today:

Zoomed in a little closer:

... and a little closer

Bella Lucce Lela

Imre · #**3804** Posted **Jun 12, 2007, 2:44 PM**

12/June/2007

Burj Dubai update

board has been changed , 132 floors now

here we are

cladding started at every side

Chitown · #**3805** Posted **Jun 12, 2007, 4:43 PM**

Yay, more glass! This thing is going to be absolutely mind-blowing.

colemonkee · #**3806** Posted **Jun 12, 2007, 4:56 PM**

^ Very exciting to see more cladding going on. Thanks for the pics!

com.koenig · #**3807** Posted **Jun 12, 2007, 5:09 PM**

no need to search where architects did get their inspiration. straight to the reference of gigantic uprising constructions from nature : in the distance, with its shape, no glass yet and the sandish colors all around, it strikingly (?) resembles a termites mound.

Slugbelch · #**3808** Posted **Jun 12, 2007, 6:20 PM**

Fazy/JoseDavid

Imre · #**3809** Posted **Jun 13, 2007, 6:34 PM**

13/June/2007

Burj Dubai

Sky Tower · #**3810** Posted **Jun 13, 2007, 7:06 PM**

Some very rare closup night shots.....thanks for sharing Imre!

Slugbelch · #**3811** Posted **Jun 13, 2007, 8:21 PM**

21 more press pics here

13 more press pics here

dbee84 · #**3812** Posted **Jun 13, 2007, 9:04 PM**

Yeah-... Those workers dont loom that happy at that 5$ a day theyre getting paid...

Slugbelch · #**3813** Posted **Jun 13, 2007, 10:36 PM**

^ Yeah, but they're using the Beverly Hills rent-a-cars

Today from the Creek:

ddp

Samurai Sam

firulais · #**3814** Posted **Jun 14, 2007, 12:15 AM**

makes me want to vomit, landscape around is so ugly.

Slugbelch · #**3815** Posted **Jun 14, 2007, 12:41 AM**

^ If landscaping is all you're getting sick about, sit back, take some Pepto, and wait 3 more years to post landscaping issues because they haven't started yet. They are still digging up sand and planting skyscrapers.

Dalton · #**3816** Posted **Jun 14, 2007, 1:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by Slugbelch

^ If landscaping is all you're getting sick about, sit back, take some Pepto, and wait 3 more years to post landscaping issues because they haven't started yet. They are still digging up sand and planting skyscrapers.

Yep. There may be small pockets of beauty, but right now Dubai as a whole is butt-ugly. As you say, the entire city is a really massive construction site now. Even the city's demographics point that out - 1.1 million males in a city of 1.4 million people. It' really unprecendented for a city this massive to rise in under a decade. And it will be quite a story to follow for the next few years. The jury is still out on whether this will be a desireable place to live rather than just a good place to invest in.

One thing is for sure. A completely-clad Burj Dubai will go a long way to making the city a more beautiful place. 150 stories of dirty concrete is damn ugly!

Rise To The Top · #**3817** Posted **Jun 14, 2007, 1:11 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dalton

Yep. There may be small pockets of beauty, but right now Dubai as a whole is butt-ugly. As you say, the entire city is a really massive construction site now. Even the city's demographics point that out - 1.1 million males in a city of 1.4 million people. It' really unprecendented for a city this massive to rise in under a decade. And it will be quite a story to follow for the next few years. The jury is still out on whether this will be a desireable place to live rather than just a good place to invest in.

One thing is for sure. A completely-clad Burj Dubai will go a long way to making the city a more beautiful place. 150 stories of dirty concrete is damn ugly!

Do note that alot of those men are "imported" workers, and there are ususally a shitload of visitors in town.

Dalton · #**3818** Posted **Jun 14, 2007, 3:27 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by MLG Allstar

Do note that alot of those men are "imported" workers, and there are ususally a shitload of visitors in town.

That's what I was alluding to. The imbalance of males to females is a testament to the number of construction workers in the city. I would suspect that once the city is a little more "finished", people from the surrounding Middle East countries seeking greater social freedom and opportunity will seek to emigrate to Dubai, while the impoverished Asian workers who built the skyscrapers are "allowed" to return home to their countries of origin.

Imre · #**3819** Posted **Jun 14, 2007, 11:26 AM**

14/June/2007

Burj Dubai update

Slugbelch · #**3820** Posted **Jun 14, 2007, 12:00 PM**

Brian McMorrow updated his website yesterday with around 20 pics from June 8:

here

here

here