DUBAI | Burj Khalifah (Burj Dubai) | 828 M / 2,716.5 FT - Pinnacle | 162 FLOORS - Page 214

CarlosV · #**4261** Posted **Jul 19, 2007, 8:32 PM**

OH NO THAT SILLY BEAR!!! nooooooooooooooooooooo

westsider · #**4262** Posted **Jul 19, 2007, 8:33 PM**

Love the glass, cant wait to see the first 20 or 30 stories covered to get an idea of the finished product.

Sky Tower · #**4263** Posted **Jul 19, 2007, 9:33 PM**

Burj Dubai skyscraper soars into record books
by David Westley on Thursday, 19 July 2007

The Burj Dubai is set to become the tallest building in the world, with some unofficial reports claiming the building overtook the Taipei 101 on Wednesday, and others that an official announcement will be made on Saturday.

Property developers Emaar are being tight lipped on the rumours and would not confirm the stories yesterday, but if confirmed, Dubai's latest icon must now be taller than 509 metres (1,671 feet), the height of Taiwan's Taipei 101.

Burj Dubai will eventually hold the record in all four categories as recognised by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, have the highest publicly accessible observation deck, and the world's fastest lift, which will shoot along at 65km/hour (40mph).

Until Emaar's official statement - expected shortly - there is still some confusion as to which record will have been broken however, with the Sears Tower, Ostankino Tower and CN Tower potentially still claiming to be tallest under various definitions of a ‘building' and ‘tower'.

What is clear is the building itself, which is now visible from across the city of Dubai, and upon completion will be possible to see from 90km away. The last official statement was released on July 15th when the tower's height was reported to be 507.3 metres (1,664.4 feet), totalling 140 completed floors.

That suggests Burj Dubai has surpassed the Petronas Twin Towers, presently the second-tallest building in the world at 452 metres (1,483 feet).

In February 2007, the Burj Dubai surpassed the Sears Tower as the building with the most floors.

The Burj Dubai is to be the centerpiece of a city within a city. The development as a whole will include 30,000 homes, nine hotels, 6.2 acres of parkland, 19 residential towers, the Dubai Mall, and a 30 acre man-made lake. The development will cost about $20 billion.

When Emaar does make its announcement, the Burj Dubai will still not, officially, be able to take the mantle as the world's tallest building. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat will not recognise its world-record height until it is completed.

Present records:

* Building with most floors: 140 (previously World Trade Center - 110)

* Tallest skyscraper to highest occupied floor: 507.3 m (1,664.4 ft) (previously Taipei 101 - 439.2 m (1,440.9 ft)

* Tallest skyscraper to top of roof: 507.3 m (1,664.4 ft) (previously Taipei 101 - 439.2 m (1,440.9 ft)

* Vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 507.3 m (1,664.4 ft) (previously Taipei 101 - 439.2 m (1,440.9 ft)

Slugbelch · #**4264** Posted **Jul 19, 2007, 11:44 PM**

The last WTB announcement we saw was on July 12 from CNN/TIME Mag., now the 19th.

Have to admit, EMAAR is keeping the height very fluid in the announcements as we are beginning to see in "WTB day". Of course we new this, but now its confirmed very plainly in the write-ups of these press articles.

40 more pics for Fury here

Fury · #**4265** Posted **Jul 20, 2007, 12:00 AM**

Woo Hoo ! Xmas comes early for me !

Thanx Slugbelch.

Edit - Just exported them. Holy smokes - beauty shots - is 06 12 28 old ?
Not to me !
Keep up the good work bud - You are the MAN dude.

Slugbelch · #**4266** Posted **Jul 20, 2007, 2:38 AM**

^

archportal

-AX- · #**4267** Posted **Jul 20, 2007, 4:54 AM**

wow! That pic really shows how tall that building is!

rbowk · #**4268** Posted **Jul 20, 2007, 6:10 AM**

sweet five stories of cladding

AltinD · #**4269** Posted **Jul 20, 2007, 7:49 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by starvinggryphon

Yay! The return of the beloved Burj-bear! How does one say bear in Arabic?

I doubt Imre would know that.

smussuw · #**4270** Posted **Jul 20, 2007, 10:46 AM**

^^ Bear is Dob in Arabic.

Pandemonious · #**4271** Posted **Jul 20, 2007, 3:40 PM**

Burj Dubai became physically taller than Taipei 101 about 8pm Central time on July 18th, 2007. A call was received, reporting that concrete had just been poured to 510 meters, surpassing it as the world's tallest (albeit yet unofficial, since the tower has to be fully completed in order to count) skyscraper.

Slugbelch · #**4272** Posted **Jul 21, 2007, 1:15 AM**

WTB?:

770

Fury1 Fury2 Fury3

LoverOfDubai · #**4273** Posted **Jul 21, 2007, 3:23 AM**

Is that picture a recent one?

WonderlandPark · #**4274** Posted **Jul 21, 2007, 3:45 AM**

Well, ^^^ that pic does tell a story. Yes, Dubai has a ton of supertalls and talls, but it is nowhere near the density of Chicago or NYC. Even if you sort of shoved all of the towers together, Dubai just isn't the Loop or Manhattan. Granted, Dubai is a new kind of beast, a city of the desert, but something it "isn't all there." The layers of history, the variety of materials and technologies present in so many cities from Moscow to Paris to Los Angeles.

It is sort of like a team in baseball. A team that only shoots for the home run, and never the single, the double, the steal, the squeeze play. Just heroics, all Barry Bonds and no "team." I don't know if that made sense, but wanted to say it.

The Burj Dubai is a great tower, in a great city, but it isn't: