DUBAI | Burj Khalifah (Burj Dubai) | 828 M / 2,716.5 FT - Pinnacle | 162 FLOORS - Page 312

vanhenrik · #**6221** Posted **May 23, 2008, 9:48 PM**

hope you like it ! end i hope some one can post some pics of the earley
site of bd

ElChancho · #**6222** Posted **May 23, 2008, 11:11 PM**

SICKKKKKKKKKK

Burj Dubai is looking better and better as it gain more height and Dubai is starting to densify beyond Sheik Zayed Road, insane! cant wait to visit in a couple of years when most of the developments are done.

WonderlandPark · #**6223** Posted **May 24, 2008, 12:47 AM**

Love it or hate it, the BD is a remarkable achievement. Dayaaaam that is a tall sucker. An order of magnitude bigger than the Petronas or Sears, which I have been to. Hopefully will make it there someday.

El Chancho, I don't think waiting a couple of years for "most of the developments are done" is going to happen. Dubai will be going for a long, long time. Al Burj is just scratching the earth as we speak, gotta be 5-7 years away from opening, just one example of how this does not appear to be stopping.

kenratboy · #**6224** Posted **May 24, 2008, 3:34 AM**

Wow - this picture is spectacular. Looks like another planet, like something from Star Wars.

timba86 · #**6225** Posted **May 24, 2008, 7:54 AM**

There's always a row from top to bottom left open without any windows. Why is this? Is it for cranes and elevators to move by so no windows can get broken?

What an incredible peace of engineering! Where is this going to end?!!

Fabb · #**6226** Posted **May 24, 2008, 8:23 AM**

I've been mostly ignoring the work being done at the foot of the tower, but now I realize that it's nicely taking shape.

vanhenrik · #**6227** Posted **May 24, 2008, 9:39 AM**

myshtern · #**6228** Posted **May 25, 2008, 12:12 AM**

Mocholate · #**6229** Posted **May 25, 2008, 12:43 AM**

I like the shadowed shots - I prefer the darker look without all the glaze

WonderlandPark · #**6230** Posted **May 25, 2008, 1:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by myshtern

STILL my favorite all time BD photo.

Fury · #**6231** Posted **May 25, 2008, 3:44 AM**

Hi all.

Here is a shot from Deviantart - Meldoux - 08 05 23.
Thanks to Darth Shemp for finding this and many other great shots there !

Thumb - as it is large.

Nice to have visual confirmation of the last record breaking height by the Burj Dubai. 649.7 m. ( yes I know the column actually sticks up above the 6.4 m. high horizontal beams of the first section of tier 19 AND they may be measuring from the Concourse Level when they do the official measurement BUT I am sticking to the plans for now )

The tallest man-made structure in history !!!

Lots of uncharted territory to venture up into now.

MapleLeaf · #**6232** Posted **May 25, 2008, 4:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by vanhenrik

Just imagine this shot was taken on top of a future (2030?) supertall. how small burj dubai is.

kpexpress · #**6233** Posted **May 25, 2008, 5:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by kenratboy

Wow - this picture is spectacular. Looks like another planet, like something from Star Wars.

Looks too cosmetic, like Las Vegas. I love Burj Dubai, but something about the rest just looks too fake and commercial.

[SP]Neo · #**6234** Posted **May 25, 2008, 9:57 PM**

it's really getting nicer and nicer but i don't like the dubai skyline from a plane or from the burj..it's just ONE road with skyscraper right and left that isn't a real city to me. but burj duabi is still great!!!!!

vanhenrik · #**6235** Posted **May 25, 2008, 10:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by [SP]Neo

it's really getting nicer and nicer but i don't like the dubai skyline from a plane or from the burj..it's just ONE road with skyscraper right and left that isn't a real city to me. but burj duabi is still great!!!!!

yea well it is an on going process i think it will be awsome in a bout 15 years !

vanhenrik · #**6236** Posted **May 25, 2008, 10:37 PM**

this is awsome !

imagine it`s finiched !

end imagine the enormus al burj whitch are under u/c soon
they are prepering the foundation for al burj right now

Fury · #**6237** Posted **May 25, 2008, 10:44 PM**

Hi Van.

Just for you - Approx. Dec. 2002 - BD Site before they started moving any sand / dirt for the BD Boulevard.

urbanlife · #**6238** Posted **May 25, 2008, 10:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by timba86

There's always a row from top to bottom left open without any windows. Why is this? Is it for cranes and elevators to move by so no windows can get broken?

What an incredible peace of engineering! Where is this going to end?!!

it is common construction practice, it is where things can be lifted up to a floor and taken onto it easily for construction. Basically, it is the loading dock for the floors.

vanhenrik · #**6239** Posted **May 26, 2008, 12:38 AM**

thanks fury but it is predy hard to possition the bd on thos pic`s
end if it`s tru thos pic`s are from 2002 the site cunstruktion has gon extremley fast !

PHXistheBEST · #**6240** Posted **May 26, 2008, 2:57 AM**

I like this building. It has to be the BEST looking building I have ever seen. I only wish we where getting it here in the USA.