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

[Cypherus]

Originally Posted by skyscraper123

I feel sorry for the owners of Dusit hotel. Booked a table in one of the restaurants on a thursday night, turned up and there wasn't a single sole dining in the restaurant - we eventually left.

I assume the construction of downtown dubai and the metro has had a detrimental effect on the business of Dusit hotel.

This reminds me of my business trip back in February. Had a meeting in one of the office towers on Sheikh Zayed Road and only 3 floors were occupied with business tenants. The rest of the floors were still vacant.

There really is too much supply.

[LoverOfDubai]

Originally Posted by Cypherus

This reminds me of my business trip back in February. Had a meeting in one of the office towers on Sheikh Zayed Road and only 3 floors were occupied with business tenants. The rest of the floors were still vacant.

There really is too much supply.

Cypherus, do you happen to remember which building it was? If it was new, then maybe most companies had not moved in yet. But I do aggree that there might be too much supply for both residential and commercial. But, prices are still rising throughout Dubai, so maybe demand is higher than supply?

[malec]

That's surprising about the office and hotel buildings. Generally hotels in Dubai are packed, I'd be more worried about the insane amount of res towers more than anything else.

[Fury]

Hi all.

I have re-worded my Tier Methodology so it is easier to understand the terraces / roofs of the wings. I also saved it in PDF format as not all have Word.

Bikes has kindly updated his site with the new version. Go to www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com and have a look around as it is THE best site out there for Burj Dubai info and pics. See the facts page for my stuff and many others' contributions.

[Austin55]

Wow,what an amazing structure. the cladding is lookin good.Its kinda hard to believe how much progress theve made,there almost done practicly.

[Fury]

Hi all.

Picasa - Sampath - 08 05 29



Panoramio - Hessam Moosavi - 08 06 04

[Imre]

06/June/2008

Burj Dubai, bad weather yesterday..









more pics on the flickr

[[SP]Neo]

the first steel floors took a long time but now they have a nice speed up there!

[towerguy3]

How much taller is Burj Dubai on a hot day at 45 deg C than on a cool day say at 10 deg C (due to thermal expansion of the concrete and steel)?

Apparently the CN Tower in Toronto is 2 inches taller on a hot day than on a cold day, but I think Toronto has wider temperature extremes than Dubai (Dubai is always warm, Toronto can be hot or cold)

[timba86]

Originally Posted by towerguy3

How much taller is Burj Dubai on a hot day at 45 deg C than on a cool day say at 10 deg C (due to thermal expansion of the concrete and steel)?

Apparently the CN Tower in Toronto is 2 inches taller on a hot day than on a cold day, but I think Toronto has wider temperature extremes than Dubai (Dubai is always warm, Toronto can be hot or cold)

In the desert it tends to get very cold at night. I don't know about Dubai but it has to drop some at night.

[GO_UAE]

actually yes it does during winters , especially the last two ! but since Dubai is located near water surface it doesnt tend to drop to zero .... it has dropped to -2 this winter in al ain , but thats because its deep in the desert (an oasis city if you like)

who knows what next winters will bring

[Fury]

Hi all.

Here is 3 more tier sizes I cooked up.

tier 12



Tier 19 - the tier they are currently working on



tier 21

[AltinD]

Originally Posted by skyscraper123

I feel sorry for the owners of Dusit hotel. Booked a table in one of the restaurants on a thursday night, turned up and there wasn't a single sole dining in the restaurant - we eventually left.

I assume the construction of downtown dubai and the metro has had a detrimental effect on the business of Dusit hotel.

There is no effect on the business of Dusit Hotel.

The reason for the empty restaurant might be the timming, but anyway Dusit it is not known to have any sought after culinary destination in town. There are other places to go for a bite or drink.

[myshtern]

I still can't believe that this entire steel section will be completely uninhabited

[Kamatzu]

Originally Posted by myshtern

I still can't believe that this entire steel section will be completely uninhabited

A shameless bid for World's Tallest.

[DubbaG]

What's this thing? I've never heard of it before. Will it be taller than my apartment?

[Surrealplaces]

Originally Posted by Kamatzu

A shameless bid for World's Tallest.

I'm sure will see something more shameless in an attempt to top this one

[Tom In Chicago]

Originally Posted by Kamatzu

A shameless bid for World's Tallest.

Sure. . . but wouldn't the tower look pretty stunted if it didn't come to some logical apex???

[Kamatzu]

Originally Posted by Tom In Chicago

Sure. . . but wouldn't the tower look pretty stunted if it didn't come to some logical apex???

Absolutely, I agree. They could just stop building it now and it would serve its purpose perfectly, but it wouldn't be very aesthetically pleasing.

And I think we can all agree that, once completed, it will be some eye-candy!

[TorancisOMP]

Is it true that the tower is too tall for the concrete to pump up so the upper floors are steel?