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| Burj Dubai: the world's tallest building yet | | 2008-06-14 01:20:00 | | It is yet to be finished but the Burj Dubai skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is poised to take the title as the world's tallest building when completed. Although it has surpassed the height of the Taipei 101 as of the second week of May at the height of 636 meters, the official title cannot be bestowed on the Burj Dubai until the building is fully finished and open for business. Many, however, think the official proclamation is unnecessary as it is obvious that the Burj (it's nickname | | By: read my mind | | |
| | Burj Dubai, el edificio más alto del mundo | | 2008-05-22 15:33:22 | | De visita en el blog Abadía Digital me encuentro este post que habla sobre el edificio más alto del mundo el Burj Dubai y compruebo que al día de hoy aún está en construcción.Ha empezado su construcción en el año 2003 y a finales del mes de marzo del 2008 ha superado la estructura más alta del mundo, la antena de televisión KVLY TV Mast en Dakota del Norte (USA) que tiene 629 metros.Estos días la estructura rebasa a la que fue la más alta jamas construido por el hombre, la antena de radio Konstantynowie de Varsovia que medía 646 metros antes de caer al suelo debido a un temporal, en 1991. El Burj Dubai alcanza los 650 metros en su planta 170.La finalización de semejante obra está prevista para junio del 2009, tendrá entonces 818 metros, en sus 216 plantas, que con una superficie de 344.000 metros cuadrados, necesita 54 ascensores y 946.000 litros de agua diarios y todo por la ridícula cifra de 1.800 millones de dólares, una barbaridad más y en medio del desierto.De | | By: islas cies blog | | |
| | Burj Dubai 2008 | | 2008-03-31 23:36:00 | | Las monarquías del Golfo quieren tener la torre más alta del mundo“…Impulsadas por unos ingresos colosales generados por la subida de los precios del crudo y ávidas de récords, las monarquías petroleras del Golfo rivalizan a base de miles de millones de dólares para construir la torre más alta del mundo.Arabia Saudí, que encierra en su subsuelo una cuarta parte de las reservas mundiales de petróleo, se ha sumado a la batalla con un proyecto de construcción de una torre de una milla de altura (1.609 metros) en Yeda, su capital económica en el Mar Rojo, según la revista especializada Middle East Economic Digest (MEED). Este proyecto sobrepasaría todos los proyectos similares en el Golfo.Basada en Riad, la firma Kingdom Holding, controlada por el príncipe Al Walid Ibn Talal, millonario saudí y una de las mayores fortunas del mundo, parece que proyecta convocar concursos de aquí a julio para la construcción de la torre. A pesar del secreto que rodea al proyecto, MEED | | By: ChileSoc | | |
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| Burj Dubai set to influence generations of architects | | 2008-03-04 20:44:00 | | Burj Dubai set to influence generations of architects“…Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, will influence and inspire future generations of architects and engineers, said Mr Mohamed Ali Alabbar, Chairman of Emaar Properties… Mr Mohamed Ali Alabbar, Chairman of Emaar Properties said: 'When Burj Dubai was first planned, it was to be a 90-storey structure, but Sheikh Mohammed asked us, 'Why stop there?'' Alabbar said. 'As Dubai and its economy expand, as our achievements grow, we must constantly ask ourselves: 'Why stop there?' Sheikh Mohammed has inspired us to dare, to dream and to achieve what would once have been considered impossible. With Dubai playing a leading role, Alabbar said, the Middle East has the potential to reclaim its age-old role as a global source of scientific and engineering innovation, a fact underscored by the vastly sophisticated building rising from Dubai's desert sands. In every aspect of Burj Dubai, there is a new set of learning. No one has ever tr | | By: ChileSoc | | |
| | Burj Dubai, the iconic tower | | 2008-01-05 17:27:00 | | Burj Dubai reaches 600 metres high“…Burj Dubai, the iconic tower developed by global property developer Emaar Properties, has scaled 158 levels - the highest for any building in the world - and is now 598.5 metres high… Cladding work of the tower is now ongoing at an accelerated pace with 58 storeys already wearing the shimmering sheen of the high-performance cladding system. The primary materials used - reflective glazing, aluminum and textured stainless steel spandrels and vertical stainless tubular fins - accentuate the tower's height and slenderness to the eye…†Dubai Land Department signs deal withTatweer (UAE)“…A strategic partnership agreement was signed by Sultan Butti Bin Mijrin, the Director General of Dubai’s Land Department, and Khalid Al Malik, CEO of Tatweer, in Dubai. Mohammed Al Habbai, CEO of Dubailand, and Abdul Wahab Al Halabi Chief Operating Officer of Dubailand; Mohammed Sultan Thani, Director of Development and Marketing Administration, and Abdelbari Bin Sougat, Assistant Director of the Development and Marketing, Land Department, were present at the ceremony… The agreement will centralise all land sales in Dubai through a general property registration system and all agreed sale deeds will be authenticated by the Land Department…†Middle East inflation may accelerate on US$100 oil“…High oil prices will result in more money flowing into the region and "translate into greater pressure on inflation and on goods and asset prices,'' Marios Maratheftis, Standard Chartered's head of research for the Middle East, said… Analysts including Caroline Grady, a London-based economist at Deutsche Bank, have raised their 2008 inflation forecasts after local currencies were led lower against the Euro by the weakening US Dollar and housing shortages persisted. Most Gulf currencies are pegged to the dollar. UAE inflation accelerated to 9.8% in 2007 from 9.3% in 2006, according to the median forecast of seven economists surveyed by | | By: ChileSoc | | |
| | Rumble: Burj Dubai, the World's Tallest | | 2007-12-10 13:39:00 | | For one week, during our workshop in Dubai, I could see Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building being constructed only half a mile from where I was sitting.It really dwarfs the "other world's tallest buildings"!For one week, I was gazing at this amazing project.Have a look at this video:Part 1:Part 2:Video courtesy uae@uae.net, picture courtesy wikipedia.
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| Burj Dubai: The world's tallest skyscraper | | 2007-11-29 20:12:00 | | The Gulf Region “…The Gulf region, located between Europe and the Indian sub-continent, remains a strategically important area of the world with over 65% of the world’s oil reserves. The main trading block in the region is the Gulf Co-operation Council (“GCCâ€) comprising Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates (“UAEâ€), Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar. Although not as firmly integrated as the European Union, there is now a common import tariff (generally 5%) and plans to introduce a common currency by 2010. (This would be linked to the US dollar as most Gulf currencies currently are). To the north of the Gula are Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, where there are large scale developments to house the increasing population along with substantial investments going into infrastructure…â€La Sun Village in King Abdullah Economic City“…The Economic City (Emaar.E.C), the Tadawul-listed company developing King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), has unveiled a sea-side residential tower within the recently launched Bay La Sun Village in KAEC. Apartments in the sea-side Marina Tower 4 will be released for sale from Sunday December 2 at the Sales Centre in King Abdullah Economic City and Riyadh Sales Centre on King Fahad Street... The Marina Tower will feature a range of apartments – most of them facing the Red Sea – and offering several amenities for residents including pools and children’s play areas. Set amidst canals and in easy access to a Marina, the tower will be an integral part of the Bay La Sun Village, which opened to overwhelming sales response recently...â€Dubai eGovernment awarded ‘Best eGovernment in the Middle East’“…Dubai eGovernment has been presented with the ‘Best eGovernment Programme in the Middle East’ award during the inaugural Middle East Business Achievement Awards (MEBA Awards) at the Leaders in Dubai Summit held recently... The ‘Best eGovernment Programme’ award is presented to a Middle East eGovernment departmen | | By: ChileSoc | | |
| | Burj Dubai: Petroleum Cornucopia | | 2007-11-24 21:04:00 | | Revuelta en Dubaibilonia“…La nueva Babilonia del siglo XXI se llama Dubai. Este emirato petrolero del Golfo ha entrado en un frenesà faraónico y está tranformándose en una verdadera pesadilla climatizada. Burj Dubai, la torre que va a dominar la nueva Babilonia, será la torre más alta jamás construida. Su número de plantas será un secreto hasta el fin de la obra. Pero la máquina infernal acaba de estropearse: los esclavos se han rebelado. O, dicho en términos modernos, los obreros se han puesto en huelga… ¿Huelga? Es la única actividad exótica que no se admite en los Emiratos Ãrabes Unidos. Preguntado el año pasado por el programa de France 2 Envoyé spécial sobre las condiciones de trabajo de los obreros inmigrantes en estas obras babilónicas, el responsable árabe prefirió pasar la palabra a su consejero francés, quien farfulló: «Ehh, trabajar en los Emiratos, no es la Seguridad Social»…†Airbus anuncia récord de pedidos por más de 28.000 millones en Dubai“…El fabricante aeronáutico europeo Airbus afirmó este miércoles haber recibido una cifra récord de pedidos durante el décimo salón aeronáutico de Dubai: un total de 163 aviones destinados a 10 clientes, por un valor total de 28.000 millones de dólares... El gigante europeo, directo rival de Boeing en el sector de la aviación comercial en todo el mundo, aseguró que tras estos contratos, posee el 70% del mercado de Oriente Medio. El mayor contrato fue con la compañÃa aérea de Dubai, Emirates. Valorado en 20.200 millones de dólares, implica la construcción de 70 A350 XWB y 11 A380 (el mayor avión de la historia). También recibió 132 compromisos de compra de 3 clientes…â€Inversores árabes ponen la mirada en activos devaluados estadounidenses“…Algunos inversores árabes han puesto la mirada en los activos financieros estadounidenses, actualmente en dificultades, e intentan de esa forma aprovechar las actuales turbulencias de ese mercad | | By: ChileSoc | | |
| | Burj Dubai: The Tower that Slaves Built | | 2007-08-05 23:33:00 | | Will the Burj Dubai mark the top of the Dubai property boom“…Tall building syndrome is a well known phenomenon. The topping out of the world's tallest buildings has frequently happened at the point when a local market turned down… When it is completed next year the Burj Dubai will be a symbol of Dubai's achievement in quadrupling local GDP in the past decade. Then the global competition to build higher will take a new turn, and Australian James Packer has just announced plans to build a super-tall building in Las Vegas…â€Touch the sky“…High-rise housing has a rich history that embraces the very top and the very bottom of the social pile, serving paradoxically as the preserve of both the super-rich in their glamorous skyscrapers and the poor in their tenements and concrete slabs. It is the ultimate dream of the modernist architect, offering up the minimalist visions of Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe as well as the extravagantly sculptural forms of the latest blockbuster buildings. It is a form that fascinates and seduces planners, developers, designers and homebuyers. And this has never been more true than today…â€The Tower that Slaves Built“…According to news reports Burj Dubai is set to overtake Taipei 101 and the Sears Tower as the world’s tallest building in the coming months. The Burj, which means tower in Arabic, will have 124 floors upon completion, as well as a luxury hotel and four luxury swimming pools along with offices and residential units. Designed to resemble a glittering desert flower, the Burj Dubai when completed will also be the tallest manmade object ever built on earth… Indeed, given this iconic position on the human landscape, the Burj is not unlike the Egyptian pyramids of yesteryears which were also testaments to the wealth and might of the burgeoning Pharoanic kingdom and commanded awe and respect from all who viewed them. Undoubtedly the United Arab Emirates is now a world trading giant, having successfully harn | | By: ChileSoc | | |
| | Burj Dubai - The new world’s tallest building | | 2007-07-23 22:07:14 | | You just be living on Mars or must be an alien if you don’t know what place is Dubai . Never mind if you really don’t know. I’ll give you a brief introduction about it. Dubai is a very small city in United Arab Emirates. You probably wouldn’t even have ever noticed it while looking at a map. And it’s the place where I have spent 13 years of my life .
Now coming back to the topic, Burj Dubai is being constructed in “New Downtown” of Dubai and on Saturday, 21 July 2007, the developers reported it’s height as 512.1 metres with 141 completed floors surpassing the Taipei 101 (509.2 m) as the tallest high-rise building in the world. Amazing isn’t it?
Facts:
Now I’ll tell some facts about this amazing structure and in the end there are some pictures of its still on going construction.
In February 2007, the Burj Dubai surpassed the Sears Tower as the building with the most floors in the world.
On 20 July 2007, the head of the C | | By: Sizzled Core - A collection of sizzling findings! | | |
| | The world's tallest building: Burj Dubai | | 2007-07-23 20:35:00 | | Builder: Dubai High-Rise World's Tallest “…After North American and Asian cities marked their 20th century economic booms with skyscrapers, the Gulf grew eager to show off its success with ever taller buildings. In Dubai, long an oil-rich Gulf symbol of rapid economic growth, the building reflects the city's hunger for global prestige… "It's a symbol of Dubai as a city of the world," said Greg Sang, the project director for Emaar Properties… Mohammed Ali Alabbar, chairman of Emaar, said it will be an architectural and engineering masterpiece of concrete, steel and glass. Dubai has "resisted the usual and has inspired to build a global icon," he said.…â€Rising Skyscraper Becomes World's Tallest“…It's not even finished, and already the Burj Dubai Tower in the United Arab Emirates is the tallest of the tall... When it's completed next year, the $1 billion building will soar to a neck-bending height of nearly 2,300 feet — almost half-a-mile. It's record-shattering 160 floors will include apartments, a hotel, and, of course, an observation deck to look down at all the others…â€Burj Dubai 'world's tallest tower' “…A year and a half ahead of completion and already 512m tall, the skyscraper known as Burj Dubai (Dubai Tower) has become the world's tallest building, according to its developers... If independently confirmed, it will take over as number one from the Taipei 101 in Taiwan, which has dominated the world's skyline at 508m since 2004… The final height of the Burj, expected to be finished by the end of 2008, is a closely guarded secret… Emaar, the state-owned development company, is only willing to say that construction work will stop sometime after the tower reaches 700m…â€Burj Dubai sets global records “…The company has yet to reveal the final height and number of storeys. When completed, Burj Dubai will have consumed 330,000 cubic metres of concrete, 39,000 metric tonn | | By: ChileSoc | | |
| | Burj Dubai Tower Update | | 2007-07-12 20:47:00 | | Burj Dubai Tower Update“…When completed Burj Dubai will hold the record in all four categories as recognized by the New York-based global authority - Council on Tall Building and Urban Habitat – highest structure, roof, antenna and occupied floor… Science fiction writers have created vast structures; for example, in Tower of Glass, a 1970 novel by Robert Silverberg, a six kilometer-high tower is constructed. (This novel also has the first use of the cyberpunk term "jack in."). SF writers also create structures that are not only based on animals or plants, but which actually incorporate living animals or plants. The float-home from Frank Herbert's 1969 novel Whipping Star is actually constructed using a very large mammalian lifeform. See also the earlier article Burj Tower in Dubai to be World's Tallest Building…†Burj Dubai Photos Burj Dubai Photos Diagrams Burj Dubai Videos Burj Dubai Post
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| | Burj Dubai | | 2007-06-22 21:55:00 | | Las nuevas torres de Babel“…Hace poco más de doce años, cuando el arquitecto César Pelli elaboraba los planos y las maquetas de la torre más alta del mundo, fui a visitarlo a su estudio de New Haven, en Connecticut, dos horas al norte de Nueva York. El coloso Miglin-Beitler iba a levantarse en la esquina sudoeste de las calles Madison y Wells, en Chicago. Su altura, de 656 metros, aspiraba a duplicar la del mÃtico Empire State y a superar con holgura la del rascacielos Sears, a orillas del lago Michigan, cuyos 442 metros regÃan las alturas del mundo desde 1974…†14.000 obreros trabajan dÃa y noche en el complejo vacacional más grande el mundo“…'The Palm', en Dubai, es hoy por hoy uno de los lugares más impresionantes del mundo. 14.000 obreros de toda raza y condición trabajan dÃa y noche para construir el complejo residencial artificial más ambicioso y caro de la historia… Los tres que forman el 'palmeral', Jumeriah, el Jebel Ali y Deria, son los que más rápido avanzan de los 14 proyectos en desarrollo de la megalómana aventura empresarial del Sultán Ahmed Bin Sulayem y su empresa, Nakheel, filial de Dubai World, que desarrolla 180 millones de metros cuadrados de complejos residenciales de lujo en medio del desierto de Arabia, con una inversión de 30.000 millones de dólares, según la compañÃa…†Dubai compra el Queen Elizabeth 2“…El emirato de Dubai compró el crucero Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) para transformarlo en un lujoso hotel flotante y un museo con el que espera atraer a acaudalados turistas a Palm Jumeirah, la isla artificial con forma de palmera que hizo en su litoral… Las autoridades de Dubai, uno de los siete miembros de la federación de Emiratos Arabes Unidos, desembolsaron 100 millones de dólares para la adquisición del célebre navÃo, que ha surcado los mares desde 1969 y era gestionado por la compañÃa Cunard Line, anunció el lunes la empresa pública Istithmar en un comunicado… | | By: ChileSoc | | |
| | Revolución Arquitectónica en el Mundo Ãrabe: Burj Dubai | | 2007-05-30 22:56:00 | | Dubai construye la torre de Babel del siglo XXI“…trabajan 5.000 obreros, tiene un presupuesto de 1.100 millones de dólares, una partida relativamente pequeña de los 20.000 millones de dólares que se han invertido en el complejo residencial y comercial de casi cinco millones de metros cuadrados que Emaar está levantando alrededor de la torre. 20.000 obreros de decenas de nacionalidades trabajan dÃa y noche en el proyecto, uno de los más ambiciosos de Dubai… En Dubai todo es superlativo. El parque de atracciones Dubailand nacerá con dos veces la envergadura de Disneylandia (Orlando, EE UU); la suite de hotel más cara del mundo ocupa una planta de 500 metros y cuesta 10.000 dólares por noche; las islas artificiales que se construyen frente a la ciudad cuentan con viviendas para 700.000 personas; en un espacio de 4.114 kilómetros cuadrados conviven 1,3 millones de personas de 180 nacionalidades diferentes, de las que menos del 10% son nativos…†Otros Mega Proyectos en curso:King Abdullah City (Arabic: مدينة الملك عبدالله اللإقتصادية) in Saudi ArabiaDurrat Al Bahrain (Arabic: مملكة البØرين Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn) also referred as the Rising Peral, the Jewel of Bahrain or Pearl of Bahrain Madinat Al Hareer (Arabic: مدينة الØرير, meaning "City of Silk"), urban area in Subiya, KuwaitAbraj Al-Bait Mecca Saudi Arabia
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| | Burj Dubai avanza: ya tiene 411 metros y 117 pisos | | 2007-04-05 18:47:00 | | ¿Qué hay por Dubai?“…En Dubai los dubaitíes, que son en torno al 15% de la población total del emirato, ni trabajan ni se espera que trabajen mientras la tierra los siga bendiciendo y continúe derramando esa negra sangre que permite irrigar todas las necesidades de nuestro enfermo cuerpo occidental. Tal vez por ello, en Dubai el dinero viaja por las autopistas en Ferrari, el desierto es capaz de dar vida a impecables campos de golf, como si de la mismísima Escocia se tratase, y los edificios crecen y crecen compitiendo por pinchar esas nubes racanas que casi nunca se deciden a soltar su agua bendita. Vamos que dicho de otra forma, si en España unos pocos han aprendido a vivir del cuento, aquí unos muchos se las han ingeniado para vivir no ya del cuento, sino más bien de «Las mil una y noches»... sin clavarla. Para que luego nos las demos por Europa de nivel de vida y otras mandangas…” Llamando a las puertas del cielo“…Unos postulados cercanos a los de Cerve | | By: ChileSoc | | |
| | Burj Dubai: The world’s highest building | | 2007-01-13 03:52:00 | | The Height of Burj Dubai is being kept private, and will not be told until it is complete. According to the developers, it will be the tallest building on earth. However at the end of June 2006 a height of 2650ft (807.7m) has been made public by some of the firms involved in this project.As of January 5, 2007, the Burj Dubai was at 102 stories (about 377 m) tall, and is now the tallest building in the Middle East, and the tenth tallest building in the world. It is only 4 m short of overtaking the height of the Empire State Building with already the same number of floors.Burj Dubai is set to be the world's tallest building and the centerpiece of the Gulf regions most prestigious urban development, entitled Downtown Dubai. The Arabic meaning for the word Burj is 'tower', which gives Burj Dubai a meaning of 'Dubai Tower' or 'Tower of Dubai'. Its exact height hasn't been disclosed but it has been confirmed that it will be over 700 meters tall and its design was influenced by the six petal desert flower.Burj Residence (The Residence) The Burj Dubai Residence will be one the residential area of Downtown Dubai containing nine luxury freehold apartment towers with open water, calming greenery, state-of-the-art gyms, pools and spas. These towers will contain 1, 2 and 3 bedroom suites, penthouses, or villas.Old Town This development is located at the foot of Burj Dubai and will contain a variety of freehold properties, from low-rise three storey apartment buildings to exclusive mid-rise towers with penthouses. It will have traditional architecture and will have comfortable outdoor living areas like terraces and balconies. The development will also contain restaurant from five-star dining to outdoor cafes overlooking parks and waterways. The Lofts (Loft Living) The Lofts will be a series of double-storey freehold apartments along the 3.5 km (2.2 miles) long, 73 meter (240 feet) wide Burj Dubai Boulevard. It will be situated within an exclusive 3-tower complex of 27 to 30 storeys and raised from a 6-storey podium. The Lofts tower complex will offer one and two bedroom units with a maximum of 6 suites per floor, each with panoramic windows and outdoor balconies.Dubai Mall Downtown Dubai's major retail outlet will also be the world's largest shopping mall, which will cover 9 million square feet (836 thousand square meters). Burj Dubai Mall will have areas for leisure pursuits, including a world-class aquarium, fashion show arena, gold souk and an ice rink, as it intends to revolutionize the modern shopping experience.
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