Dubai: The tallest building in the world...and still growing (photos)

Dailynew.co.uk ^ | 6th April 2008 | staff writer

[G8 Diplomat]

Walid bin Talal is the second richest royal in the world (King Abdullah is first). I heard awhile ago the Saudis had plans to build the tallest tower as well...looks like they might go through with them.

Dubai originally built the tallest flagpole for the largest flag, but Jordan built a larger one awhile ago and theirs still stands as the tallest in the world. Architecture races in the Middle East...gotta love it. (Also, the more $$$ they spend on stuff like this is less $$$ they can spend on terror. I say let ‘em have all the competitions they want).

[cubreporter]

More money than brains.

[The Black Knight]

“I sure hope some loony American religious group like Praise The Lord Club aided by the outlaw government of Dick Cheney and George W Bush doesnt send people to Dubai dressed as normal Arabians and fly fully loaded passenger planes into that building in a desparate suicidal attempt to show the Mid East that it is evil and corrupt in the eyes of Jesus Christ.”

And when we do, it won’t be our fault. It will be as a result of Dubai’s corrupt foreign policy.

[RightWhale]

We have the same thought about this building spree. It might be some decades away, but it will end and the region revert to its natural state.

[sourcery]

They better hope no one flies a plane into it.

Perhaps that's why it's being built in a Muslim country, instead of somewhere like New York...

[Clintonfatigued]

It looks like science fiction special effects.

[TCats]

Yep. But what to do with the overpopulation engendered by the Oil Boom? This over-development and overpopulation is sowing the seeds of the next wave of Middle East destabilization.

[Dr. Ursus]

What floor is the Bill Clinton suite going to be on?

[CaspersGh0sts]

There comes a point where architecture ceases to be architecture and becomes mere showmanship. This tower, with all its engineering feets, looks like a bunch of tall boys stacked upon one another. It’s not a thing of beauty, and it’s not something to inspire any meaningful aspect of the imagination outside of shere awe due to its looming shadow.

When you compare it to the Chrysler Building in New York or the TransAmerica Building in San Francisco.... well, let’s just say I’m fond of a building that inspires beauty and manages to stand out, all the while complementing its surroundings.

[ThomasThomas]

[ThomasThomas]

I can read this one.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

The oil revenues have to go someplace.

Yep. And thanks to our idiotic Democrats, no oil revenues are flowing into Alaska, North Dakota, etc.

[nutmeg]

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[mamelukesabre]

You know what I think would be far more impressive than a mile high tower? An array of say 16 or maybe more canary warf sized towers connected with walkways every 5 or 10 floors. If I were king of some oil rich dictatorship, that’s what I’d build.

[CaspersGh0sts]

"This is just ego boobusting.">

[Ole Okie]

Architecture races in the Middle East...gotta love it.

All on a "Mine's bigger than yours" theme.

[vietvet67]

“What floor is the Bill Clinton suite going to be on?”

Bill gets the top 5 floors.

Directly be-low is the “BimboSweet”. :-)

[Right Wing Assault]

An array of say 16 or maybe more canary warf sized towers

I guess this Muzzl'em wants one loooong one rather than 16 short ones. I do agree the latter would be better with the 72 virgins, though. But if he had 18, he could do 1/4 of them at once.

[Right Wing Assault]

the stairwells are fireproofed and there is a special lift for firefighting equipment

Just in case some Christians fly a few planes into it.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

What’s taking so long in New York??

Liberals are in charge.