When complete next year the Burj Dubai will be taller than three Canary Wharf towers
balanced on top of each other
Posted on 04/06/2008 1:15:21 PM PDT by yankeedame
Last updated at 15:21pm on 6th April 2008
It is the tallest man-made structure in the world – and it is still growing.
When complete next year the Burj Dubai will stretch half a mile into the sky over the United Arab Emirates, taller than three Canary Wharf towers balanced on top of each other.
Already 2,200ft tall, and the result of 22million man hours of labour, the Burj is the pinnacle of skyscraper engineering.
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When complete next year the Burj Dubai will be taller than three Canary Wharf towers
balanced on top of each other
This £2 billion marvel, designed by American architect Adrian Smith, is packed with technological innovations, including double-decker lifts that can carry 42 people at a record-breaking 40mph to the observation platforms, robotic window-cleaning platforms and a system of pipes to collect condensation from the windows.
It will provide about 15million gallons of water per year – equivalent to nearly 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
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The Burj will be the height of luxury. Some of the space will be used for offices but the lower
37 floors will house the world's first Armani Hotel
The water will be pumped into the site's irrigation system for use on the landscaped areas.
Because of its size – more than 6,000 miles of girders, enough to stretch a quarter of the way round the world, have gone into making its 160 floors – evacuation in a fire could be too slow.
Therefore pressurised air-conditioned refuges to allow heat or fumes to escape are situated on every 25th floor, the stairwells are fireproofed and there is a special lift for firefighting equipment.
The Burj will be the height of luxury. Some of the space will be used for offices but the lower 37 floors will house the world's first Armani Hotel.
There are also 700 private apartments, and residents will be able to swim in an outdoor pool on the side roof of the 78th floor.
The Y-shape plan of the tower, copied from Islamic designs on mosque roofs, maximises views of the Persian Gulf.
Haha...that would be cool.
If I lived over there I’d build two half-mile high towers with flagpoles on top connected by a 50-mile long bridge......across the Persian Gulf.
Lol..this is fun. I see why they get into it.
Yeah, I'll bet they need a very sturdy foundation.
“Yeah, I’ll bet they need a very sturdy foundation.”
Oh, shush, you! I’ve been thoroughly busted. (Sheepish grin... :)
Population is a problem we should not look at. Could be a nightmare.
Right below the Bush Executive Floors. There's more of them ya know so they'll require more office space than Clinton. Besides Bush's are likely more UAE friendly given recent dealings.
Alaska is in a boom cycle of oil revenue right now, but this will end within three years and the crash will be astounding. Alaska has been though the cycle before, but the young people have no direct experience of it and would be advised to get out while they can.
Oh, I just had another idea. The parking garage should look like one of the towers. And it should have giant elevators that take cars up and down. Maybe even build a hybrid tower that has every other floor for parking, in between the levels for offices, shopping etc.
Dubai's oil is running out in just a few years, which is why they've been working so hard to build a tourism industry to fall back on.
and the region revert to its natural state.
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That’s what they’ve been saying about the great plains region with respect to farming for a hundred years. It’s not going to happen in our lifetimes. It’s not going to happen in this century.
LOL!
......They will be back to tents and camels eventually.....
I think tyour knowledge of the situation is severely deficient.
The Emirates are building ( have built)a world class business, manufacturing, distribution and financial center that will rival those in Europe, Singapore and even Hong Kong.
Farming at least can continue at some level when the economy crashes on the great prairie. Dubai is ecstatic about filling a few swimming pools: not a great natural state to fall back to.
You’re repplying to the same post I was replying to, and attributing what I replied to as being what I said.
I read stuff like this and I can't even comprehend the engineering and stuff that goes into its making. I'm just trying to figure out the best way to clean my deck and am spending countless hours on the internet...........
Aha! So you admit it!
LOL
Put down the whiskey and step away please.
good point
Tour guide voice: “You have arrived at the observation deck of the Burj Dubai. If you look left you’ll see the Persian Gulf, to the right desert, to front desert and to the rear, desert.”
Great graphic.
Can’t do that. Need my hangover cure today.
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