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World's tallest building opens in Dubai
BBC News ^ | 01/04/2010

Posted on 01/04/2010 11:16:22 AM PST by SeekAndFind

The world's tallest building has been opened with a dramatic fireworks ceremony in the Gulf emirate of Dubai.

The Burj Khalifa was revealed to be 828m (2,716ft) high, far taller than the previous record holder, Taipei 101.

Known as the Burj Dubai during construction, the tower has been renamed after the leader of Dubai's oil-rich neighbour, Abu Dhabi.

Last month, Abu Dhabi gave Dubai a handout of $10bn (£6.13bn) to help it pay off its debts.

Construction of the Burj Dubai began in 2004, at the height of an economic boom.

Clad in 28,000 glass panels, the tower has 160 floors and more than 500,000 sq m of space for offices and flats.

The tower also lays claim to the highest occupied floor, the tallest service lift, and the world's highest observation deck - on the 124th floor.

The world's highest mosque and swimming pool will meanwhile be located on the 158th and 76th floors.

Technical challenges

The opening ceremony, held 1,325 days after excavation work started, was attended by some 6,000 guests.

Though not complete on the inside, it was officially opened by Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Burj Dubai The Burj Dubai dwarfs its neighbouring buildings

In a surprise move he renamed it Burj Khalifa - after the president of the United Arab Emirates and emir of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dubai; tallestbuilding
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To: goseminoles
There is a mosque. That building is good to go.

Would it help if we allowed a mosque inside every tower-like building in the USA?
21 posted on 01/04/2010 11:38:25 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: who knows what evil?
The passenger elevator in Toronto's CN Tower is a real rush...

I thought standing on the little section of glass floor was pretty cool.

22 posted on 01/04/2010 11:38:57 AM PST by youturn (Conference, Christine!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I am very much surprised that there aren’t twin tall buildings on each side that resemble minarets. Anyone see any muslim or satanic symbols?


23 posted on 01/04/2010 11:44:09 AM PST by RadiationRomeo (Step into my mind and glimpse the madness that is me)
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To: zeaal
Just why .... ?

For the very same reasons why Americans built the Empire State Building, the World Trade Center and the Sears Tower.

24 posted on 01/04/2010 11:44:44 AM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: SeekAndFind


Shown above is the completed "One World Trade Center" in NYC built up on the former side of the World Trade Centers. "One World Trade Center" was once going to be named the "Freedom Tower" but the name fell out of favor. Now that Obama has turned 911 into a day of service the "One World Trade Center" was built by volunteers and stands as a testament to America's new greatness ...
25 posted on 01/04/2010 11:45:20 AM PST by Scythian
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To: youturn

On the way up from the restaurant/gift shop level; I made the mistake of telling the operator I wasn’t too crazy about heights. He went into great detail about the unrestricted visibility from the upper observation deck; especially down. Ye gads.


26 posted on 01/04/2010 11:45:39 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Y’know...I wouldn’t mind visiting the place at least once. I’m fascinated with REALLY tall buildings. I’d go, look around, go as high as I could, take a few pictures....

...and then get the Hell outta there and never return.


27 posted on 01/04/2010 11:52:10 AM PST by hoagy62 (Obama: slowly sucking the positive attitude out of the US since 11-4-08)
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To: hoagy62

Here is a video from the top of the tower, I’m not kidding, watch it, it’s absolultely horrifying ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eU5QpFZAfo


28 posted on 01/04/2010 11:53:25 AM PST by Scythian
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To: Scythian

That is amazing...thanks!


29 posted on 01/04/2010 11:56:15 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hell of a glass job.


30 posted on 01/04/2010 11:59:20 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . What ever I do is what shall be)
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To: goseminoles

Yeah, mosques never get hit with bombs....................


31 posted on 01/04/2010 11:59:43 AM PST by Red Badger (Obama - The first ever elected lame duck..............)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

you miss the point entirely... if you build it, they will come.

Think not in 90 day intervals, but in decades


32 posted on 01/04/2010 12:02:17 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . What ever I do is what shall be)
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To: SeekAndFind

So how long before someone uses it as a base jump site? Or climb it from the outside?

I imagine prison for those who attempt.


33 posted on 01/04/2010 12:04:51 PM PST by cicero2k
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To: Scythian

being that i am afraid of heights, i thought it would be too difficult for me to watch... not so bad... however, being up there personally, i couldn’t do it... maybe i would if i were triple dog dared, and talked myself into it...


34 posted on 01/04/2010 12:09:33 PM PST by latina4dubya ( self-proclaimed tequila snob)
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To: cicero2k

There is already a UTube video showing base jumping. Got away with it the first time, got arrested the second.


35 posted on 01/04/2010 12:15:21 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: cicero2k

IIRC they opened the chutes a little before they got down to the level of the tallest buildings in the surrounding area. Quite a video.


36 posted on 01/04/2010 12:19:34 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: zeaal

Isn’t it obvious? All of these towers are so obviously phallic it is laughable. These towers are designed and built by MEN. It’s the eternal primal battle for verility and supremecy.


37 posted on 01/04/2010 12:24:41 PM PST by Swede Girl
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To: SeekAndFind

*2) If and when we do build the New York Freedom Tower, how tall will it be compared to the Dubai Tower ?*

Freedom Tower was originally designed to be 1776 feet tall. For whatever reason, it was scaled down.

Either way, it will be dwarfed by this building.


38 posted on 01/04/2010 12:25:41 PM PST by j-damn
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To: j-damn
Freedom Tower was originally designed to be 1776 feet tall. For whatever reason, it was scaled down.

Although some disagree with me, I think the biggest problem is that there's currently no economic incentive to build the new building. New York is shrinking, not expanding, and the increasing taxes are only going to speed up the exodus.

39 posted on 01/04/2010 12:30:07 PM PST by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: peteram

Apparently 3


40 posted on 01/04/2010 12:44:40 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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