Tallest building in the world, by SOM for Emaar Properties, UAE
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Building architect:
SOM
Dubai Buildings
Height: 808 metres (2650 feet)
Architect: Marshall Strabala, formerly at SOM
News Update - 22 May 2008
Latest photographs of this stunning project:
News Update - 1 May 2008
Architect Adrian Smith advises that no new habitable floors will be added to the Burj Dubai, giving a stronger idea of this secretive project’s final appearance.
So far 160 floors have been completed. The skyscraper is already the tallest man-made structure in the world, since 7 April.
Picture from July 2007:
The focus now will be on four steel-framed communications floors and the steel spire above. Amazingly this might be up to 70 storeys high, pushing the final height beyond 800m.
Before the Burj Dubai reached 629 metres in height the record was held by the KVLY-TV Mast, North Dakota, USA.
Adrian Smith helps run Chicago practice Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill. Previously he ran another Chicago office - Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM) won the design competition in 2003
Images of the model received 28 Nov 2008:
Photos : Samar Jodha
Picture of the interior received 28 Nov 2008:
Photo : SOM
Facilities from base: hotel; hotel residences; apartments; offices
Developer: Emaar Properties
Skyscraper design influenced by an Asian plant, Hymeocallis
'Rem Koolhaas: Burj Dubai'
The Burj Dubai surpasses Taipei as tallest building in the world
Adrian Smith + Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Press Release: Burj Dubai reaches a record high
Picture of the tower July 2007:
512.1m (1,680 ft) - 141 storeys, Burj Dubai is tallest building in the world
A human achievement without equal, says Emaar Chairman Alabbar
Highlights of the Skyscraper Design:
The tip of the spire can be seen by a person 95 km (60 miles) away.
An estimated 330,000 sq m of cement, 39,000 metric tones of steel rebar and 142,000 sq m of glass will be utilized in the construction of Burj Dubai.
22 million man hours will go into building the landmark.
The foundation slab is 80,000 sq ft in size and the piling is 50 metres deep.
Burj Dubai will set a new global record in vertical concrete pumping in any construction activity.
The Burj Dubai’s Observatory Elevators (double deck cabs) will have the world’s longest travel distance from lowest to highest stop.
Burj Dubai will contain the world’s highest elevator installation.
A Condensate Collection System will collect condensed water from the hot and humid air, which will be used for irrigation requirements for the tower’s gardens. This system will provide about 15 million gallons of supplemental water per year, equivalent to nearly 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
The curtain wall of the Burj Dubai will be equivalent to 17 football (soccer) fields or 25 American football fields.
The concrete used for the Burj Dubai is equivalent to a sidewalk 1,900 km long (1,200 miles).
Burj Dubai architect : SOM Architects
Burj Dubai design : Marshall Strabala
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