New tallest building.
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Burj Dubai
The Burj Dubai (Arabic: ÈÑÌ �Èà "Dubai Tower") is a supertall skyscraper currently under construction in the "New Downtown" of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Although not yet complete, it is currently the tallest high-rise building in the world. When it is completed, it will be the tallest man-made structure in the world. Scheduled for occupancy in 2009, the building is part of a huge development located at the "First Interchange" (aka "Defence round-about") along Sheikh Zayed Road at Doha Street. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) of Chicago is the lead architect, structural engineer and mechanical engineer of the Burj. George Efstathiou of SOM is the Managing Partner on the project, while Adrian Smith, formerly of SOM, was the Design Partner.
Current height
As of 21 July 2007, the tower's developers reported the Burj Dubai's height as 512.1 metres (1,680.1 feet), with 141 completed floors,[3] surpassing the Taipei 101 (509.2 m (1,671 ft)) as the tallest high-rise building in the world. [4]
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 Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), Antony Wood, has confirmed that it "has now surpassed the height of Taipei 101 structurally (concrete)." [5] However, he also added "We will not classify it as a building until it is complete, clad and at least partially open for business to avoid things like the Ryungyong [sic] project. Taipei 101 is thus officially the world's tallest until that happens."
The CN Tower, in Toronto, Canada, remains the tallest free-standing-structure at 553 m (1,814 ft).[4]
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Its damn high.Originally posted by Delphian:Looks scary to be it's construction worker or a window cleaner... -
Very, very magnificent indeed....Originally posted by seotiblizzard:Its damn high. -
Damn,imagine you work at 100+ floors and there's a fire drill.(Lifts turned off)
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Very impressive indeed!
Base jumpers around the world must be salivating in anticipation of the building's completion.
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run all the way down only to die of heart attack or fatigue.Originally posted by mochou:Damn,imagine you work at 100+ floors and there's a fire drill.(Lifts turned off)
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Its probably one of the few buildings in the world that STRONGLY ENCOURAGES people to use the lift in case of fire, instead of the other way round.Originally posted by mochou:Damn,imagine you work at 100+ floors and there's a fire drill.(Lifts turned off) -
i wanna go dubai...
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Wow a nice place for terrorist to crash with plane.
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there seems to be something wrong with the design, its tilted too much, for civil engineers there a cap limit of centric deviation per 100m, think its like 3-5 mm deviation per 100m height. Think this building would not last.
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FYI, its tilt is worse than the Leaning Tower of PisaOriginally posted by nightzip:there seems to be something wrong with the design, its tilted too much, for civil engineers there a cap limit of centric deviation per 100m, think its like 3-5 mm deviation per 100m height. Think this building would not last. -
I'm guessing it's lens distortion, or the photographer simply accidentally tilting the camera when taking the picture.Originally posted by nightzip:there seems to be something wrong with the design, its tilted too much, for civil engineers there a cap limit of centric deviation per 100m, think its like 3-5 mm deviation per 100m height. Think this building would not last. -
will singapore be the one to build the world's tallest building next?
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oh noes....ah bian one less thing to brag about liao....
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longest phallic looking thing in the world
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we can hold our vertical marathon there. haha
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confirm die lor.Originally posted by airgrinder:we can hold our vertical marathon there. haha -
doesnt look modern to mi. and i dun wanna work on the highest floor.
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Is it possible?Originally posted by Gordonator:will singapore be the one to build the world's tallest building next? -
The design look like the pillars are support huge load.
Somemore it's very obvious that it's quite slanting. -
The Higher U Go up...
The Harder U fall down...