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www.dubaifaqs.comBurj Dubai - the tallest tower in the world ('History Rising')
Sponsored Links Burj Dubai and Downtown Dubai development - artist's impression31 December 2007 - U2 to perform at Burj Dubai party 2008 New Year's Eve?Earlier in 2007, Emaar announced plans to hold a New Year's Eve party in the Burj Dubai on 31 December 2008 to celebrate the completion of the building - expected to open before Christmas 2008. Arabian Business, a UAE business magazine, carried a brief story that U2, an Irish rock band, were rumoured to be booked to play at the party. As Emaar developments are usually fairly strict on no-alcohol policies (Dubai Marina restaurants are still waiting for alcohol licenses promised long ago), it would seem an unlikely mix. Irish rock band and no beer? Especially for a New Year's Eve party? 13 September 2007 - Burj Dubai tallest free-standing structure on the planetThe Burj Dubai construction is up to 150 storeys and reaches a height of 555 metres, just ahead of the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada at 553 metres which was tallest free-standing man-made structure in the world since 1976. 22 August 2007 - 1300 dhs for a tour of the Burj Dubai?7 Days, a Dubai newspaper, reported that someone called Tunafish was advertising, on dealbay.ae, VIP tours to the top of the Burj Dubai for 1300 dhs per person (US$354), by dressing customers up as construction workers. S/he claimed they had permission from Emaar Properties to do the tours. Emaar Properties were not amused and said that was incorrect. 21 July 2007 - Burj Dubai the tallest building in the worldThe Burj Dubai overtakes the Taipei 101 to become the tallest occupied building in the world at 512 meters, with 141 floors. There are a couple of unoccupied structures taller than the Burj Dubai - the 553 meter CN tower in Canada, and the 629 meter KVLY/KTHI television mast in Blanchard, North Dakota, USA (which is not free-standing). Another milestone is achieved as the Middle East reclaims the title of tallest building in the world. It was previously held by the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt until 1889, when the Eiffel Tower in Paris took over the title. 31 May 2007 - Burj Dubai becomes second tallest building in the worldBurj Dubai height now up to 468 m and has 130 floors. The highest occupied building in the world is the Taipei 101 at 509 meters. 07 April 2007 - Burj Dubai building has highest number of floors in the worldThe Burj Dubai reaches 422.5 metres and 120 floors, setting a world record for the most number of floors in a building. 04 March 2007 - Burj Dubai becomes tallest structure in the Middle EastThe Burj Dubai is up to 380 metres and 110 floors making it the tallest building in the Middle East and Europe, and equal with the Chicago Sears Tower with the most number of floors in a building worldwide. 31 January 2007 - construction delays due to bankruptcy of cladding companyThere were reports that the completion of the Burj Dubai would be delayed up to a year due to the bankruptcy of the cladding company, Schmidlin (see 22 February 2006 below), but Emaar Properties, the developer, said that they were only a couple of months behind schedule and expected to catch up so as to open on schedule at the end of 2008. They had appointed a new cladding supplier - the Far East Aluminium Works Company in China - and installation would be done in partnership with the Arabian Aluminium Company starting June 2007. 17 January 2007 - Burj Dubai reaches 100 floorsThe Burj Dubai becomes one of only 6 buildings worldwide that have more than 100 floors. Height of the Burj Dubai is almost 350m. 16 December 2006 - Burj Dubai second tallest UAE buildingThe Burj Dubai becomes the second highest building in the UAE as it reaches 95 levels and a height of 329 meters - taller than the Burj Al Arab at 321 metres but less than the Emirates Towers office tower at 355 metres (which is the tallest UAE building). 12 November 2006 - Burj Dubai 81 floors up
22 February 2007 - Schmidlin bankruptcySchmidlin Ltd. Facade Technology, a Swiss company, was supposed to supply the exterior cladding for the Burj Dubai, but went filed for bankruptcy. Burj Dubai metro stationThe Burj Dubai area will have a metro station on the Red Line, which is scheduled to open in 2009. Background InformationThe Burj Dubai construction, will be the tallest tower in the world when completed, with a hotel, shopping, and residential accommodation all incorporated inside. But it is part of a much larger project which involves shifting the center of Dubai from wherever it is (no one really seems to know) to the Downtown Dubai development which will include the Burj Dubai, and have Business Bay (another large development) nearby.
In the end though, it may not be the tallest tower for long. Nakheel announced a 800-900 m tower (the Al Burj) to be built in Dubai Waterfront and in 2006 Kuwait annouced a tower that just creaks over a kilometer in height, at 1001m, to be built as part of their Madinat Al Hareer (City of Silk) development. This information last updated Thursday 03-Jan-2008 |
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