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World Buildings - June 2006

June 21st 2006 06:32

Behold...the race to go "vertical" has seen its new competitor. It seems that the world is learning at a faster pace that developing across land is wasting valuable space that could be used for something better, and Dubai is no short of working on its own building that is set to break new records.

The Burj Dubai has already begun construction, and as of June 20, 2006, it is at 50 stories of the total 160 it claims to reach. It is expected to be completed in 2008, at a height of 624 m to the top floor and 630 m to the roof. The building will feature an Armani hotel, approximately 700 private apartments on 64 floors and corporate offices.

The real challenge lies in networking the entire structure with cabling, television and telephone networks, not to mention water supply up to a 0.5 kms above the ground!

Did I also mention that it will also feature the world's fastest elevator? At 18m/s, you better be hanging onto your bag real tight!

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Comment by jon

June 22nd 2006 06:43

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18 m/s -- holy crap that is fast for a lift. Even going that fast it will take a while to get to the top. Do you know if the top of the building will sway about at all?

Comment by Anonymous

June 22nd 2006 07:00

The building will have extremely strong foundation and I would say it would stay strong against natural disasters. But at such a heights, I can only imagine the mainteinance costs to be astronomical...literally!

Comment by Legally Brunette

June 26th 2006 13:30

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wow, the stuff that's getting constructed in Dubai is totally amazing. Like that palm island thingy and the mini world and now this!

Comment by Anonymous

June 27th 2006 00:33

The palm island area is soo amazing! It branches out into numerous slabs of sand and people living there must be having a scenery of their lives!

Comment by jon

June 27th 2006 00:42

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There was also an island in the shape of the world with all the different countries?

Comment by Legally Brunette

June 27th 2006 07:19

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yeah, can you believe it?? I think the palm island was a good idea but a mini world is taking it a bit too far! Though it'll be interesting to see who ends up buying the land...

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June 27th 2006 07:26

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I heard they took the English soccer team there (on the way to a game somewhere) and offered them all plots on the palm island at a discount so they could then say -- buy a house on this island -- posh and becks live there!

Ah what you can do when you are an absolute ruler and have lots of oil.

Comment by Anonymous

January 6th 2007 08:59

it's going to be 1 tall skyscraper, the height is been changed to 850 meters!!!!!!!. and the highest occupied floor level at 704 meter's. and the sky-deck has been relocated up to the 600 meter mark.

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