Burj Dubai Races Past CN Tower

15 Sep

Posted by Vinay as Dubai Notes

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Being in Dubai it’s natural that a few random posts of mine are on Dubai. Writing about Dubai and not mentioning about “Burj Dubai”, the tower slated to be the tallest in the world is like being in Paris and not mentioning about Eiffel Tower.

Burj Dubai is now taller than the CN Tower in Toronto which is 553 meters tall. Recently it surpassed Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers and Taipei 101 (508 meters) which was the tallest tower record holder. Burj Dubai has now reached 150 completed storeys at a towering 555 metres and was officially declared the world’s tallest building. At its current height of 555.3 meters it is taller than CN Tower in Toronto which had held the title as the tallest free standing structure since 1976.

Burj Dubai will next scale past the KVLY/KTHI television mast in Blanchard, North Dakota, which at 628.8 metres (2,063 feet) is the world’s tallest mast and technically qualifies to be the world’s tallest structure, even though it is stabilized with a series of guy-wires.

Around 5,000 workers are at work on the building which is rising at the rate of one floor a week. Burj Dubai will be the centerpiece of the 500 acres $20 billion Burj Dubai Downtown development. The final height of Burj Dubai is a secret but it will rise to a minimum of 700 meters and most probably will cross 800 meters if popular opinion is to be believed.

I am leaving with a few photos of Burj Dubai and the downtown development. It is how it will look after the entire area is completed.

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9 Responses

mangatoread

September 15th, 2007 at 4:25 pm

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Whoa…
It’s taller than Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers …
I don’t even think I want to work at tall building like that…
Lament

September 16th, 2007 at 1:28 am

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really what is the point of making such high building…I think 20 story building is lot better than 1 million story building and lot safer..
Nick Ramsay

September 17th, 2007 at 9:41 am

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I love this stuff Desi. I hope you can get out there and take some photos for us and post updates on its construction. Who knows, you might get a flood of traffic from Google Image Search when the building opens!
boringman

September 17th, 2007 at 10:19 am

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Yes.. I agree with Nick..
maybe you can get some picture of this building progress..
whoa i also think you can get more traffic…
High Return Investing with Dax

September 20th, 2007 at 12:56 pm

5

That’s a heavenly looking building. I definitely want to see it in real life.
Thomas Sinfield

September 21st, 2007 at 9:18 am

6

That is crazy! It is amazing how engineering has made a way for us to such creative work!
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September 21st, 2007 at 4:36 pm

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justin

March 28th, 2008 at 10:17 am

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Wow, so not only are you guys kicking our asses with the tallest freestanding structure, but you’re also going to make a mall way bigger than the Edmonton mall within the same district as the Burj Dubai.

Congrats, you guys. The tower looks beautiful and the city looks amazing. I’d like very much to come visit some day.

-Justin, Canada
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