I had written long back that Burj Dubai has raced past the CN Tower. A couple of months ago the final height of the Burj Dubai was announced after it reached 818 meters (2,684 ft). The height of the Burj Dubai was kept a secret until recently. Of course it was expected to be [...]

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This comes from me after ages and it is about where the Tall Tower, “The Burj Dubai” stands now! I wrote about the Burj Dubai after it overtook the CN Tower of Canada. Last week it overtook the KVLY-TV Mast in North Dakota, USA. The KVLY is a television transmitting mast, which was completed [...]

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Here’s a birds eye view of the construction and development work in Dubai…

You must have seen this picture…yes it is Burj Al Arab in Dubai - Supposedly the only 7 Star Hotel in the World!

It was built in only 18 months and completed in 2003…

Yes, it cost a lot of money. Contrary to popular [...]

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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 [...]

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Being a Dubai resident a few random posts will be about Dubai. Here’s the first one!
Dubai will be home to at least six tall towers exceeding 100 floors. Only Chicago in the world boasts of more than 1 super tower. They are the 108-storey Sears Towers and the 100-storey John Hancock Center. A third, [...]

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