Burj Dubai - UAE

The Burj Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, is the tallest man-made structure on earth.

The Tower Architect Adrian Smith, worked with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) until 2006. His works includes several major Skyscrapers.

The promoter is Emaar Properties.

The architecture and engineering firm SOM is in charge of the project.

The primary builders are Smasung Engineering & Construction and Besix along with Arabtec.

Turner Construction Company are the construction managers.

This Supertall Skyscraper construction started on September 21, 2004 and spected to be completed on September 2009.

21 July 2007: Surpasses Taipei 101 whose heigth of 509,2 meters (1.671 ft)

17 January 2009: topped out at 818 meters ( 2.684 ft), with 160 floors.

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Burj Dubai on April 2009

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This is my second post about the Burj Dubai. (My first post contains more videos about the Burj Dubai)

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Burj Al Arab

The Burj Al Arab is the most luxurious hotel, the only one in the world which holds 7 stars. It´s located in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum wanted it to be the symbol of Dubai. The designer was the British Architect, Tom Wright. He took the inspiration from the sail of a boat. That´s why it´s located in the sea on an artificial island 280 metres (919 ft) out of the Jumeirah beach. It became the symbol of Dubai. Nowadays, I think that the Burj Dubai, The Palm Islands and The World islands are also symbols of Dubai.

The designers and engineers behind Burj Al Arab were Atkins. The interior of the building was designed by the chinese designer Khuan Chew.

It is actually the highest building used exclusively as hotel which is 321 meters (1,053 ft) tall. But when Rose Tower, 333 meters (1,093 ft) tall in Dubai and Ryuyong Hotel 330 meters (1,083 ft) tall in Pyongyang, North Korea will open their doors, it will become the third tallest hotel.

It has got 202 bedrooms, all of them suites, between 169 square meters (1,819 sq ft) and 780 square meters (8,396 sq ft). It also has two really special restaurants. The first one, Al Mahara (Arabic meaning "The Oyster") is a simulated submarine restaurant with a very big aquarium. The second one, Al Muntaha (Arabic meaning "Highest" or "Ultimate") is located 200 metres (660 ft) above the Persian Gulf.

Its construction began on 1994 and was inagurated on the 1st of December of 1999.

There are 5 videos that teach us how the Burj Al Arab was constructed.

Burj Al Arab - Megastructures 1/5




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From: youtube and wikipedia

Hydropolis - Dubai

The Hydropolis is another fantastic building of Dubai. It´s the world's first underwater luxury resort and it´s going to have 220 guest suites. It has been designed by the German architect Joachim Hauser, inspired by the Jules Verne tale 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The land belongs to His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai.

This project is now under construction.

Photos and a short video of the construction.

From: www.dailymotion.com, official website

The Palm Island - Dubai

It´s amazing. Here we can see how Dubai's Palm Island is being built. It's really interesting. It´s composed of 5 videos.

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From: youtube

Burj Dubai

I want to start with the tallest skyscraper in the world at this moment, the Burj Dubai. I have put the best 2 videos I´ve seen of its construction. The second video is composed of 5 videos.

Burj Dubai - Step by step



From: Ingenieria y construccion


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From: youtube