Burj Dubai, World's Tallest Building, nears Completion

By The Resident Architect on December 26, 2009 11:31 AM

Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building will soon open on the 4th of January, 2010. The opening date was coincided with the four-year anniversary of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum becoming the ruler of Dubai.

Its architect is Adrian Smith who worked for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill until 2006, and has worked on several skyscrapers in his career as an architect. Its construction began on the 21st of September 2004 and soon it will be ready for occupancy.

At Burj Dubai's completion, it would be substantially higher than Taiwan's 1667ft tall (508m) Taipei 101, opened on 2004, and which held the world's tallest building in terms of the "height to architectural top."

It was said that Emaar Properties, the developer, has planned several height modifications for the Burj Dubai since its inception and is now believed to be 2684ft tall (818m).

(images above were taken from burjdubaiskyscraper.com)

Below, you'll see a video by bristolg showing the latest photo, a 2.3 gigapixels image, of Burj Dubai.

here is the link to the actual photo

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