http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/04/dubai.burj/index.html

168 floors.damn.

1/4/2010 7:43:37 PM

i saw this at work earlier today. i read that the top 30-40 floors were only really large enough to be used for storage. they called it the world's highest warehouse.

and also the story mentioned having to pump water 150 floors into the air every time a toilet is flushed.

lol

1/4/2010 7:54:32 PM

shit

I was just looking at a lego model of this fucker on new year's day. I had no idea the opening was so close.

1/4/2010 7:56:33 PM

I was into this building about 3 years ago. I had no idea it would take so lng to open.

1/4/2010 7:58:24 PM

cnn? i'm not reading that.

1/4/2010 8:09:44 PM

Quote :

"I was into this building about 3 years ago. I had no idea it would take so lng to open."

really? do you have any idea how long it takes to build a large shopping center? much less a building half a mile tall? 3 years is FAST.

1/4/2010 8:31:01 PM

I can't wait for some pissed off baptists to crash a plane into it.

1/4/2010 8:55:51 PM

that would be hilarious (on paper!)

1/4/2010 8:56:46 PM

i want to see the rbc building next to this unit.

1/4/2010 8:58:26 PM

^^^not when you have basically unregulated slave labor. they lost money and had to delay construction for a while.

1/4/2010 8:59:26 PM

http://www.sbgpbad.ae/gallery.asp

1/4/2010 9:00:46 PM

I am surprised it cost just $1.5 billion. Would have cost at least triple of that in the US or Europe.

BTW, I am really curious about the Armani Apartments and the Armani Hotel inside it. I would love to see pics of the interiors and furnishings.

Last time I inquired (3 years ago, just when construction started), a studio cost some $550,000.

Oh, and the apartments (1,000+) all sold out within 48 hours of going on sale 3 years ago

1/4/2010 9:08:04 PM

its gonna look like prypiat over there in 5 years when the debt collectors are done with them

1/4/2010 9:09:58 PM

Yep.

1/4/2010 9:12:03 PM

Just checked out wikipedia.

The apartments sold out in 8 hours, not 48 hours.

And the price of the apartments is around $3,500/sq ft, which means a 2-bed 1,000 sq ft apartment will run you $3.5 million.

There are 57 elevators, and they go at 33 ft/sec.

At the top, temperatures will be 11 F less than at the base!

It will hold 25,000 people at any given time.

Quote :

"Current records Tallest skyscraper to top of spire: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously Taipei 101 – 509.2 m (1,671 ft)) Tallest structure ever built: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously Warsaw radio mast – 646.38 m (2,121 ft)) Tallest extant structure: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously KVLY-TV mast – 628.8 m (2,063 ft)) Tallest freestanding structure: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously CN Tower – 553.3 m (1,815 ft)) Building with most floors: 160 (previously both 1 and 2 World Trade Center – 110)[24][4] World's highest elevator installation[25] World's fastest elevators at speed of 64 km/h (40 mph) or 18 m/s (59 ft/s)[25] (previously Taipei 101 – 16.83 m/s) Highest vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 606 m (1,988 ft)[26] (previously Taipei 101 – 449.2 m (1,474 ft)) Highest vertical concrete pumping (for any construction): 606 m (1,988 ft)[26] (previously Riva del Garda Hydroelectric Power Plant – 532 m (1,745 ft)[27]) The first world's tallest structure in history to include residential space[28] Highest outdoor observation deck in the world[29] World's highest mosque (located on the 158th floor) Elevator with the longest travel distance in the world Tallest service elevator in the world World's highest installation of an aluminium and glass façade, at a height of 512 m (1,680 ft)[14]"

1/4/2010 9:25:43 PM

imagine the pumps and innovation required to send concrete that high into the air in those temperatures.

maintaining the prescribed PSI mustve been a bitch.

[Edited on January 5, 2010 at 9:27 AM. Reason : .]

1/5/2010 9:27:05 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eU5QpFZAfo


don't know how this hasn't been posted- pretty nutso

1/5/2010 9:31:02 AM

^I just got sick to my stomach watching that

1/5/2010 9:33:17 AM

as soon as I saw the second picture in the OP's link I thought they missed on a great opportunity to make the world's largest sundial.

1/5/2010 9:35:53 AM

^

1/5/2010 9:44:31 AM

In an article I just read, it says it take 6 months to clean the windows from top to bottom. What a shitty and scary job that must be. I am surprised they did not try to engineer some type of automatic cleaning system.

1/5/2010 9:47:11 AM

Kilometer tower coming up!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile-High_Tower

I met someone yesterday and he works as the office manager for the "Warren Buffet of Saudi Arabia". He told me the exact location of the land which the prince has purchased, the size and cost of the land, and that the project is on and it will be a kilometer high.

1/6/2010 5:46:02 AM

Quote :

"I can't wait for some pissed off baptists to crash a plane into it."

hahaha

1/6/2010 5:55:46 AM

A Japanese Baptist would fit the bill...

1/6/2010 5:58:54 AM

FUCK-A YOU SKY SCRAPAH!!!!!

1/6/2010 9:16:33 AM

lol even bigger lullz about the top 30-40 'floors' being little more than shoeboxes

1/6/2010 9:19:19 AM

1/6/2010 12:47:10 PM

1/6/2010 12:49:03 PM

that video makes my butt clench

1/6/2010 12:53:18 PM

Acrophobia!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98W9QuMq-2k

1/6/2010 1:10:52 PM

Quote :

"FUCK-A YOU SKY SCRAPAH!!!!!"

haha

1/6/2010 1:22:53 PM

Calling all BASE jumpers!

1/6/2010 1:26:27 PM

Quote :

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lol

1/6/2010 1:29:01 PM

i just drove by there!

9/12/2010 7:14:19 AM

was it crumbling to the ground yet?

9/12/2010 8:41:13 AM

no, but its pretty sweet...hot as fuck when i was there...around 115...but the hotel we had was amazing! 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath...for like 300 bucks a night...amazing! and only a 4 star!

the mall of dubai at the base of it is pretty sweet too...lots and lots and lots of stores...and an ice skating rink, and giant aquarium and it has its own gold souk in it...i enjoyed it!

10/16/2010 8:55:56 PM

Quote :

"I can't wait for some pissed off baptists to crash a plane into it."

bwahahahahahaha

[Edited on October 16, 2010 at 8:58 PM. Reason : kl.]

10/16/2010 8:57:58 PM

Quote :

"I can't wait for some pissed off baptists to crash a plane into it."

IN THE NAME OF GEEEERRRRRRRRDDDDDD!

10/16/2010 9:03:34 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AdfL39SqQw&feature=fvw

indy, looks like it happened like, the week it opened

10/16/2010 9:11:19 PM

Going there in a few days.

World's tallest structure, next to the world's largest mall (1,200 stores) with the largest aquarium front panel inside the mall, and one of the world's largest fountains outside the mall.

Don't care about the mall, but really excited about the observation deck on the building, the aquarium, and the fountain.

11/7/2010 5:40:54 PM

^Post pics

11/7/2010 5:43:29 PM

Dude in that video was an idiot. Highest point in the world eh?

11/7/2010 5:47:12 PM

11/7/2010 5:50:22 PM

missed it

11/7/2010 9:03:53 PM

Yay!

11/7/2010 9:04:49 PM

Just bought tickets for coming Sunday 3:30 pm!

http://www.burjkhalifa.ae
https://tickets.atthetop.ae/eticketing

11/8/2010 5:54:51 PM

I bet one could do an epic cannonball into that lake from there

11/8/2010 5:59:35 PM

I was right there a couple of weeks ago... here is the pic I took from 425 miles up! You can see:

World's tallest structure ever built
World's largest mall
World's longest fountain




[Edited on November 28, 2010 at 7:16 PM. Reason : ]

11/28/2010 7:15:47 PM

you forgot world's smallest penis(es)

11/28/2010 7:23:04 PM

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11/28/2010 7:26:06 PM