A Wonder Comes to Life

Burj Dubai Inauguration

• Venue: Downtown Burj Dubai
• Date: 04. 01. 2010

Construction Dates

Began: 2004

Finished 2010

Building Uses: mixed use; communication; hotel; observation; office; residential; retail;

Structural Types: highrise;

Materials: glass; steel; aluminium; concrete, reinforced;


Heights Value Source / Comments

Spire 828.0 m
Top floor 636.0 m
Concrete structure 574.4 m

Description

• Tallest current building and structure in world since 2009.

• The Height of Burj Dubai was being kept private until it is completed. Developers said to be the tallest ever built, as it is the current tallest building on earth upon its completation, surpassing in all categories, like spire and roof, buildings already built as the Sears Towers, Taipei 101, Shanghai World Financial Center, John Hancock Center and Petronas. At the end of June 2006, a height of 2650ft (807.7m) has been made public by some of the firms involved in this project. Although, recently, it was announced on January 19, 2009 by a contractor working on the project, that it topped out at 818 meters.

• Topped-out on January 17th, 2009.

• Work on the foundations started in January 2004.

• When anounced in early 2003, the Burj Dubai's design was the same as the 560 meter Melbourne Grollo Tower design. However, in May 2003 a new design by SOM was released.

• An observation deck is located on the 124th floor.

• It would have the fastest elevators in the world with a speed of 700m/min (42.3 kmh / 26.1 mph).

• Pre-opening day Sep-9th-2009 / Official opening day Jan-4th-2010

Source:
http://skyscraperpage.com/
http://www.burjdubai.com/
http://www.dubai-architecture.info/