Worlds tallest building

[DesmoFan]

In (suprise, suprise) Dubai.


Burj Dubai Skyscraper
When finished, it'll be over 800m (.8 of a km) tall.

Can't wait to see the first base jum off it!

And there is a bigger one due to start building next year - "Al Burj" - also in Dubai. That one is supposedly 1,000m tall.

[kwakas]

jeebus that's a big building

[DesmoFan]

jeebus that's a big building

And there is still another 250m to go on top!

[taint]

You reckon it's because they have to make up for wearing dresses?

[Martin1]

more a case of: A LOT of dollars, not much sense.

[Pricey]

Wow I didn't really realise how tall it was until you look at the crane and buildings at the bottom of the photo. That is ridiculous!

[delete_me_kthxbai]

Yeah, seen a doco on the constructin of it.. somewhere there is a wall like 2m thick, cos one guy fucked up

[De-evolve]

Burj Dubai Official Website

site has crap music but...


the skyscraper will have double deck cabs which can hold 21 people per deck.
The elevators will also be the worlds fastest at 18m/sec (i feel sick in the elevators at QV1)

[MuNch]

In case of fire - here is your parachute ?

Heck i wouldn't wanna do a fire drill, no point in including stairs is there ?

[De-evolve]

In case of fire - here is your parachute ?

Heck i wouldn't wanna do a fire drill, no point in including stairs is there ?

Concrete surrounds all stairs and there is a 5,500kg capacity elevator for fire fighters and building service work. People cannot be expected to walk down 160 floors, so there are pressurized air-conditioned refuge areas approximately every 25 floors where they could wait safely or rest on there way down.

Isn't that nice of them. They have thought of everything
you only have to walk down them if you want or you can stay in air-con comfort

[sathid]

I hear there are a couple of ones up near 1km high being planned for japan.

Earthquakes, and 1km sky scrapers?

WTF.

[Supercharged1600]

I hear there are a couple of ones up near 1km high being planned for japan.

Earthquakes, and 1km sky scrapers?

WTF.

gotta love new age materials.

[BigTim]

'Tis farkin huuuge. I can almost see it from where I'm sitting now, and it's miles away. It's pretty much purely a wank-fest though. The whole purpose of tall buildings is to provide extra floor space, where land is at a premium, and there's no shortage of free space out here in the desert.

Just another case of Arabs with huge egos to feed (I dgaf if you think it's racist, you're not the one putting up with their shit atm).

[thro]

I hear there are a couple of ones up near 1km high being planned for japan.

Earthquakes, and 1km sky scrapers?

WTF.

Not like they have a lot of choice, with their population density and geographic location

[DesmoFan]

Some great photos from one of the engineers on site.
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