DUBAI | Burj Khalifa (Burj Dubai) | World's Tallest Structure | 828m | 2717ft | 162 fl | Com

[Imre]

Originally Posted by Francheska

The inauguration of Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, will also see the reveal of its official height which has not been disclosed by developer Emaar. Phil Blizzard however reveals, in this report, the facts and figures behind this 800m plus super skyscraper located in Downtown Burj Dubai.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2WLSmb0Row

He is talking about 12.000 workers at the Burj Dubai , all media said the same but the safety record board says 14.108 workers.

[Michiel]

Amazing photos Imre, it must be scary on top of that mast.

[Fury]

Hi all.

Originally Posted by Old Town Resident

For those who do not have media access or to distant from Dubai, I will have Iphone at inauguration so the second the height is announced I will post the number.

I imagine this will be at around 20.00 hours Dubai time.

I will take away vertical and horizontal lines from 888....................................although maybe no deletion required

Originally Posted by Old Town Resident

Why wont they announce at the inauguration?

Unless at that time they plan to jack up the pinnacle just like happened at Taipai 101 on opening day

Hi OTR.

You do like to stir the pot don't you.
Optimism is a good thing - but ......

Ahh - NO - the height won't be 888 ...
Ahh - NO - the pinnacle won't be jacked up ...

It didn't look like there is any provision for a large flagpole or lightning rod by the looks of Imre's visit to the top. Nor is there any way the pinnacle is not welded solid a long time ago. There does look like there is a clamp(s) for a small pole, rod, or antennae though but I would think it would be erected by now if there is gonna be one.

The question is whether Emaar will announce 818.0 or 824.6 (or .7 or .8 ...).
It depends whether they collaborate with the CTBUH before the announcement.

Thanks for letting us know asap after they release the height OTR.

Waiting with baited breath ....
to hear ...
824.6 or 824.7 or 824.8 meters.

[234sale]

http://www.burjdubai.com/downtown-bu...ting-here.aspx

Burj Dubai Inauguration
Venue: Burj Park Island, Downtown Burj Dubai
Date: 04. 01. 2010
Time: Doors open at 5 pm
Doors close at 7 pm

[_Mort_]

Fountain like in front of bd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bkGL...esh+div-f-7-HM

[Parisian Girl]

VIDEO: Preparations for Burj Dubai opening ceremony in full swing http://gulfnews.com/gntv/business/pr...swing-1.561813

[Old Town Resident]

I saw this on the sidewalk on the BD Boulevard today, and had to Google. This belongs to an Italian model.
Anyone else came across this or any more?
I also noted that they have started to name the streets, I look onto Burj Lake Street. Why cant Emaar make any announcements about things like this?

[erPiadda]

wow

[Old Town Resident]

Originally Posted by erPiadda

wow

Imre, your name time lapsed a few hundred times in that link.

[Parisian Girl]

Burj Dubai lights up on night before its opening; Hugh Ferriss would like this

January 03, 2010

Somewhere, perhaps in the very small section of heaven where last, great architectural renderers go, Hugh Ferriss is smiling.

Hugh Ferriss, you see, was the great architectural of the early 20th Century. In the 1920s, his visionary drawings of mountainlike skyscrapers helped popularize what became known as the "setback style."

Sometimes, the drawings showed spotlights knifing into the sky behind Art Deco skyscrapers (below). The images were so powerful that they inspired actual buildings--or, more accurate, their architects--to follow Ferriss' example.

Well, if you've looked at my colleague Kuni Takahashi's spectacular photo of the Burj Dubai here in Dubai tonight--on the eve of its formal opening tomorrow--you know where I'm heading.

The skyscraper's spiraling setbacks are filled with laser nights that shoot into the air just like a Ferriss drawing. It's as though the chief architect of the Burj Dubai, Adrian Smith, formerly with the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and now head of his own firm, had precisely this kind of image in mind when he designed the tower's spiraling setbacks. Life continues to imitate art.


http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune....g--hugh-f.html

[helghast]

some interesting pics and info
http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...58230.htmlpage

[ReiAyanami]

The Hugh Ferriss analogy is trully bittersweet, kinda sad that the future this man envisioned came but a hundread years later!

[dark_shadow1]

Is it possible to watch the opening live on the Internet?

[sam777]

Originally Posted by dark_shadow1

Is it possible to watch the opening live on the Internet?

i think someone will be broadcasting in justin.tv or ustream.tv


http://ar.justin.tv/directory#r=a41KbGA

[skidubai]

Can somebody tell me why the change in reported hight between 818 and 824.6. Sorry i must have missed out that page when reading trough this mighty thread, lol.

So looking forward to this tomorrow, im going to be watching from my roof.

[LittleDreamer]

couple of days i saw on facebook lots of your pictures imre. now im thinking is it you who post them? something like 2000 photos :O

[Guest89]

Should we change the status of this tower to Com (Completed) since the exterior and some of the interior is completed?

[Dequal]

Originally Posted by skidubai

Can somebody tell me why the change in reported hight between 818 and 824.6. Sorry i must have missed out that page when reading trough this mighty thread, lol.

So looking forward to this tomorrow, im going to be watching from my roof.

Due a change in the way they measure the official height of a building, the tower has grown a bit.

Before: height starting from the sidewalk at groundlevel
Now: height starting from the sidewalk of the lowest entrance, and the Burj Dubai has one lower entrance, so that explains the increase in height.

Originally Posted by Guest89

Should we change the status of this tower to Com (Completed) since the exterior and some of the interior is completed?

It's not fully completed yet. Panels are missing and not everything is finished on the tiers and the annexes.

[DennisS]

Originally Posted by Old Town Resident

There is a huge digital numbered light display at the park and although the numbers are not lit up you can clearly see 888

Haha this one made my day!

A year has past since my visit but daaaamn I will come back in the future! Have fun tomorrow OTR, Imre, Gerald, Desert Diver, Altin and everyone else in Dubai. It's going to be a memorable, fantastic, great day...

Finally some good positive news from Dubai and UAE, a great start of 2010!!!

Greets!

[Old Town Resident]

Hi Denis, It doesnt seem that long ago that we were racing to see who was first to spot the next steel level going up, and here we are.

I have arranged a roof top party for a crowd of us so really looking forward to the spectacle and hopefully some good images from around the Burj base

Fireworks in double vision will be good.

Hi Fury, I had a dream that there were 888 bottles of beer in a row and I sang the full song