Burj Dubai

[empersouf]

Is it true that a tower of 700 meters will be built in Dubai, if so please give me some information about this amazing subject(when is it finished).

[Darkknight]

The tower is going to be 800 meters when finished. Actually more than 800 meters. Emaar doesnt lie. Thye keep thier word man!!! And its gonna have 200 floors as promised. And i heard some one say that the base is as large as melbournes cbd! I dont know whether thats true or not!!

[Darkknight]

And hey!!!! Welcome to the forum!!!!!!

[New Jack City]

Hello, welcome to the forum!

We have a couple of threads on the Burj Dubai that you can check out:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...threadid=43030

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...threadid=95265

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...threadid=91246

[Kees]

Originally Posted by Darkknight

The tower is going to be 800 meters when finished. Actually more than 800 meters. Emaar doesnt lie. Thye keep thier word man!!! And its gonna have 200 floors as promised. And i heard some one say that the base is as large as melbournes cbd! I dont know whether thats true or not!!

It will be "only" 560 meters high. according to www.TradeArabia.com

[Dubai_Boy]

Kees , who should i trust , three local papers + three magazines + an interveiw with al abbar CEO of emaar or this Website

[dubai_dude]

what did the magazine, newpaper and others say about the height!
its about time emaar starts talking about the final height!
people are staring to lose hope in this building
well, atleast it will be build and will be the tallest when build
but better be and stay very tall for years to come
i woul'nt want a WTB that can be beaten in years, something tall, something huge, something amazing

[Darkknight]

Burj dubai will be something tall and something amazing!! I think tradearabia was being cautious oftheir reporting. They have taken the height that was proposed in the beginning when the grollo towers were bought to dubai and dubai decided to build the wtb, just to be on the safe side. I trust emaar and Mohd Al Abbar. He wouldnt gas allright!!!!

[Dubai_Boy]

DONT LOSE HOPE GUYS :P i`m telling ya , this tower will be HUUUUUUGE

[Kees]

Originally Posted by Dubai_Boy

Kees , who should i trust , three local papers + three magazines + an interveiw with al abbar CEO of emaar or this Website

@Dubai_boy: This forum is a very reliable source. sure.
I checked www.bauer.de (the co-contructor of the foundations) :

"Die Bauherren und Architekten wagen sich an ein Gebäude von 560 Meter Höhe, im Jahr 2006 soll es fertiggestellt sein. "

translated: "Constructors and architects go for a building 560 meter high. It will be ready in 2006."

It would be nice if it finally will be 800, but 560 seems reality untill someone proofs it will be 800, built on a foundation for 560...

[dubai_dude]

This is very bad news for dubai, they are playing with peoples hope
they said it was to be atleast 600-700m but now, its only 560m
the record would be broken in just years, whats the point of building it only 560m?

someone once said that they are making it 800m, so that no other company wont even dare to break the record, while emaar gets ready for construction. then emaar will lower down the heights, which is more realistic and after finishing they could keep the record for WTB much longer. while in the time being of planning which burj dubai is doing right now, no other company will aim at WTB building. So the unrealistic height (800m) was just a propoganda!!

what other sources say its will be 650-800m?

[Prince_Ahmed]

i think that theres another building being built which is proposed to be higher than burj dubai, so emaar is waiting to get the final heights of that building in order to either go ahead with construction or make burj dubai higher. cause ultimately, dubai wants to have the tallest building in the world. and they are going to get it, i believe.

[Dubai_Boy]

i have to agree Ahmed

[dubai_dude]

Does anyone know of any building that is scheduled to be higher then burj dubai! or even in competition with burj dubai
Burj dubai is the tallest one i'have ever heard.

[Greg]

gosh, there are certain limits and with all the skills of human mankind, you can't build a residential tower with a hight of 800 meters. It is simply not managable, no matter how much money you can spend.
Burj Dubai is a fascinating project, but it will reach 600m max.

[Darkknight]

Originally Posted by Greg

gosh, there are certain limits and with all the skills of human mankind, you can't build a residential tower with a hight of 800 meters. It is simply not managable, no matter how much money you can spend.
Burj Dubai is a fascinating project, but it will reach 600m max.

I still think its going to reach 800 meters!!!

[dubai_dude]

Perhaps 650-700m heigh would be more realistic and i think burj dubai will reach this instead of 800m unless it has some hard competition.

i know that the burj would be the tallest, but then again there are projects all over the world about who'se gonna build the tallest.... once a final blueprint is made then dont you guys think for real that other countries might try to UP that. i'm talking about countries in the east asia, like japan, malaysia, hongkong, singapore etc. maybe dubai would have the title for building the worlds tallest building, but the real question is how long this feat would last!! the "empire state building" was the tallest for a number of yrs, i dont think at this age and time, any country could match it. what i would suggest emaar should do is that not to reveal the actual hight/specs. make the building with some underground floors. say the height is 800m, and new york decides to make it 810 m, then emaar could lift the building (i dont know how) and reveal the concealed lower floors...hahahaha....just a thought.or emaar should just blast the competiton and build a building that a mile in height. saying all that i trust emaar and mr. al abbar, the guys a genius and one of the smartest person i've seen/heard. you should hear his speeches.

cheers

[Darkknight]

Originally Posted by arnab77

i know that the burj would be the tallest, but then again there are projects all over the world about who'se gonna build the tallest.... once a final blueprint is made then dont you guys think for real that other countries might try to UP that. i'm talking about countries in the east asia, like japan, malaysia, hongkong, singapore etc. maybe dubai would have the title for building the worlds tallest building, but the real question is how long this feat would last!! the "empire state building" was the tallest for a number of yrs, i dont think at this age and time, any country could match it. what i would suggest emaar should do is that not to reveal the actual hight/specs. make the building with some underground floors. say the height is 800m, and new york decides to make it 810 m, then emaar could lift the building (i dont know how) and reveal the concealed lower floors...hahahaha....just a thought.or emaar should just blast the competiton and build a building that a mile in height. saying all that i trust emaar and mr. al abbar, the guys a genius and one of the smartest person i've seen/heard. you should hear his speeches.

cheers

I dont think any other country would go into a venture to build an 800 meter tower!!!!Besides they have height restrictions!!! Burj Dubai will be the tallest for a very loong time!!! Theres no doubt about that!!! Im just praying it is above 800 meters like they said it would be!!

[dubai_dude]

If it ever reaches 800m, which i doubt it, then there wont be any chance of other WTB building being built in the world. Its just too much of height and no other country have announced anything close to that height. if its 800m, then it will stay WTB for a long time but if its 650-700m then it might only last 7-10 years. I am sure they wont need A/C up there, since it would be very cold, but would they have enough oxygen or get tired after just walking a couple meters...hahah....and about your plan arnab, after people/residents discover that burj dubai has a pulley/lever/hydraulics that increases and decreases height, the building would just become abandoned..hahha..think about how strong the support be for such a tall building.

what would a really good idea, after building burj dubai, if others country try to break the record of burj dubai by proposing a new WTB building, the dubai government should let some company release plans for buildings something like 1100m burj al emarat. the world would be shocked and the people in other country trying to overtake burj dubai would stop. 5-6 years after burj al emarat's proposal, the dubai muncipality can cancel the proposal saying its too high for problems such as wind and cold to prevent it from dangers. This would give burj dubai extra years for holding record and other country might be afraid of building something taller as dubai again will propose something taller and perhaps all their work would'nt reward to a new WTB building.