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Dubai's Burj skyscraper grows to tallest building on planet
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What we do know is that the building recently passed the height of the KVLY tower in North Dakota, the tallest (albeit least exciting) free stranding structure in North America, and is currently rocking about 694 meters, or about a half mile, tall.
Who knows how long the Burj will keep its record for the world's tallest building; there are already several planned structures in the middle east that would compete in height with this building, including the "Mile High Tower" planned in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Over at Burjdubaiskyscraper.com, our friends have put together a pretty comprehensive media site detailing the construction of the behemoth, including a wealth of interesting photos. Check out Gadling's gallery of the Burj as well as interesting trivia at Burjdubaiskyscraper.
Gallery: Burj Dubai
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
crankshaft Sep 4th 2008 2:51PM
Computer Engineering / Theories will never convince me this monster will not come down in a good shake.
I would love to visit just to see it but wouldn't want to work or reside in it.
bobpell Sep 4th 2008 4:24PM
Well, I guess we can only hope.
Jim Sep 4th 2008 4:36PM
Gee Whiz, Now you can guess why oil is the price it is? They have no other resources except sand. I say $100 for a bushel of wheat, then see what they have to spend THEIR money on!! Bring our troops home and let them go at each other!!!
Mikey the Nail Sep 4th 2008 5:19PM
The World Trade Center is gone, but the Middle East will soon have all of the world's largest structures -- paid for, no doubt, by U.S. petro-dollars. We must be the laughing stock of the Moslem world.
Richard Sep 4th 2008 11:14PM
What we need to do is bargain with some death row inmate to fly a jetliner into this puppy in exchange for taking care of his family for life. Seems worth it to me.
JOHN Sep 4th 2008 6:01PM
THESE MONSTER BUILDINGS HAVE A HUGH PENDULUM ASSEMBLY....LIKE IN WHAT YOU HAVE IN CLOCKS BUT DIFFERENT. THESE WEIGHTS GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF A SWAY...IE EARTH QUAKE. BASIC HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE IN THEM...FOR EVERY ACTION (MOTION) THERE IS THERE A EQUAL REACTION IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION....NOW THIS GOES INTO THE SEWER WHEN YOU REMEMBER 911, THEY BECOME TARGETS FOR TERRORISTS.
wtownsend Sep 4th 2008 6:37PM
seems like the arabs are now competing for the tallest buildings, in the in the america's that is nothing new, the city states of the mayas would compete with each other, the aztecs city states of tenochtitlan and tlacopan in 1478 had a civil war, in which tenochtitlan won. and became the aztec capital now mexico city.
michihuacan now michocan also competed, but the aztecs weapons were no match for their iron weapons.
teotihuacan(the city of the gods was the tallest building in the americas until 1886. now those my friend were real engineers, none of the trash they build
nowadays
Michael Sep 4th 2008 6:39PM
No doubt, Trump will eventually take credit!
mudhugs Sep 4th 2008 8:54PM
Looks to me like the Tower of Babel II
mark santos Oct 10th 2008 9:15PM
Why not Mount Everest Building=9000 m?
With 2200 Flooors. Mount Everst 8882 m.
20 times Sears of Chicago. Burj Dubai is
a not special Skyscraper. It is to little!!!
Atheist! M. S.