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Your first peek inside the towering Burj Dubai

by Aaron Hotfelder (RSS feed) on Dec 2nd 2009 at 2:00PM

The Burj Dubai, the tallest man-made building in the world at 2,684 ft., is set to be completed in the United Arab Emirates in January of 2010. The UK's Telegraph website recently posted some rare photos from inside the nearly-finished superstructure, along with some incredible facts about the project. Among them:

The Burj Dubai will have the world's fastest elevators at approximately 40 miles per hour.
The external surface of the skyscraper is the equal to the size of 17 football fields.
Like to "get high" when you party? The Burj Dubai will have a club on floors 144 through 146.
The building is estimated to cost roughly $4 billion, about three times more than the new Yankee Stadium.

Check out the Telegraph's amazing photos here. More Burj Dubai news from Gadling here.

Filed under: Photos, United Arab

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Lame Duck Dec 2nd 2009 8:27PM

Truly one of the saddest monuments to stupidity ever created. I would like to see the "after" pictures in a few years!

DJ Dec 3rd 2009 1:17AM

What a total waste of money..both in building and those who pay the exorbitant prices to stay there

MP Dec 3rd 2009 4:48PM

I've visited this building twice and it is an outstanding symbol of humanity's indomitable sprit. You don't have to travel far from Dubai to see a real waste of money and monument to stupidity, the continuing Iraqi occupation.

GoogleEarth Jan 8th 2010 1:19PM

See a 360 panorama from Burj Dubai - http://www.silverlightonly.com/burj-dubai-view-360.htm . There is also a link to view the same height in Paris, France. Can you find the Eiffel tower down there ?

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