Burj Khalifa/Burj Dubai Update

[richyb83]

Very impressive, thanks for the updated pics. The modern day Tower of Babel is definitely "history in the making". I really like the skyscraper that looks like a measuring ruler; how creative is that! Dubai is becoming the Manhattan-ized Riveira of the Persian Gulf. The cranes are incredible; is it true 1 of 6 cranes in the would are in the UAE??

[mcheiss]

Very impressive, thanks for the updated pics. The modern day Tower of Babel is definitely "history in the making". I really like the skyscraper that looks like a measuring ruler; how creative is that! Dubai is becoming the Manhattan-ized Riveira of the Persian Gulf. The cranes are incredible; is it true 1 of 6 cranes in the would are in the UAE??

No, I think it's more around 15%. It's quite a impressive with all the crane's, there literally everywhere.

[brewers0048]

Very recent pics (Oct. 20) of Burj Dubai thanks to Imre at skyscrapercity -

[ORLANDOJBBOY]

How many floors is this thing up to now???

[TheSuperPope]

If I counted right... 77.

[mcheiss]

That third pic says everything you need to know about construction in Dubai.

I didn't realize that the Burj Dubai Residences were that far under construction. Thanks

[nashvillwill]

This whole city....leaves me....entirely...........speechless!

[MR-2]

The sand probably won't be as big of a problem once all these construction projects finish, and the desert is basically paved over with concrete.

[Kheldane]

The sand probably won't be as big of a problem once all these construction projects finish, and the desert is basically paved over with concrete.

I doubt all the dust comes jsut from construction areas. UAE has a large portion of desert - well, basically every part of the country is a large portion of desert.

Or if you were being sarcastic, I hardly see the point. Baren sand desert is not really worth conserving from an environmental standpoint. It's not like the land being paved over was valuable farm land or habitat for any animals. An evironmentally minded person might even make that argumetn that all human development should take place in the deser - on land not being used by any other life forms.

[ORLANDOJBBOY]

I doubt all the dust comes jsut from construction areas. UAE has a large portion of desert - well, basically every part of the country is a large portion of desert.

Or if you were being sarcastic, I hardly see the point. Baren sand desert is not really worth conserving from an environmental standpoint. It's not like the land being paved over was valuable farm land or habitat for any animals. An evironmentally minded person might even make that argumetn that all human development should take place in the deser - on land not being used by any other life forms.

Can someone update the pics on here once every couple of weeks.

[brewers0048]

As of 12/29/2006, the Burj Dubai is 98 floors -

[TONYCLT]

Last I heard they passed the 100th floor.

[vdogg]

Looks like they've hit 110.

[vdogg]

[TONYCLT]

How high is it now?

[vdogg]

How high is it now?

119 at last count.

[TONYCLT]

As of April 9th it is at 120 floors.

Burj Dubai Website

[wolverine]

At this point I think it's at 126 floors, but those upper floors haven't been poured yet to the point of actually being occupiable by workers. The core is even higher.

[TONYCLT]

6 floors in 13 days at that rate they should be topped out by christmas.

[TONYCLT]

As of May 1st Burj Dubai is 442.1 meters tall or 124 floors, that makes it .1 meters taller then the Sears Tower(without antenna).

[wolverine]

Photos inside:

http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/2007/in...nside-burj.html

Check out the size of those columns and sheer walls. huge!

There's also photos of the mall under construction.

[wolverine]

Some glass has been installed on the 19th floor.

[TONYCLT]

Update: Burj Dubai is at 134 floors or 484.1m.

[johnhowell]

How tall is it now?

[TONYCLT]

Today the Burj Bubai became the worlds tallest building passing the Taipei 101(509.2 meters) today the Burj is at 512.1 meters at 141 floors.