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21 July, 2007 |

On Saturday Burj Dubai will become the highest tower in the world



On July, 21st the highest building in the world will be represented. It will be built in Dubai. Construction of huge Burj Dubai will be finished, and a record, which before belonged to Taipei 101 (509 m), is beaten.
Burj Dubai (the Tower of Dubai) will be the highest building in the world on all four categories established by Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, which spends estimation. The building should correspond to the following criteria - height of a spike/aerial, height of a floor of last “manned” floor, height of a roof and constructive height of a building.
The spike of a tower will be visible from distance of 95 kilometers. And the view from the viewing platform, established on a tower, will reach 80 kilometers. The building is also the champion by quantity of floors.
Geometry of a deserted flower with thin petals and patterns, characteristic for Islamic architecture relies in the basic design of the tower.
Tower Burj Dubai is located in the central Downtown Burj Dubai, the multipurpose project in cost of $20 billion, combining the inhabited and commercial real estate, and also objects of the industry of hospitality and trade, including Dubai Mall - one the greatest of shopping centers-entertaining in the world.

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