Burj Dubai Becomes the World's Tallest Free-Standing Structure
Burj Dubai is the world's tallest free-standing structure, beating the 31-year old record held by the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, its developer said today.
The Dubai tower, situated 1 kilometer southwest of Dubai's financial center, now has 150 storeys and is 555.3 meters (1,822 feet) high, surpassing the CN Tower's 553.3 meters, Emaar Properties PJSC said in an e-mailed statement, without disclosing when it measured the building.
Burj Dubai will eventually rise above the KVLY-TV mast in Blanchard, North Dakota, to become the world's tallest structure, Emaar said, without giving a target height. The 628.8-meter mast is supported by guy-wires and so is not free-standing, according to Emaar.
Emaar is the Middle East's biggest real estate developer, and started building the $900 million, 160-storey Burj Dubai in 2004 to be the centerpiece of its $20 billion `Downtown' project. The tower is facing delays of at least a year after Swiss contractor Schmidlin Ltd. Facade Technology went bankrupt, leaving it without external walls.
Samsung Corp. is building Burj Dubai with help from New York-based Turner Corp. and Cardiff, U.K.-based Hyder Consulting Plc. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP is the architectural designer.
Emaar on May 31 said Burj Dubai reached 468.1 meters to become the world's second-tallest building after the 509-meter Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan. Source
The Dubai tower, situated 1 kilometer southwest of Dubai's financial center, now has 150 storeys and is 555.3 meters (1,822 feet) high, surpassing the CN Tower's 553.3 meters, Emaar Properties PJSC said in an e-mailed statement, without disclosing when it measured the building.
Burj Dubai will eventually rise above the KVLY-TV mast in Blanchard, North Dakota, to become the world's tallest structure, Emaar said, without giving a target height. The 628.8-meter mast is supported by guy-wires and so is not free-standing, according to Emaar.
Emaar is the Middle East's biggest real estate developer, and started building the $900 million, 160-storey Burj Dubai in 2004 to be the centerpiece of its $20 billion `Downtown' project. The tower is facing delays of at least a year after Swiss contractor Schmidlin Ltd. Facade Technology went bankrupt, leaving it without external walls.
Samsung Corp. is building Burj Dubai with help from New York-based Turner Corp. and Cardiff, U.K.-based Hyder Consulting Plc. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP is the architectural designer.
Emaar on May 31 said Burj Dubai reached 468.1 meters to become the world's second-tallest building after the 509-meter Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan. Source
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