New World's Tallest Building

[HBox]

Burj Dubai. Here are some pics.

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/4782/2000291744447418698rsdp7.jpg

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/5350/washpostka3yn1.jpg


http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/8238/imresolt65xc6pi8.jpg

It's not finished yet but the existing structure is already the tallest building in the world. It's scheduled to be finished next year. Looks pretty cool.

[A.J.]

I may have to go back and check it out.

I'm waiting for the UAE's spaceport:

http://www.skidubai.com/skidubai/dubai/project-uae-spaceport.jpg

[cupcakelove]

It makes for a very interesting skyline, it just dwarfs the few buildings near it.

[HBox]

Here's a chart so you can compare it to existing buildings. They haven't built all the way up to the top yet.

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/7205/burjdubaiheightjr9.png

[HBox]

Let me ask this to some of the posters more knowledgeable about the Middle East. What are they going to do with all this crap when they run out of oil?

[Yerdaddy]

Let me ask this to some of the posters more knowledgeable about the Middle East. What are they going to do with all this crap when they run out of oil?

That's the point with UAE - they don't have the oil wealth that other Gulf countries do so all this "Arab Las Vegas"/"Corporate Disneyland" idea is is a way to diversify the economy so they won't need to "living in tents out here in the desert chopping each other's heads off" when the oil runs out. All they're doing really is following the Hong Kong/Singapore/Kuala Lumpur model of rapid development by enticing massive corporate investments. And it's working.

But that thing does look like the elbow end of the original Terminator's arm that was presrved at Cyberdine. What do you suppose they're up to over there?

[A.J.]

That's the point with UAE - they don't have the oil wealth that other Gulf countries do so all this "Arab Las Vegas"/"Corporate Disneyland" idea is is a way to diversify the economy so they won't need to "living in tents out here in the desert chopping each other's heads off" when the oil runs out. All they're doing really is following the Hong Kong/Singapore/Kuala Lumpur model of rapid development by enticing massive corporate investments. And it's working.

Exactly. It started with Bahrain where their oil ran out first. They decided to concentrate on turning the Kingdom into a financial center. They promoted the Kingdom, rightly, as a very tolerant Islamic country in order to attract businesses and banks. Now Manama is home to banks from all over the world. Also, they let our Navy set up a huge base with affords them security and steady income.

Qatar has the world's largest supply of natural gas and that is fueling (pun intended) development here almost on par with Dubai's. Doha's skyline is like Dubai's: cranes and buildings under construction.

The UAE still has some gas and oil reserves, I believe, so they still haven't gone bone dry yet. Like Yerdaddy said, they realized tourism was the best way to diversify the economy. My guess is that Oman will start to do the same. From what I've heard, it's a hidden gem over here.

[high fly]

Let me ask this to some of the posters more knowledgeable about the Middle East. What are they going to do with all this crap when they run out of oil?

It'll be the Arab Cabrini Green....

[Crispy123]

The UAE still has some gas and oil reserves, I believe, so they still haven't gone bone dry yet. Like Yerdaddy said, they realized tourism was the best way to diversify the economy. My guess is that Oman will start to do the same. From what I've heard, it's a hidden gem over here.

I've spent time in the UAE, Bahrain, and Oman. All three are totally not what you would think of in terms of Mid-East countries. The architecture, camels, and of course brown people are all there but they are very open and "westernized" with resorts, nightclubs, and shopping malls. I really liked it over there and Muscat will always be one of my favorite places of all time.

[pennington]

I wonder if they have tenants to fill all that space.

[high fly]

I'd like to see stats on the dimensions of the foundation used to hold that mutha up....

[sailor]

Here's a chart so you can compare it to existing buildings. They haven't built all the way up to the top yet.

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/7205/burjdubaiheightjr9.png


how is petronas taller than sears? the main "building" part of sears is taller, and if you count the "antenna" parts of both it's still taller. did they count the antennae for petronas and not for sears?

[HBox]

how is petronas taller than sears? the main "building" part of sears is taller, and if you count the "antenna" parts of both it's still taller. did they count the antennae for petronas and not for sears?

Yeah. Technically they are "spires" on the Petronas while the Sears Tower has antenna and for some reason whatever organization that determines which building is the tallest counts spires and not antennas. It's stupid but an old debate now because this building will be so big it will more than dwarf any building plus its antenna. It'll be taller than the CN Tower too.

[sailor]

Yeah. Technically they are "spires" on the Petronas while the Sears Tower has antenna and for some reason whatever organization that determines which building is the tallest counts spires and not antennas. It's stupid but an old debate now because this building will be so big it will more than dwarf any building plus its antenna. It'll be taller than the CN Tower too.

yeah, i know the point is moot, but i never saw the images side-by-side before. crazy talk.

[HBox]

Exactly. It started with Bahrain where their oil ran out first. They decided to concentrate on turning the Kingdom into a financial center. They promoted the Kingdom, rightly, as a very tolerant Islamic country in order to attract businesses and banks. Now Manama is home to banks from all over the world. Also, they let our Navy set up a huge base with affords them security and steady income.

Qatar has the world's largest supply of natural gas and that is fueling (pun intended) development here almost on par with Dubai's. Doha's skyline is like Dubai's: cranes and buildings under construction.

The UAE still has some gas and oil reserves, I believe, so they still haven't gone bone dry yet. Like Yerdaddy said, they realized tourism was the best way to diversify the economy. My guess is that Oman will start to do the same. From what I've heard, it's a hidden gem over here.

That's the point with UAE - they don't have the oil wealth that other Gulf countries do so all this "Arab Las Vegas"/"Corporate Disneyland" idea is is a way to diversify the economy so they won't need to "living in tents out here in the desert chopping each other's heads off" when the oil runs out. All they're doing really is following the Hong Kong/Singapore/Kuala Lumpur model of rapid development by enticing massive corporate investments. And it's working.

But that thing does look like the elbow end of the original Terminator's arm that was presrved at Cyberdine. What do you suppose they're up to over there?

So what you guys are saying is that once we start seeing "Disneyland Saudi Arabia" we should really start getting worried.

[Judge Smails]

Looks nice.

Let's crash some planes into it! Who's with me?

[HBox]

Looks nice.

Let's crash some planes into it! Who's with me?

SSSSSHHHHH!!!!!

What do you think Yerdaddy's been doing? Roaming the Mid East for shits and giggles?

[Bulldogcakes]

Sorry, but these new buildings are just ugly.

http://www.wirednewyork.com/skyscrapers/images/chrysler_empire_state_building_23march02.jpg
http://www.matthewweathers.com/year2005/new_york/chrysler_building.jpg

Now thats a nice looking skyscraper. That art-deco design (and interior) is like walking into a time machine to another time in NY. Beautiful.

[HBox]

Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. Best looking building hands down IMO.

http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/0/B/8/pei-bankhongkong-pritzker.jpg

http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/7/P/k/bankofchina.jpg

http://www.math.ethz.ch/%7Ehjfurrer/holidays/HongKong/large/BankOfChinaTower_Large.jpg

http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=1262&rendTypeId=4

[sailor]

reminds me of the hearst building, which has the benefit of being visible from bar 9.

http://www.e-architect.co.uk/new%20york/jpgs/hearst_tower_57thstreet.jpg

[cougarjake13]

Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. Best looking building hands down IMO.

http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/0/B/8/pei-bankhongkong-pritzker.jpg

http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/7/P/k/bankofchina.jpg

http://www.math.ethz.ch/%7Ehjfurrer/holidays/HongKong/large/BankOfChinaTower_Large.jpg

http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=1262&rendTypeId=4

looks a little twin towereeish

cool as shit thou

[TooLowBrow]

i prefer bridges

[weekapaugjz]

not really in contention for tallest, but this is a proposed building for buffalo, the buffalo city tower. any new building in buffalo is great, and seeing something like this is pretty sweet. they started knocking down the buildings that stood in its place about a week ago.

http://www.buffalorising.com/city/archives/upload/2006/10/02.jpg

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Kinda reminds me of some building I saw somewhere.

<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/CofyCrakCocaine/HalfLife2_Citadel.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

[sailor]

i prefer bridges

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h69/reillyluck/DSC01669.jpg ?

[HBox]

Kinda reminds me of some building I saw somewhere.

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/CofyCrakCocaine/HalfLife2_Citadel.jpg (http://photobucket.com)

Another modern marvel of architecture that terrorists blew up.

[cougarjake13]

i prefer bridges

which one


http://www.filmfestivals.com/images/tiff2005galery/images/Jeff%20Bridges.jpg



http://entimg.msn.com/i/150/Movies/Actors2/Beau_BF_0125440_150x200.jpg



http://entimg.msn.com/i/150/Movies/Actors3/BridgesLloyd66009720_150x200.jpg

[FUNKMAN]

which one


http://www.filmfestivals.com/images/tiff2005galery/images/Jeff%20Bridges.jpg



http://entimg.msn.com/i/150/Movies/Actors2/Beau_BF_0125440_150x200.jpg



http://entimg.msn.com/i/150/Movies/Actors3/BridgesLloyd66009720_150x200.jpg

http://younghollywoodhof.com/drina/bridges.jpg

[A.J.]

So what you guys are saying is that once we start seeing "Disneyland Saudi Arabia" we should really start getting worried.

They'd have to build two: one for singles and one for families. I'm not joking about that.

The lesson I learned living in the Kingdom was that "if it's fun, it's haram (forbidden)".

[Yerdaddy]

They'd have to build two: one for singles and one for families. I'm not joking about that.

The lesson I learned living in the Kingdom was that "if it's fun, it's haram (forbidden)".

Imagine Disneyland with Arab mosh-pits instead of lines? Rollercoasters piled up with people like trains in India? Bedouins grazing sheep on the Matterhorn? "It's a Small World" replaced with "It's a Big Caliphate"? Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck in jallabiyyas? Bumper cars with less collisions than the streets of Riadh? Epcot Madrassa?

That place would rule!

[Marc with a c]

lets take a field trip

[A.J.]

Imagine Disneyland with Arab mosh-pits instead of lines? Rollercoasters piled up with people like trains in India? Bedouins grazing sheep on the Matterhorn? "It's a Small World" replaced with "It's a Big Caliphate"? Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck in jallabiyyas? Bumper cars with less collisions than the streets of Riadh? Epcot Madrassa?

That place would rule!

Throw in the "Hall of Shaykhs" and the "Camel Jamboree Band" and you've got yourself "The Holiest Place on Earth"!

"It's a Small World" replaced with "It's a Big Caliphate"? Bravo Sir. Brav-o!

[Freakshow]

This one is the warm up.

They are planning to get serious soon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Burj)

Dubai will be fine when the oil ends. It only gets 3% of it's revenue from oil, and the rich folks spending all their money are mostly European--all those islands they are building in gulf are being bought by people like Rod Stewart, Micheal Schumaker, and David Beckham...

[underdog]

not really in contention for tallest, but this is a proposed building for buffalo, the buffalo city tower. any new building in buffalo is great, and seeing something like this is pretty sweet. they started knocking down the buildings that stood in its place about a week ago.

Why is Buffalo building anything? Maybe they should build a wall around the city to stop the population from leaving.

[buzzard]

That building is horrifically ugly,an eye-sore was the architect drunk?

[sailor]

This one is the warm up.

They are planning to get serious soon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Burj)

Dubai will be fine when the oil ends. It only gets 3% of it's revenue from oil, and the rich folks spending all their money are mostly European--all those islands they are building in gulf are being bought by people like Rod Stewart, Micheal Schumaker, and David Beckham...

i don't like them not having a clue how big it's going to be. makes it sound like they're designing on the fly and that don't sound safe.

[Yerdaddy]

Think of all the squatholes that place must have!

[scottinnj]

I don't know as far as individual building, but for overall skyline and beauty, not too many cities can compare to Philadelphia:


http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/themarshal/PhillySkyline.jpg

[HBox]

I don't know as far as individual building, but for overall skyline and beauty, not too many cities can compare to Philadelphia:


http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/themarshal/PhillySkyline.jpg


They are in the process of building another one in Philly. It's going to end up being the biggest one in the city. I go there every couple of months and it just recently began to poke it's way up above the skyline.

EDIT: Here it is:

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7413/9092673602f3a9179cbbvp5.jpg

[scottinnj]

Is that the new Comcast Building? I saw that the other day going from Camden to HUP Hospital. Beautiful.

[TooLowBrow]

why are all new buildings blue mirror color?

[SatCam]

I don't know as far as individual building, but for overall skyline and beauty, not too many cities can compare to Philadelphia:


http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/themarshal/PhillySkyline.jpg

as long as you are viewing it from outside the city........................

[Freakshow]

i don't like them not having a clue how big it's going to be. makes it sound like they're designing on the fly and that don't sound safe.

I think they know how tall it's going to be--they're just not saying. Didn't the same thing happen with the empire state building--they kept the spire inside because they were competing with the chrysler building to be the tallest, and they put the spire on at the last possible moment so Chysler couldn't make his taller.

If it's ugly, there are Americans to blame. Folks in Dubai only use American architects (and Engineers).

[HBox]

Is that the new Comcast Building? I saw that the other day going from Camden to HUP Hospital. Beautiful.

You ever go back there you should park on the roof of the Penn Tower parking garage. Gives you an absolutely beautiful view of the city.

[A.J.]

Dubai plans another "world's tallest building": (http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2008100718574)

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/myfiles/Images/2008/10/07/fp01-big.jpg

[thepaulo]

i miss the WTC.

[yojimbo7248]

Dubai plans another "world's tallest building": (http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2008100718574)

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/myfiles/Images/2008/10/07/fp01-big.jpg

some one has some inadequacy issues. come on Dubai, we get it. you will soon have all of the tallest, longest, biggest hard cylindrical objects in the world.

[weekapaugjz]

some one has some inadequacy issues. come on Dubai, we get it. you will soon have all of the tallest, longest, biggest hard cylindrical objects in the world.

i think i need to get to dubai...

[Freakshow]

Dubai plans another "world's tallest building": (http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2008100718574)

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/myfiles/Images/2008/10/07/fp01-big.jpg

big deal. Dubai announces a world's tallest building on days that end in 'y'

edit--from the article

In Dubai, demand outstrips supply,” he said. “There might be a slowdown, but there definitely won’t be a crash.”

nice choice of words

[YourAmishDaddy]

And Chicago is in the running for the tallest in North America again.

http://i35.tinypic.com/sb7y9f.jpg

The Chicago Spire 2012

[scottinnj]

It's getting there!
http://www.go-nfix.com/comcast.jpg



It may not be the tallest building in America, but 57 stories makes it the tallest building in Philly, and it is looking good.

[A.J.]

And Chicago is in the running for the tallest in North America again.

http://i35.tinypic.com/sb7y9f.jpg

The Chicago Spire 2012

It lacks girth.

[FUNKMAN]

And Chicago is in the running for the tallest in North America again.

http://i35.tinypic.com/sb7y9f.jpg

The Chicago Spire 2012



that's gonna take one goddamn big battery

[RAAMONE]

that's gonna take one goddamn big battery

probably have to use a couple of those bigger D batteries

[donnie_darko]

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/10/10-8-08-tameer_podium.jpg
another largest in dubai

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/worlds-largest-led-screen-coming-to-dubai/

[Tall_James]

I love me some tall buildings. Lots of headroom for the tall guys. :thumbup:

[Furtherman]

It's getting there!
http://www.go-nfix.com/comcast.jpg



It may not be the tallest building in America, but 57 stories makes it the tallest building in Philly, and it is looking good.

It's also where you can see what 10 million pixels look like. (http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?p=1772394#post1772394)

[scottinnj]

And Chicago is in the running for the tallest in North America again.

http://i35.tinypic.com/sb7y9f.jpg

The Chicago Spire 2012

Is that why McCain is offering a 300 million dollar reward for someone to come up with a "superbattery"?

Now I understand.

[Don Stugots]

i seen pics of this at work last week, very cool stuff over there.

[Freakshow]

The Burj Dubai might be the tallest for a little while, now. Planned tallest building put on hold in Dubai (http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSLE18816220090114)


The Burj is up to 2500 feet, making it the tallest manmade structure of any kind at any time. Pretty amazing, if you ask me.

[A.J.]

The Burj Dubai might be the tallest for a little while, now. Planned tallest building put on hold in Dubai (http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSLE18816220090114)


The Burj is up to 2500 feet, making it the tallest manmade structure of any kind at any time. Pretty amazing, if you ask me.

The Saudis are planning to build a mile-high skyscraper (http://wtnrradio.com/news/story.php?story=316).

They had the tallest building in the Middle East, Kingdom Tower, until the Burj Dubai was being built.

[Reynolds]

This one is the warm up.

They are planning to get serious soon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Burj)

Dubai will be fine when the oil ends. It only gets 3% of it's revenue from oil, and the rich folks spending all their money are mostly European--all those islands they are building in gulf are being bought by people like Rod Stewart, Micheal Schumaker, and David Beckham...

A 4500 ft tower built on a man made island? Yeah, I won't be visiting that any time soon.

[Freakshow]

The Saudis are planning to build a mile-high skyscraper (http://wtnrradio.com/news/story.php?story=316).

They had the tallest building in the Middle East, Kingdom Tower, until the Burj Dubai was being built.

betcha that one gets 'postponed' too.

[Zorro]

betcha that one gets 'postponed' too.

You mean they're not gonna get a bailout?

[Freakshow]

they need one. have you seen the price of gas lately????

[SP1!]

Are they trying to build the tower of babel? Maybe god will just strike them down when they get almost done and all this will be over.

[TheMojoPin]

Are they trying to build the tower of babel? Maybe god will just strike them down when they get almost done and all this will be over.

Maybe God can mind His own Fucking Business.

[Drunky McBetidont]

So what you guys are saying is that once we start seeing "Disneyland Saudi Arabia" we should really start getting worried.

i am going to apply for a concierge position at one of these fucking places in dubai. they have to need americans for PR and have to be willing to pay, plus put me up in style. fuck yeah, i want to be in the underwater hotel or the building that constantly moves like the stairs at hogwarts. when saudi disney opens i will be first in line for the cotton candy

[Drunky McBetidont]

Maybe God can mind His own Fucking Business.

he is busy keeping track of all those pesky atoms he created. i think it is safe to say he has other things on his mind besides earth

[brettmojo]

Are they trying to build the tower of babel? Maybe god will just strike them down when they get almost done and all this will be over.
I think they're building a ladder to heaven.

Hopefully it's higher than the Japanese.

[Furtherman]

10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Burj Khalifa, the New Tallest Building in the World (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/01/04/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-burj-khalifa-the-new-tallest-building-in-the-world/)

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/files/2010/01/burj-dubai-web.gif

[JohnGacysCrawlSpace]

They have the world's tallest building but still haven't discovered toilet paper. Priorities anyone?

[A.J.]

It will also have the highest mosque in the world: eclipsing the King 'Abdallah mosque in Kingdom Tower in Riyadh.

[sr71blackbird]

I heard that if you fell off the top it would take like 2 minutes to hit the ground and there is a high liklihood of serious injury when falling from that high.

[TripleSkeet]

A 4500 ft tower built on a man made island? Yeah, I won't be visiting that any time soon.



betcha that one gets 'postponed' too.

Freak was close. They cancelled it last month.

[Aggie]

that didn't take long. tourists standed in elevator for almost an hour.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7021145.ece

when they announced this building i wondered what the emergency procedures would be if they had to evacuate. i would never be able to work or live in a big building.

[Dude!]

that didn't take long. tourists standed in elevator for almost an hour.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7021145.ece

when they announced this building i wondered what the emergency procedures would be if they had to evacuate. i would never be able to work or live in a big building.

yeah, they said they heard
a bang...like an explosion

i will go nowhere near this building,
thank you

[Serpico1103]

Has the world's fastest elevators. Yeah, I'll wait to try them. "I NEED TO BE ON THE 124th FLOOR NOW!!!!!"