Dubai: Al Burj

malec · #1 Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 5:47 PM**

Potential world's tallest tower:

malec · #2 Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 5:50 PM**

I've just entirely rewritten the wikipedia article on this tower (I originally created the page anyway) and have made it more substantial. Now I'm a shitty writer (got a D in English) so was wondering if any of you guys could help a little by changing / adding a few things to make it better

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Burj

DUBAI2015 · #3 Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 1:10 AM**

already a thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=123534

Ardvark · #4 Posted **Feb 28, 2007, 11:56 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by malec

Now I'm a shitty writer (got a D in English) so was wondering if any of you guys could help a little by changing / adding a few things to make it better

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Burj

As far as I can see there's nothing wrong with it Malec! Nice Wiki imho.

bikes · #5 Posted **Feb 28, 2007, 4:26 PM**

Nice work Malec, i've always been wondering who is editing these Dubai pages.

Sky Tower · #6 Posted **Mar 18, 2007, 7:06 AM**

Malec, I've always thought Al Burj would exceed the BD on completion and will surely be the homepage for construction on DMP after BD is completed.
It's something for everyone to look forward to after BD's completed anyway!

q8_shaggy_17 · #7 Posted **Mar 18, 2007, 9:40 AM**

u guys, does any of u know how long this tower really is exactly???

AltinD · #8 Posted **Mar 18, 2007, 1:27 PM**

^^ The latest speculation is 1,200 meters (3,937 ft)

JBinCalgary · #9 Posted **Mar 24, 2007, 3:10 AM**

this tower is sleek looking

Sky Tower · #10 Posted **Jan 9, 2008, 2:55 PM**

I'm sure you're looking at old renders because it's been re-designed and as far as I'm aware, nobody has seen it yet!

AltinD · #11 Posted **Jan 15, 2008, 4:48 PM**

And I'm sure you are replying to someone which child would be 2 - 3 weeks old now if conceived at the same day he posted that.

Imre · #12 Posted **Jan 22, 2008, 4:29 PM**

22/January/2008

Al Burj

Soletanche Bachy at the site

Dac150 · #13 Posted **Jan 22, 2008, 5:36 PM**

I guess this one is a go then.

worthy cook · #14 Posted **Jan 23, 2008, 3:56 PM**

unfortunately.

FazDeH · #15 Posted **Jan 24, 2008, 8:09 AM**

Are they really planning on building this thing to the height suggested in the diagram section? 1050m ? THAT'S insane

Canadian_Bacon · #16 Posted **Jan 24, 2008, 6:53 PM**

In case no one read this article at... http://www.xpress4me.com/news/uae/dubai/20005364.html

Nakheel's tower to eclipse Burj Dubai. The race to build the highest skyscraper in the world may never be over, says the head of Nakheel’s building division.

Canadian Robert Lee, 45, appeared unfazed at the notion of tallest structure claims noting they are often short-lived as taller and taller towers are erected around the globe. The whole idea of the tallest tower is really fleeting,” he said in an interview with XPRESS at a recent trade and tourism show in Dubai.

That said, the push to build the new Nakheel tower Al Burj, he added, was very much “on the drawing board”. And Nakheel isn’t ruling out the possibility that Al Burj could dwarf Burj Dubai. With speculation that the proposed Nakheel tower could reach skyward up to a kilometre, the structure could stand a full 300 metres higher than Burj Dubai.

Lee isn’t ready yet to spill the beans on how high Al Burj tower will reach to enter the record books although he has confirmed that it would be at least as tall as Burj Dubai.

He said once a building reaches a certain height, going a few hundred metres extra doesn’t require as much of additional design, materials and time as one would think.

TallMark · #17 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 6:20 AM**

I find this building very appealing. I am not sure why those of you who hate tall building, become members of the sky"SCRAPER" forum? Shouldn't you become members of the "FlatCountrySide" forum? You know, trees, wooden shacks, cows and countryside, leave us tall building enthusiasts to marvel at these ever-taller buildings?

Sky Tower · #18 Posted **Feb 12, 2008, 3:37 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by AltinD

And I'm sure you are replying to someone which child would be 2 - 3 weeks old now if conceived at the same day he posted that.

Oh yeah, I didn't see the date....I must have inadvertently brought this thread back from the dead without knowing it!

JDRCRASH · #19 Posted **Feb 12, 2008, 5:50 AM**

^ ^ ^

Who cares?!

I like talking about tall buildings.

3400 ft seems ridiculously tall. But since more structures in the future will probably be taller than that, I guess i'll get used to it, eventually. When the Burj Dubai was first starting construction, I wasn't all that optimistic, but I adjusted. Maybe the same will happen here.

Fran · #20 Posted **Feb 15, 2008, 10:00 AM**

More than 300 people spent Friday night queuing up outside Emaar Properties' Burj Dubai sales centre, desperate to grab several new units in the developer's flagship project.

In unprecedented scenes, some buyers are thought to have paid nearly 8 million dirhams ($2.18 million) for one bedroom apartments in the Burj itself, and over 2 million dirhams for one bedroom apartments in Downtown Burj Dubai.

Emaar announced on Thursday it would be hosting a sales event for an "exclusive collection" of high-end homes drawn from various residential projects in Downtown Burj Dubai............read more here!