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2008.july.22 |
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2008.july.21 |
 More new photos by Imre and Old Town Resident.
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2008.july.18 |
Big construction photo update by Imre Solt. There are 113 new photos of the Old Town, the Burj Dubai, Burj Dubai Lake Hotel and the soon to be world's largest mall, the Dubai Mall.
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2008.july.16 |
Burj Dubai has been progressing rapidly in the last weeks, it took just 10 days for the 13th steel floor to finish and 14th is under construction making the tower 675.3 m tall. 9 new photos by Old Town Resident.
Burj Dubai videos:
Burj Dubai from the SZR
The tower from the Old Town
Visit to the Burj by Rakeeb and Abdull Kannookkaran
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2008.july.08 |
Five new construction photos of Burj Dubai by Old Town Resident, including one of glazing of the front entrance. The photos can be viewed in the July Gallery. The 13th level steel floor is under construction, the tower is now 668.9 meters tall.
New videos on Youtube:
Video by architecture students
Burj Dubai from the SZR
Old Town + Caffee + Burj Dubai
Aerial video
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2008.june.28 |
Finally no sand storms in Dubai, and Imre was able to make a massive update which resulted in 138 new photos, that can be seen HERE.
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2008.june.26 |
73 new photos of Burj Dubai and the Lake Hotel by Imre and 9 photos by Old Town Resident. A new render has been published by Emaar which can be seen below (click to enlarge).
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2008.june.24 |
Dequal's June video has been released, same excellent quality with Haifa Wehbe singing in the background. New construction photos by Old Town Resident and AltinD. Alexx has shared his work which shows the height and number of floors in relation with the elapsed days. (PNG graph / PDF timeline). If you liked Pierre's work (Burj Dubai Evolution), then take a look at his first Burj Dubai video on Youtube.
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2008.june.21 |
AltinD took 3 new photos of the tower today in the sand storm and there are 12 older photos by OTR. Nakheel's Al Burj has been resized again to 1,400 meters and renamed to Tall Tower. The giant tower is going to get built in the Jebel Ali area as the centerpiece of Ibn Battuta Mall close to the Jumeirah Lake Towers and the Jumeirah Islands. There is no rendering of the Tall Tower yet, but take a look at the comparison diagram below. Watch THIS spectacular work by Pierre Forgeat that shows the construction stages of Burj Dubai accompanied by some renders and construction photos, and a comparison with the Eiffel Tower in the end, great stuff.
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2008.june.14 |
52 new photos by Imre of the Burj Dubai and the Burj Dubai Lake Hotel. Emaar is going to build the largest fountain in the world for this project. It is planned to be 275 meters long and it will shoot the water up to 150 meters. The cladding work is going nicely, and should be finished within a bit more than 4 months. Watch a short video about Burj Dubai that shows the construction since 2005 until now, by F.I - Youtube.
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2008.june.12 |
The construction speed of Burj Dubai is greatly affected by the weather conditions of the last few weeks. The high winds make the construction slower and more dangerous at those heights. 61 more photos have been added that were taken by Imre.
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2008.june.09 |
Burj Dubai is late by 9 months. According to Mohammed Alabbar, chairman of Emaar, Burj Dubai will not be completed until August or September 2009. They are aiming for perfection: "With a project like this you have to get it absolutely right," Alabbar said. Nine new photos by Imre and Old Town Resident.
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2008.june.05 |
According to Old Town Resident Burj Dubai took another step forward and hit 656.1 meters with the new, 11th steel floor. He has also taken two photos, which can be viewed in the latest, June Gallery. The Tier Methodology of the Burj Dubai by Ray Fleury can now be downloaded in PDF format.
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2008.june.01 |
The 10th steel floor has been completed, the start of the 11th is expected in the next days. There are 141 new photos by Imre of Burj Dubai (and his favorite camel posing with the tower) and Burj Dubai Lake Hotel, plus 5 more by Old Town Resident.
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2008.may.28 |
Qiwen Li, Burj Dubai worker has died in the hospital after a heavy panel fell on him in the tower. He was the second victim since the beginning of the construction.
There are 8 new photos of Burj Dubai and the Old Town by Old Town Resident. Arabian Business has an extensive article on the tower's servicing, read it HERE.
The latest Youtube videos:
Flying close to the top of the tower
At the site on May 11th
Burj Dubai in the Indian news
Driving on the Sheikh Zayed Road
From an office - lucky person
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2008.may.20 |
Burj Dubai is now the world's tallest structure ever built. The construction of the next steel floor has started which makes the tower 649.7 m tall. See our comparison diagram below. The 94th floor of Burj Dubai has sold for $12 million. 11000 sq ft of office space will be available for the European buyer.
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2008.may.18 |
Huge photo update by Imre Solt. You can now find 115 new pictures of Burj Dubai and the Downtown Burj Dubai in our May Gallery.
The tower is now 643.3m tall, just 3 meters shorter than the tallest man-made structure ever built, the Warsaw Radio Mast. Read an article about the replica of Burj Dubai that will be featured in Legoland along with other skyscrapers HERE.
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2008.may.14 |
Burj Dubai has broken yet another record with the help of Arabian Aluminum Company, which laid the reflective glass panels at the height of 512 metres / level 141on Monday.
New photos from the Cityscape 2008 by Imre Solt, which is being held in Abu Dhabi. The booth of Arabtec and RWDI are showing two different models of Burj Dubai, check them HERE. 5 new construction pictures by Old Town Resident. Dequal has published his May Update video of the construction progress, usual good quality with chill out music. Ray Fleury's Tier explanation through construction photos can be viewed on the facts page.
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2008.may.11 |
37 new construction photos by Syed Aouf and Old Town Resident of Burj Dubai and the 306 m tall Burj Dubai Lake Hotel which has recently topped out.
New Youtube videos: Burj Dubai lift - shows 1 minute of travelling down with the construction elevator. The tallest tower - driving by the Burj Dubai on the Sheikh Zayed Road.
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2008.may.08 |
45 aerial photos were taken of Burj Dubai on Imre's helicopter trip today. An over 5 meter tall version of the tower will be built as a part of Legoland in Dubailand by 2011 in the United Arab Emirates.
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2008.may.06 |
Imre is back and took 17 new pictures of Burj Dubai from the Sheikh Zayed Road, and 3 photos of the new model of the tower, which was displayed at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai.
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2008.may.04 |
The top out of Burj Dubai is expected in 4-5 months according to Adrian Smith. He also said that there would be only four habitable floors in the steel structure. Construction of the 9th steel floor has started, which puts Burj Dubai to 643.3 meters. Dubai is going to have the largest number of supertalls with 7 under developement and 5 new towers will be announced with over 100 storeys. Renderings:
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2008.apr.30 |
Ten new photos of Burj Dubai by Peter Bäcker who was visiting Dubai. Latest videos of Burj Dubai on Youtube:
Burj at night from the SZR
Alikberm's animation of the tower
Burj Dubai from the helicopter
Skyscrapers of 2008 (!)
Construction Dec. 2005 - April 2008
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2008.apr.28 |
Read an interesting interview with the creator of Burj Dubai, Adrian Smith, on Khaleej Times. The latest photos are by Omaro of the Dubai Creek with the Dubai skyline in the background, and by OTR/AltinD of Burj Dubai and the Burj Dubai Lake Hotel.
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2008.apr.25 |
The cladding work on Burj Dubai is scheduled to finish on 31st of October 2008, according to an anonymous source with connections to Arabian Aluminum. Current Thinking won the contract to install fire safety devices in the Burj Dubai tower. There are 12 new photos by Old Town Resident.
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