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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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