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The world's tallest building is being opened in the Gulf emirate of Dubai.More than 800m (2,625ft) high and clad in 26,000 glass panels, Burj Dubai has 160 floors and more than 500,000 sq m of space for offices and apartments.
It must take an age to get to a floor in the top third. If I was up there, I don't know if I could be bothered to go out for a bottle of milk.
Waste of money.
Construction of the Burj Dubai began in 2004, at the height of an economic boom.
and there could be a 9/11 on it
It takes a while - in this case 5 years - to build something on this scale. Dubai is trying to attract the well-heeled international set. This building fits the ticket. I have to wonder how long it will be before they reach a reasonable occupancy, given the current economic situation.
I watched the video. It makes an impressive fireworks stand.
I don't think you'd have to go out for milk. If you can afford to live or work there, you can afford delivery. There was no mention of a grocery store in the building, but with over 1000 residential suites, there must be some place to grab some milk inside the structure.
Construction of the Burj Dubai began in 2004, at the height of an economic boom.
Correct. They amassed a huge loan and don't have the resources of their rich neighbors as a backup plan. Did they think the boom would continue forever?
Waste of money. They're already in trouble financially and I don't see how that will improve.
... come on now, I wouldn't form my opinion purely on the media . . . the BBC was showing how the streets of Dubai were deserted a few months back, and had the footages to prove it . . . don't know when they recorded all those, but a couple of days later I was on the same road and stuck for about an hour and half due to the heavy traffic.
... come on now, I wouldn't form my opinion purely on the media . . . the BBC was showing how the streets of Dubai were deserted a few months back, and had the footages to prove it . . . don't know when they recorded all those, but a couple of days later I was on the same road and stuck for about an hour and half due to the heavy traffic.
Naturally it will be a tourist attraction for a little while.
Waste of money.
Those folks have a money tree somewhere. They've been building all sorts of stuff at these unbelievable costs.
Those are just some of the projects they've wasted money on. I surely wouldn't be purchasing anything on any of those islands. Not with the way the weather is changing. That place could be under water during our lifetime.
These folks are the biggest wasteful spenders of money. I wouldn't be surprised if their toilet paper is made from virgin pulp. That is how wasteful they are.
I wonder how much of Madoff investor's money made it to Dubai?
Mack.
That place could be under water during our lifetime.
Ooops, almost forgot...
why didn't they add another 15 feet so they could call it an even half mile high?
That place could be under water during our lifetime.
That, PR1, is not a valid argument for two reasons: I don't think it is going to be under water that soon, second and more important point is, even if it does, it probably won't be your property by then.
...a right of usufruct or a long-term lease of up to 99 years in designated areas of Dubai. These designated areas are set forth in Regulation No. (3) of 2006 and include the Palm Island projects, the World Islands, and the Dubai Marina, among others.
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Pure excess & complete waste of money that has no social benefit to the planet, especially when you appreciate that the effort is greatly contributed by migrant workers that net $50 per month [ after funds sent home to families] for working in 52C [ 120F + ] temps with no human rights to help build the thing.
Wait 'til the lift jams in the shaft in those temps with the aircon off , like it did for a lot of Dubai last year in a power black out. That will temper the smiles of those adoring it. [ Sorry guys to see the flip side of this engineering success ]
why didn't they add another 15 feet so they could call it an even half mile high?
828 m is a nice number. It's also, incidentally, more than half a mile.
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[edited by: lawman at 9:14 pm (utc) on Jan. 30, 2010]
