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Burj Dubai - photo wallpapers: The Burj Dubai (Arabic: برج دبي for "Tower of Dubai") is a skyscraper currently under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Its exact final height remains a closely-guarded secret, but is believed to be at least 705 metres (2,313 ft). Expected to be completed in 2008, the Burj Dubai is a formidable threat to other bids to the title of world's tallest building. These include the 547 m (1,776 ft) Freedom Tower in New York City, the Shanghai World Financial Center, the planned Fordham Spire in Chicago, Illinois, and the current record holder, Taipei 101. The Burj Dubai's developer Emaar Properties has suggested that the Burj Dubai will become the tallest manmade structure of any kind in history. The highest structure to date was the 645.4 m (2,120 ft) Warsaw radio mast which was built in 1974 and which collapsed during renovation work in 1991. The current tallest man-made structure on land is the KVLY-TV mast in North Dakota. The Burj Dubai has been designed to be the center of a large-scale, mixed-use development that will include commercial, residential, shopping, entertainment, and leisure outlets. The complete development will cost about US$ 8 billion. The Burj Dubai will be the latest feather in the cap of Dubai, also home to the largest man-made marina, the Dubai Marina; the world's largest artificial island, the Palm Islands; and the world's tallest hotel, the Burj al-Arab. Developers say the silvery glass-sheathed concrete building will restore to the Middle East the honor of hosting the earth's tallest structure—a title lost circa 1300 when Lincoln Cathedral upset the 38-century reign of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza. An Armani Hotel (the first of its kind) will occupy the lower 37 floors. Floors 45 through 108 will have 700 private apartments in 64 floors (which, according to the developer, sold out within eight hours of going on sale). Corporate offices and suites will fill most of the remaining floors, except for a 123rd floor lobby and 124th floor indoor/outdoor observation deck. The spire will also hold communications equipment. An outdoor infinity-edge swimming pool will be located on the 78th floor of the tower. The interior will be decorated by Giorgio Armani. [br]The design of Burj Dubai is derived from the geometries of the desert flower, which is indigenous to the region, and the patterning systems embodied in Islamic architecture. The tower is composed of three elements arranged around a central core. As the tower rises from the flat desert base, setbacks occur at each element in an upward spiraling pattern, decreasing the cross section of the tower as it reaches toward the sky. At the top, the central core emerges and is sculpted to form a finishing spire. A Y-shaped floor plan maximizes views of the Persian Gulf. [br]The decision to build Burj Dubai and other skyscrapers is reportedly based on the government's decision to diversify from a trade-based (and oil-reliant) economy to one that is service- and tourism-oriented. While many champion Dubai's strides at changing its core economy, others have raised questions about the necessity of building the world's tallest building in Dubai. Dubai has a population of just over one million residents. In 1995, the United Arab Emirates as a whole had a population of 2,563,212 including an estimated 1,606,079 non-nationals (roughly the population of Brooklyn, NY), and a population density of a mere 46/km² compared with the density of the United Kingdom: 246.5/km². However, due to rapid population growth, it is estimated that the population of the UAE was nearing 3.5 million in 2002. [br]Technical Data: [br]Structural height: 800 m (2,625 ft) (est.) [br]Height to tip: 800 m (2,625 ft) (est.) [br]Height to roof :705+ m (2,313 ft) (estimate) [br]Floors (Above ground): 167 [br]Floors (Under ground): 2 [br]Groundbreaking: Sep. 21, 2004 [br]Topout: 2008 (est.) [br]

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