World's Tallest Building Opens in Dubai

• krambman

  

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8440219.stm
  
  It says that it took six years to complete construction on the building. It probably took just as long to make the fireworks.
• enigmaax

  I've seen taller.
• ricola

  

  what a shame. takes six years to biuld, then gets blown up in about 2 minutes.
• Mr. 300

  

  I remember hearing something about the temperature change from ground level to the top is like 18 degrees.
• mallymal614

  You would have to pay me to go to the top floor of that building!
• mucalum49

  

  I wonder what half is residential and which is the offices. Could you imagine living near the top? You could run a skydiving business out of your condo. I believe the temp change, one pic I saw while they were building it around 2/3's of the building clouds were forming and you couldn't even see the top.
• charliehustle14

  Anyone else see the story on the BBC about porn videos being uploaded to youtube by masking them as children videos? Haha reminds me of our attacks on JJHuddle.
• gorocks99

  

  charliehustle14 wrote: Anyone else see the story on the BBC about porn videos being uploaded to youtube by masking them as children videos? Haha reminds me of our attacks on JJHuddle.

  
• Al Capone

  ricola wrote: what a shame. takes six years to biuld, then gets blown up in about 2 minutes.

  Should make an interesting target.
• 2quik4u

  

  funny thing is that the city is pretty much fucked and not many people will be able to rent a space in the building
• O-Trap

  

  2quick4u, it's a pretty well-off city. I'm betting someone will.
• Chesapeake

  

  mucalum49 wrote:Could you imagine living near the top? You could run a skydiving business out of your condo.

  LOL!
• 2quik4u

  

  O-Trap wrote: 2quick4u, it's a pretty well-off city. I'm betting someone will.

  Don't let the glitz and glamour of the Dubai blind you they are not well off, the emirate is in a lot debt and they just recently had to borrow $10 billion from its much richer and less extravagant neighbor Abu Dubai.
• Emmett Brown

  

  O-Trap wrote: 2quick4u, it's a pretty well-off city. I'm betting someone will.

  Would you want to rent space in the Middle East? I know I wouldn't
• gorocks99

  

  How many terrorist attacks have happened in UAE? Just curious, I couldn't find it in a quick Google search.
• thedynasty1998

  

  I don't think the UAE has many enemies, but I'm not certain on that. I guess everyone has enemies of some sort.
  
  I just don't get it. Do they expect the middle east to become a vacation destination? It's the last place I'd want to go. Not because of the terrorists, but because of the climate. It's scorching hot their.
  
  And no, they don't have any money. And I think they are running out of oil, so no one will be there in time.
• KnightXC1

  

  I don't think they had enough fireworks for a building opening.
• darbypitcher22

  

  No way I'd go into a volitale area of the world to visit it, but hey, its cool to look at.
• BCSbunk

  thedynasty1998 wrote: I don't think the UAE has many enemies, but I'm not certain on that. I guess everyone has enemies of some sort.
  
  I just don't get it. Do they expect the middle east to become a vacation destination? It's the last place I'd want to go. Not because of the terrorists, but because of the climate. It's scorching hot their.
  
  And no, they don't have any money. And I think they are running out of oil, so no one will be there in time.

  Are you serious? Dubai located within the United Arab emirates is a popular travel destination
  
  It is amazing the architecture they are building there.
  http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/Hydropolis/
• gorocks99

  

  Yeah, Dubai has been a pretty big draw (especially for wealthy Europeans) over the past several years. They've been hammered w/ the global economic situation, though.
• equus

  And, the view from the top. Caution, can be vertigo inducing!
  
  
• Speedofsand

  

  Travis Pastrana would jump right off that.
• BuckeyeBlue

  

  Dubai is a pretty well off city (for now at least). I saw this building when we pulled in there last August, and it is pretty impressive. Dubai has some amazing architecture/engineering with this building, the man-made island, and the hotel shaped like a sail boat.
  
  As for the safety, I personally felt safer in Dubai than I did in Thailand.
• MrMcCluskie

  Al Capone wrote:

  ricola wrote: what a shame. takes six years to biuld, then gets blown up in about 2 minutes.

  Should make an interesting target.

  I have been thinking the same thing. Isn't this going to be a huge target for those bastards that like to hijack planes.
• thedynasty1998

  

  That youtube video is insane!