After following the construction of the Burj Dubai for a couple years, it was a surprise yesterday to find out that it was officially open up to the public (or at least the owners of inner real-estate). It's been in construction since 2004, and was to be opened either early 2009 or 2010.

The developers have unofficially claimed the tower to be 818 metres, with about 160 floors. It will also be the first to feature the worlds tallest night club. It will feature various exercise facilities, a shopping centre, indoor and (unnervingly) outdoor pool.



Figure 1: The name Burj Dubai literally stands for Tower Dubai, or in English (flipped), Dubai Tower, seeing as Arabic is written backwards compared to english and other languages. Its name matches the Dubai Fountain, the worlds largest fountain.



Figure 2: Mid-near end construction on Dubai Tower [Burj Dubai]



Figure 3: End construction/opening. Did they accidentally forget to name it 'Pimpin' Tower'?


I'll speak for all of us here -- I would hate to be the one(s) cleaning those windows. Oh, and this picture looks awesome.

As much as it's an amazing, historic feat, I wouldn't think it smart to build something this huge. If it is this big, obviously we are going to have some major businesses locate themselves partially inside, as well as communications for networks will probably also be partially powered by this building. While this is all great, it gives a great target for terrorists. America just recently witnessed a terrorist attempt on Christmas, and obviously there are some people out there who just don't believe in world peace. The World Trade Center (twin towers) was attacked by terrorists, simply because it helped power electricity and device signals (like cell phones) for the entire world.

Ya, I wonder what they'd name the wireless internet connection in there. Dubai Connect (or Connect Dubai in arabic lol). But ya, as much as terrorists hate the U.S., they still attack places in their own country just to kill innocent people and prove a point.

Now, seeing how many people potentially would be in the building at a time, I would hate to see a terrorist act happen there.

Thats flipping huge! I love the top down shot because it really shows how magnificent the structure is. (I'm sure there will be some unexpected, mushy, greenish brownish projectiles released by some people using the outdoor pool when they look down if you know what I mean. )

hahah the Detroit firework attack is like the closet terrorist attack to my town

To put the true height into perspective, imagine this. It takes a number of minutes (even for really fast people) to run around a 400m track twice to reach the distance of 800 metres. This is on flat ground. Now imagine that except straight up in the air. Almost 1km. The reveal date wasn't actually yesterday I realized -- it's today. 'I'm going to go crazy if I don't go crazy tonight' I swear.

Michael, on 04 January 2010 - 09:11 PM, said:

Hooray for U2!

Johnnyboi, on 05 January 2010 - 01:25 PM, said:

You know it!! Me and Steve (blackspy) are so stoked for the concert this summer. Can't believe they're coming to edmonton!

wow! I cannot believe how big that is! So what happened on Christmas?? How did I not hear about any terrorist attack? 

gosh00tyourself, on 05 January 2010 - 07:54 PM, said:

A Nigerian (I believe) was on a flight heading for the U.S. While they were about to land, the passenger tried to ignite a bomb that he had hidden in his pants. He epicly failed though, and burned his hands.

right when i saw the first outside pic i literally had to scroll down to see the rest of it,
and my eyes just like blew up if you know what i mean when i saw it O.O

Yes, the tower itself is huge and a massive technological feat. I would be scared of the height though. Probably more scared to go to the top and look out then to jump out of a plane at that height.

And yeah satan it is pretty amazing. At first, you see a bit of stuff in the distance, but the more you scroll down the page, the more you are able to see the sheer height of it, especially compared to adjacent skyscrapers.

Michael, on 06 January 2010 - 02:03 AM, said:

have you ever been to the CN tower? or any other big tower like thing?
at almost the top of it, there is a glass floor
i layed down on it and it was so scary xD
you may think its not, but try it
since you live all the way in edmonton i dont think you have been to the CN tower though

Uh Ive been to the Sydney tower (in Australia) and it's huge. I think it's bigger than the CN tower lol..

ya, well, the cn tower was the biggest building ive ever been in, or the highest ive ever been ever

xXSaTaNs DaWgXx, on 07 January 2010 - 04:50 PM, said:

Have you not been on a plane?! I think I plane goes higher than that tower... But I can see that being the highest in a tower you've been.

Johnnyboi, on 05 January 2010 - 05:57 PM, said:

Hhaha yeah. People probably thought he was jacking off. I can just imagine this:

Terrorist sitting in the back of the plane, with his hands in his pants, smoke coming out.
A US business man says "Hey man, need some lube?"
xD

Aaron, on 13 January 2010 - 07:09 PM, said:

Dude when you jack off does smoke come out?? you NEED to see a doctor, with great hast my friend.

Annihialte This, on 14 January 2010 - 02:03 PM, said:

I think that would cause the doctor to quit his job...

Lmao probably! It would make me

Lmao. That's all I can type cause I'm laughingn so hard XD

Can you stop +1 rep'ing all your posts and -1 rep'ing all of mine?!

i give you ++

Michael, on 15 January 2010 - 02:08 AM, said:

I'm not actually. But as I said in another thread, I +rep all of mine.

I also 1+ mine and yours to sometimes!!!