Burj Dubai: The world's tallest building
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Burj Dubai, which has 206 floors, officially opened on 4 January 2010.
A luxury Armani hotel occupies the bottom floors.
The cost of the tower has been put at around $1.5 billion in published reports.
From the 124th floor observation deck of the tower viewers can see 50 miles on a clear day.
Terraces are located at setbacks spiraling up the tapered tower, which is based on the "geometries of the desert flower and the patterning systems embodied in Islamic architecture," according to its promotional literature.
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AFP, Reuters, Zahrein Ismail
Burj Dubai, world's tallest tower, is seen in Dubai December 5, 2009.
Fireworks explode around Burj Dubai, the world's tallest tower, during the
opening ceremony in Dubai January 4, 2010.
Dubai opened the world's tallest structure on Monday, and a statement said it
was 828 metres (2,717 ft) high.
Burj Dubai tower is lit by laser lights during its opening ceremony.
Sheikh Mohammad, the ruler of Dubai, inaugurating the Burj Dubai tower, the
tallest skyscraper in the world, during its opening ceremony in Dubai January
4, 2010.
Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed renamed the tower Burj Khalifa after the
president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of the neighboring emirate
of Abu Dhabi.
Started at the height of the economic boom and built by some 12,000 labourers,
the world's tallest building will open today in Dubai as the glitzy emirate
seeks to rekindle optimism after its financial crisis.
