Burj al Alam
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| Technical Data | |
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| Structural height | 482m |
| Roof height | 455m (estimate) |
| Floors | 108 |
| Groundbreaking | 2006 |
| Topout | 2009 |
| Cost | .1bn |
| Companies | |
| Business Bay Developer | Dubai Properties |
| Developer | Fortune Group |
| Architects | Nihon Architects |
The Burj al Alam (World Tower in English) is a planned 108 story, 480m skyscraper in the Business Bay area of Dubai, UAE designed to resemble a crystal flower. It is to become one of the world's tallest buildings, only 28 metres below the current tallest, Taipei 101. The tower is to be built by the Fortune Group which also have a number of other projects in Dubai such as the Fortune Bay and Fortune Tower.
It will contain 74 floors of office space, a retail area at the base, and a high-end hotel and serviced apartments in the top 27 floors. The hotel section is to contain the highest hotel rooms in the world. The building will also feature a 6-storey crown that will contain a Turkish bath, sky garden and other club facilities. The Fortune Group hope to start construction this year and will complete it by 2009.
The term "Burj" means tower in Arabic.
Source / links:
- [Official Website]
- [Burj Al Alam] - Development Profile
- [Burj Al Alam renders]
- [Details of launch] - AME Info
- [Another Article] - Gulf News
- [Emporis entry]
Under construction: Abraj Al Bait Towers | Al Hamra Tower | Al Rajhi Tower | Bank of America Tower, New York City | Burj Dubai | City Hall and City Duma | Federation Tower | Freedom Tower (One World Trade Center) | International Commerce Centre | New York Times Tower | Rose Rotana Suites | Shanghai World Financial Center | Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) | Trump International Hotel and Tower (Toronto) | Waterview Tower
Proposed: Al Burj | Buenos Aires Forum | Burj al Alam | Fordham Spire | Mubarak al-Kabir Tower | Plaza Rakyat | Russia Tower | Shard London Bridge
Destroyed: World Trade Center | Construction suspended: Ryugyong Hotel
Visions: 7 South Dearborn | Pyramid City | Sky City 1000 | The Illinois | X-Seed 4000
Observation towers: Borj-e Milad | Central TV Tower | CN Tower | Eiffel Tower | Fernsehturm | KCTV-Tower | Liberation Tower | Macau Tower | Kuala Lumpur Tower | Oriental Pearl Tower | Ostankino Tower | Riga Radio and TV Tower | Sky Tower | Space Needle | Stratosphere Las Vegas | Sydney Tower | Tianjin Radio and Television Tower | Tallinn TV Tower | Tashkent Tower | Tokyo Tower | Tower of the Americas | Torrena |Vilnius TV Tower
Antennas: Alma-Ata Tower | Azeri TV Tower | Emley Moor | Europaturm | Gerbrandy Tower | Kiev TV Tower | Mumbai Television Tower | Saint Petersburg TV Tower | Sumida Tower (proposed) | TV Tower Yerevan | WITI TV Tower | Zendstation Smilde
Chimneys: GRES-2 Power Station | Endesa Termic | Homer City Generating Station | Inco Superstack | Kennecott Smokestack | Maritza East Power Station | Mitchell Power Plant | Mountaineer Power Plant | Plomin Power Station | Power Station Westerholt | Syrdarya Power Plant | Teruel Power Plant | TETs5 | Trbovlje Chimney
Oil platforms: Petronius Platform | Troll Platform | Hibernia Oil Platform
Other proposed structures
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