Dubai Tower Now World's Tallest Free-Standing Structure

[Scott]

DUBAI (AFP) - The world's tallest building, still under construction in the booming Gulf emirate of Dubai, has become the world's tallest free-standing structure, its developers said on Thursday.

The Burj Dubai tower is now 555 metres (1,831.5 feet) tall and has surpassed the 553-metre- (1,824.9-feet) CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, which held the record for the world's tallest free-standing structure since 1976, developers Emaar Properties said in a statement.

The skyscraper, being built by South Korea's Samsung and set for completion at the end of next year, is one of several mega projects taking shape in Dubai, which is part of the United Arab Emirates.

The statement did not reveal the tower's final projected height or its final number of storeys, which Emaar has kept secret since launching the project in January 2004.

The developer announced in July that Burj Dubai, Arabic for Dubai Tower, had exceeded Taiwan's Taipei 101 which is 508 metres (1,676.4 feet) tall, to become the tallest building in the world.

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Also, they will most likely finish building it by the end of 2008.

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[LiNuX]

whoa lol, last i heard it was at its 140th floor - how high is it gonna get? well i know they said they dont know yet but if you had to guess - well if i had to guess i'd say it'd go over 200 stories then come crashing down or something

[Jasperking]

lol it looks like its almost at its limit. Although i think it prolly will crash down :p

[LiNuX]

everything big falls hard with a boom - but the structures of buildings today are more flexible and stronger, u never know, they can go upto like 300 stories, those guys are crazy

[Scott]

If you lived in that building you wouldn't need a car. Because everything is in it. Apartments, Shops, Clubs a hotel and some other stuff lol

[LiNuX]

lol thats sweet, but you need to leave for school

they have their own "world Island" - thats where they made a chain of islands that looks like the continents and globe - did you hear about that?

[Scott]

they have their own "world Island" - thats where they made a chain of islands that looks like the continents and globe - did you hear about that?
Yeah it was on TV. They cost $25 million each and Rod Stewart owns one.
There is another set of islands that are shaped like a palm tree too

[LiNuX]

yeah the palm tree one is amazing - well that country just focuses on ways to bring in more tourists, thats how they make a lot of their money, other than the oil of course

[Scott]

yeah the palm tree one is amazing - well that country just focuses on ways to bring in more tourists, thats how they make a lot of their money, other than the oil of course
The United Arab Emirates isn't a country is a Middle Eastern federation of seven countries lol

[Jasperking]

i wanna go in there!! XD