DUBAI .- After having gone through the financial crisis caused alarm in markets around the world, Dubai once again demonstrated its strength with the opening of the world's tallest building: the Burj Dubai skyscraper, with a total of 828 m eters high, distributed across 190 floors of which 160 will be filled on the floor 158 is the world's highest mosque in the 143 a nightclub, a restaurant at 122 panoramic and at 124 the viewpoint from which you can see 95 km away. The 36 lifts are one of the most distance traveled to 10m per second and main floor will have the largest shopping arcade beat a record to include the Dubai Mall as the largest mall. The Burj Dubai
was designed by Adrian Smith, 65, a native of Chicago, a city that houses the tower Willis (formerly Sears ), which was once the tallest building in the world.
has a metallic structure made by humans most where 300 Chinese experts on hand cut 25,000 m2 of glass panels that will accommodate 19,000 people and was invested U $ S 1,500 million. The skyscraper is the center of a project estimated at 20,000 million dollars during the lavish ceremony with 5000 guests at his inauguration was renamed "Burj Dubai Down Town" in honor of the emir of Abu Dhabi Khalifa ben Zayed al-Nahayan of the UAE president Arab Emirates. "No one would expect for a big man" said Sheik sovereign at the opening which coincides with its 4 th anniversary of coming to power in Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, referring to the president of the United Arab Emirates he brought to Dubai 25,000 million dollars to avoid the bankruptcy of the city-state during the crisis, which could have stalled the project where property prices half collapsed, and many government firms found it difficult to pay their debts.
takes 6 years to build in reinforced concrete with stainless steel and glass will be installed 1000 residential apartments, 30 floors for offices and hotel suites new face Giorgio Armani on the ground floor will occupy 36 floors with 170 luxury apartments ca gory 7 stars, unique in the world.
The structural base is an equilateral triangle of side 160 meters with a floor area of \u200b\u200b450,000 square meters of which 275,000 are in the tower and 175,000 in the base and subsoils to be water storage and maintenance area, four dedicated to gyms and parking for 3,000 cars. This structural concept of the geometric shape represents the flower grown in the region, Hymenocallis six white petals and its harmonious structure based on the inspiration of the project, which became three petals as nodes that define the inputs to the various bodies of the building .
Another feature is the vernacular architecture of the Middle East with its gently curved arch to simulate the waves of the Gulf and the undulations of the desert sands to suggest membership in the region. Kahlifa Tower has an advanced development in safety, each 25 stories is resistant shelters independent fire air supply and project director Greg Sang said that to overcome fear of heights that caused the Twin Towers atque, reinforced concrete structure is so robust that a plane can not cast on the Tower as was made at the World Trade Center.
The site of the skyscraper is on the banks of Dubai Creek River with an entrance on the Gulf with its port and commercial center of the Emirates where its economy is based on oil, and diversification for companies currently financial, information technology, tourism and business in multinational companies off shore.
For the heat that supports the region designed an innovative system for recovery of condensed water inside and humification external heat that is collected and condensed by cooling coils and used to irrigate the planted area of \u200b\u200bouter space as well to pre-cool water building into the system for consumption, if the system does not exist, this water is wasted and would be much greater demand for use of the building.
At the opening of the January 4, 2010 in anticipation will appreciate the lively launch fireworks in this video for his majesty and might be the last of the mammoth projects in Dubai. Read
more detail in other articles, "The Burj Dubai: Desert Flower winged overlooking the Persian Gulf" and Architecture: Burj Dubai, towards the sky [norteamaricano study SOM].
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