Burj Dubai reaches maximum height
Already the world’s tallest building, or structure of any description for that matter, the Burj Dubai has now quietly reached its maximum height of 818 metres (826 metres if counted from the lower entrance to the aircraft beacon), according to Skyscrapernews.com.
Unfortunately, with Barack Obama‘s inauguration and the global recession, no one seems to have noticed.
Having long surpassed the previous record holder, the 509 metre high Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan, interest in the Burj Dubai has waned. To add to the woes of Emaar, the developer, property values in the building are plummeting due to a lack of confidence in the economy and there have been mass redundancies at firms designing the buildings and landscaping planned to surround the Burj Dubai, which may now not be built.
Leaving the Burj Dubai sticking out alone from the ground, like a giant solitary boil in the sand. As if it wasn’t hideous enough already.
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