No development in engineering better embodies the modern world than the skyscraper. Born out of a messy conflux of aesthetic, economic, and structural needs, skyscrapers are a dominant fixture of ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Dubai loves breaking records. With its towering skyscrapers, ultra-luxurious hotels and outlandish opulence, this city on the Persian Gulf fueled by tourism and oil money ...

January 4, 2010 (CHICAGO) The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is 160 stories high. The exact height-- 2,717 feet (828 meters)-- was revealed at the opening ceremonies on Monday. The Dubai building is more than ...

Architect Adrian Smith, who designed the building while at the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, attended the opening. Smith left SOM in 2006 to start his own firm, Adrian Smith+Gordon ...

Burj Khalifa in Dubai is world's tallest building, but which is second tallest building? Its located in..., name is... World’s Second Tallest Building: Dubai has ...

The Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai is already the tallest building in the world. Now, it also boasts the record for having the highest observation deck of any building. At The Top Sky opened to the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Sky-high expectations are set for the forthcoming “Rise Tower” in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which builders plan to have surpass ...

You could say the Burj Khalifa was already built from Lego last month in Brazil, but there’s no way all 31.19m could fit in my house. Lego’s Architecture series ...

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Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Burj Dubai is over 2,625-feet tall and has more than 160 stores, the most of any building in the world. Besides an observation ...