Dubai Tower To Be World's Tallest Building

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How tall exactly will the Dubai Tower be? The exact height of the tower is still being kept secret because of competitors, however they do confirm that the building will be dozens of stories higher than any other building now in existence. "We're going to records never approached before. Not only will it be the tallest building, it will be the tallest manmade tower," said Robert Booth, a director at Emaar Properties, the Dubai construction firm developing the spire-shaped, stainless-steel-skinned tower. So, why the heck are the building it so high? In New York skyscrapers were built to save land, but in this case Dubai is doing it to get international on the map. Well, what's the tower going to be used for? The lower 37 floors will be occupied by a hotel, floors 45 through 108 will have 700 private apartments, which have already been sold in just eight hours.

Corporate offices and suites will fill the rest of the tower, except for the 123rd and 124th floors, which will be reserved for a floor lobby and a observation deck. So, what the building be called? The building will be called, Burj, and is expected to hold the title of the world's tallest skyscraper for just a few years, it won't be too long before someone decides to build a even bigger building.

will fill the rest of the tower, except for the 123rd and 124th floors, which will be reserved for a floor lobby and a observation deck. So, what the building be called? The building will be called, Burj, and is expected to hold the title of the world's tallest skyscraper for just a few years, it won't be too long before someone decides to build a even bigger building.