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Awesome design. It looks like Burj al Alam if it had a spire .

The building will be just a few metres taller than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai but will be constructed at a fraction of the cost.

In terms of scale, complexity and longevity, much of this stuff makes Dubai's Burj Khalifa look like a sandcastle.

Burj Dubai is set to be completed next year. But the developers did not say how tall the finished building will be.

The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, built on an artificial island, is structured in the shape of a boat's sail.

The company's previous projects include the Burj Khalifa, the Mao Tower in Shanghai and Pearl River Tower in Guangzhou.

For five years, as the project climbed towards its ultimate height of 828 meters, it was known as the Burj Dubai.

So what buildings could be the next to rise up and steal the Burj Khalifa's crown?

While the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai is the most widely referenced seven-star hotel, it was never formally awarded such a mark.

In bone-dry Dubai, luxury hotels like the Burj - al - Arab prove that water's no problem when money's no object.

With all the new high-rise buildings (including the tallest in the world, Burj Khalifa) this provides a great photographic opportunity.

Down the beach from the Burj Al Arab and four kilometers into the Persian Gulf, another mammoth construction project is underway .

Architects' vertical leapfrogging, however, isn't likely to stop at the Burj Khalifa.

COME April, the first tenants may finally be able to move into Dubai's Burj Khalifa, now the tallest building in the world.

The Burj culminates an era of financial expansion worldwide, yet opened, ironically, in the aftermath of an economic free fall.

Namely, the Burj Khalifa is primarily residential and its structural frame is reinforced concrete.

A foreign worker stacks fish traps near the Burj al Arab-world's tallest hotel and icon of the new Dubai.

Dubai is a very open city. The only seven star hotel in the world -- Burj-Arab hotel -- is in Dubai which is very deluxe.

The beachfront area where the Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel are located was previously called Chicago Beach.

The Shanghai building is only surpassed in height by Taiwan's Taipei 101 tower and the Burj Dubai skyscraper.

Some of the same team who built the Burj will work on this new project.

Burj Dubai has now reached 141 storeys, more storeys than any other building in the world.

During its construction, the Burj Khalifa utilized a fair number of foreign laborers.

The most attractive place of Dubai is Burj Al Arab Hotel, the only seven-star hotel in the world.

The most recent addition to this list is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Burj Al Arab, the tallest, most luxurious hotel in the world, is a symbol of Dubai and its accomplishments .

The Burj Khalifa was built as a major attraction fortravellerstravelers and business people.

Earth's tallest skyscraper Burj Khalifa (height 828 m) and its gigantic shadow clearly visible even from space.

THE seven-star Burj-al-Arab hotel in Dubai is not for those who like their elegance understated.

"Every time we build a new skyscraper, we learn new things, " says Adrian Smith, architect of the Burj.

Dancing Fountain in Dubai: World's tallest fountain in Dubai Mall in UAE, located at the base of Burj Dubai.

Taipei 101 was the world's tallest building until it was surpassed by the Burj Khalifa in 2007.

However, their job has got easier with the construction of the Burj Dubai.

The highly recognisable 7-star Burj al Arab is reckoned by many to be the world's most luxurious hotel.

The World Financial Centre in Shanghai and Dubai's Burj Khalifa show building tall and straight has become a rare event.

The Dubai Mall, part of the Burj Khalifa, is the biggest shopping mall in the world.

The Burj Dubai is said to be more than 2600 feet but exactly how tall it is remains a mystery.

For those not content with five-star luxury it offers the sail-shaped Burj al-Arab, the world's only seven-star hotel.

Emaar, which is partly owned by Dubai's government, is the developer of the Burj Khalifa, currently the tallest building in the world.

We also visit Burj Al Arab, the luxury hotel that is the symbol of this city and its economic boom.

Alwaleed's proposed skyscraper would shatter the record for Burj Khalifa, which opened in January 2010.

Armani Group in April opened Armani Hotel Dubai in Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building.

The world's most expensive hotel - Burj Al Arab Dubai, United Arab Emirates hotels.

And at 810 metres, the Burj Dubai, due to be completed next year, will be the tallest building in the world.

The newly named Burj Khalifa is now a symbol of Dubai's loss of independence.

Think SOM's Burj Dubai, which, we are told, is designed "to embody the world's highest aspirations" .

Dubai has a well-known seven-star "Burj Al Arab Hotel" , Brunei it?

Burj Al Arab Hotel reflected on beach at sunset.

And in February, the Burj Khalifa closed its observation deck, reportedly because of electrical problems.

We reach Burj Dubai, the tallest tower in the world.

The Burj Dubai will be the world's tallest building when it opens in 2009.

Location is fab and you are right next to the Burj.

The tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai stands 2, 717 feet tall.

Dubai officially opened the $1. 5 billion Burj Khalifa tower, which at 828 metres is the world's tallest building.

The tower would top Dubai's 828-meter (2, 717-foot) Burj Khalifa, which currently is the world's tallest building.

Burj Khalifa stands 800 meters (2, 600 feet) high, and it is currently the world's tallest structure.

The 2, 684 feet, 160-story Burj Dubai cost an estimated $4. 1 billion to construct.

Burj Dubai becomes tallest building on earth

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, currently the world's tallest building at 828 metres. Photograph: Reuters

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