jysngltndz

i just come across this site..and dubai is about to build two of the worlds tallest skyscrappers..THE PINNACLE 750m. ht. which surpasses BURJDUBAI 705m ht.
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/s...t=2&ht=2&sro=1

this is the world record as of now.
http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/tp/wo/

and i think FREEDOM TOWERS of NEW YORK is about 540m ht. which is 210m short for dubai's THE PINNACLE... amazing.. but ive seen on the same site that new york is proposing the CINTAS TOWER -680m.ht.

thus anybody know other world beater skyscrappers?

mbr

There was a special on PBS a while ago about these, and documented the construction of the Tubai tower. Which, imo, has to be one the ugliest buildings in the world! Even the aerodynamics were terrible.

The SOM building, while not great by any means, is a least subdued and steps back.

alaburb

Isn't it interesting that really tall buildings used to be extrusions of real estate vlaues in really dense urban areas. Now they monuments to national inferiority complexes...

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kicks

<'quite interesting response. I would be glad to hear more.....

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salf

check the MoMA exhibit of tall buildings:
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2004...s/index_f.html

jysngltndz

-hmmmh...do you really think because of inferiority this skyscrappers were built
or they just have a lot of money to spend and to compete?...


-in our country the tallest building is around 203m. ht.

alaburb

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anvaraziz

check it out .........

http://www.emaar.com/new/projects_burjdubai.html

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donix

just scanned the site development plan of this amazing building(burj dubai)..... as you can see, here you can also find the world's largest mall(lower right of the tower)...

check this out also.

http://www.thedubaimall.com

bricklyne

America must have a really really huge case of inferiority complex then, seeing as they have quite a huge collection of the tallest buildings on that list. Although I have to admit that I find it odd that when countries from the west build tall buildings, they are heralded as Hallmarks of Architectural excellence ( Chrysler building, Empire State, CN tower, the space needle etc etc.) yet when countries from other regions of the world, specifially Asia and the middle east do it, it's simply a case or rather expression of inferiority complex. Intruiging nonetheless.

As for the burj al arab, unfortunately, I have to agree with those who may not be too predisposed to liking it. I've always found overtly flamboyant architecture such as this to be a sullen case in point of what happens when an architect gets and almost bottomless pit as a budget for his project and has no one to tell them whento stop because everyone else thinks that he is supposed to be the experts. Sometimes, I believe, a little external resistance (budgetary constraints, stringent building codes, arcebic critics) can not only be good for a design or the design of buildings but can also force architects to be creative in other ways. Just a personal opinion