Here are 10 interesting things that will go into the making of Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building to be:
- The estimated building cost is US$ 1 billion
- The first Armani hotel in the world will open its doors to patrons in Burj Dubai
- The concrete used (excluding foundation) would be equal to the weight of 100,000 elephants
- The observatory elevators in the building will move at a stunning speed of 18 metres per second (40 mph) - fastest in the world
- The building service/fireman's elevator will have a capacity of 5500 kg
- The tip of the spire will be visible from 60 miles away (will be an easy to locate address, I guess)
- The highest publicly accessible observatory more than 400 metres above ground will give visitors a bird's eye view from Burj Dubai
- Burj Dubai will house 30,000 homes
- And... 800 private apartments... (hmmm)
- Peak electricity demand of the tower is estimated to be similar to 360,000 bulbs of 100 watt each... hoping that there would be some environmentally friendly way of generating all that power.
You can check out more about Burj Dubai on its website at http://www.burjdubai.com/
Or, if you are visiting the UAE some time, maybe we could check out one of the coffee shops in it together :-)
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5 comments:
Mr Naeem:
I am very disappointed by your lackadaisical approach to facts.
When I read your comment about 100,000 elephants, I wondered whether you meant an average African elephant (they are larger) or an Asian elephant.
However I was flummoxed when you claimed an elevator with a capacity for 5,500kg could accommodate many elephants. I have lived in Africa and can assert with confidence that a typical male African elephant weighs over 6,000kg! (The largest recorded was over 13,000kg.) If you know elementary physics, then you can imagine what happens when a typical 2,000kg motor vehicle encounters an elephant.
Further, it seems your mind was half-asleep when you wrote "Burj Dubai will house 30,000 homes" followed by "And... 800 private apartments" --- pray what kind of dwellings are the 30,000 homes (in a tower block) if not private apartments?
Finally, I trust you are aware that nowadays most people replace the old hot-wire 100W lamps with 20W compact fluorescent lamps...
Best wishes,
Shahryar
"Burj Dubai will house 30,000 homes"
You mean the project - not the tower block itself!
Welcome Shahryar,
Thanks for your intense and incensed commentary. I have benefited much from your knowledge of elephant weight.
Sorry to disappoint you but it is likely that I might have been half asleep at the time of this post - I rarely get time to sleep these days.
When I say 'I guess', don't take it to mean 'I claim', remember this to avoid all the heartbreak you suffered. I guessed that a powerful elevator could carry an elephant or two but thanks to your enlightened commentary, I guess it can't. Power to the elephants!
About the private apartments thing, this is something you can check up on the Burj website - link is in my post.
Do visit again, perhaps with a cooler frame of mind.
farrukh
Thanks for the pointer, Anonymous.
Yes, the Burj Dubai development is expected to house that number of homes, not just the tower.
Will fix that in my post.
farrukh
hey farrukh, am back to the blog world...and yeah i have sorta moved on with my job too...
take care
will catch up with u soon
maya
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