The Burj Dubai is many things: World’s tallest building, financial folly, symbol of mankind’s technological triumph, and now, possibly, a mechanism for defusing tropical storms. How on Earth is that ...

The Burj Dubai, or as it was renamed during its opening Monday, the Burj Khalifa, has been likened to the Tower of Babel, or in the words of Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne, “a ...

Burj Dubai Tower, the world’s tallest building, is a spire of superlatives. The 160-story skyscraper will open on Jan. 4, the fourth anniversary of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum’s rule in ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Dubai opened the world's tallest skyscraper Monday in a blaze of fireworks, then added a final flourish: It renamed the half-mile-high tower for the head of neighboring ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The world’s tallest skyscraper has unexpectedly closed to the public a month after its lavish opening, disappointing tourists headed for the observation deck and castin ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The developer of a Dubai skyscraper set to become the world's tallest building says the rising tower now stands at a "new record height" of 2,257 feet. Emaar Properties ...

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — The Burj Dubai skyscraper under construction reached its 100th story last week, nearly two-thirds of the way in its relentless climb to become the world's tallest. With 3 ...

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Dubai is currently facing a serious real estate crisis that experts say will continue through 2019. But that isn’t stopping the city, or its rulers, from pushing forward with wild architectural ...

(DUBAI, UAE) -- Exterior cladding for Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building being developed by Emaar Properties PJSC, is now complete. The tower has accomplished a world record for the highest ...

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

The world’s second tallest skyscraper has been announced – with the planet’s highest nightclub. The Burj Azizi in Dubai is set to be 725m (2378.61 feet) (2,379ft) high, coming just behind its neighbor ...