TGIF: The 7 Wonders of Ultramodern Dubai
By 2010 –the year Dubai’s known oil reserves will most likely be tapped out–, prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is expecting to attract 15 million tourists by building incredible structures
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The Burj Dubai will be the world’s tallest building when it opens in 2009. The building is part of a 2 km2 (0.8 sq mi) development called ‘Downtown Dubai’ and is located at the “First Interchange” along Sheikh Zayed Road at Doha Street. The building was designed by Adrian Smith before he left Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) of Chicago to start his own independent practice, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture in October 2006.[3] SOM continues to lead the architectural, structural engineering and mechanical engineering of the Burj Dubai. The total budget for the Burj Dubai project is about $4 billion US dollars and for the entire new ‘Downtown Dubai’, $20 billion US Dollars.
See pictures of the 7 ultramodern wonders HERE! – We covered one of them previously HERE!
[Source Oddee]
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