Tag Archive | "Burj Dubai"
Posted on 08 February 2010. Tags: Burj Dubai, Burj Khalifa, Emaar, emaar properties
The observation deck of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, formerly known as Burj Dubai, has been closed for repairs only a month after the iconic tower was inaugurated. “Due to unexpected high traffic, the observation deck experience at the Burj Khalifa… has been temporarily closed for maintenance and upgrade,” Emaar Properties said in a announcement. “Technical issues [...]
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Posted on 04 January 2010. Tags: Burj Dubai, Burj Khalifa, Dubai, history, tallest tower
The moment we’ve all been waiting for is here… There was a mad rush of traffic that started early in the day as residents of the city rushed to the Down Town Burj Dubai area for what promised to be an eventful and memorable day. Memorable it was… The Burj Dubai has been renamed the [...]
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Posted on 04 January 2010. Tags: Burj Dubai, Burj Khalifa, Dubai events, opening Burj Dubai, opening worlds tallest tower, video burj dubai
With the Burj Dubai – tallest tower in the world – opening today in Dubai, we want to take you on a little history ride. Here are all the news we covered about the iconic tower since our start in September 2006 until last week. These include planned terror attacks, construction updates, technology reviews, the [...]
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Posted on 03 January 2010. Tags: 2009, Burj Dubai, Burj Khalifa, Dubai, News, Recap, Recession
It’s been a tumultuous year for Dubai, talk of people leaving cars in the airport, rumors about layoffs and the international media turned the city into a ghost town with tumbleweed rolling through the city streets. The truth is, it’s been a tough year but the city is still vibrant, Burj Dubai is set for [...]
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Posted on 31 December 2009. Tags: Burj Dubai, Burj Khalifa, Emaar, world record
Impenetrable secrecy surrounding the Burj Dubai’s real height has confounded the American-based world body that officially recognizes the world’s tallest buildings. Burj Dubai is reportedly 818 meters tall but the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) says it has yet to receive any official notification from the builder Emaar of the record-breaking height. [...]
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Posted on 21 December 2009. Tags: Burj Dubai, Burj Khalifa, downtown burj dubai, Emaar
We found a high resolution picture from the Burj Dubai and its surroundings. The full high resolution picture of the Burj Dubai can be found here (new window). Please share this news with the buttons below if you like it and also re-tweet it. Thank you picturecredit http://sergeydolya.livejournal.com/
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Posted on 19 November 2009. Tags: Burj Dubai, Burj Khalifa, tallest building, video burj dubai
Thats a new video from some construction workers showing the view from the top ( the last bit of the antenna) of the Burj Dubai. Would you like to climb up there??? YouTube Direkt
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Posted on 05 November 2009. Tags: Burj Dubai, Burj Khalifa, downtown dubai, Emaar, emaar properties
The Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world, will not open this year. Emmar announced yesterday that it will not open until January 4 next year. The opening will coincide with the four-year anniversary of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum becoming the ruler of Dubai, the official news agency WAM reported. “We decided [...]
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Posted on 12 October 2009. Tags: Burj Dubai, Dubai Mall, Emaar, Events, height of the eiffel tower, Mohammed Alabbar, Properties, Real Estate, UAE
Developer Emaar has confirmed the Burj Dubai will open on December 2nd. Speaking to CNN, Emaar chairman Mohammed Alabbar said the developer was aiming for a UAE National Day opening, as previously reported by Construction Week. Alabbar said he was “shooting for UAE National Day”, adding that “12,000 staff were working inside trying to get [...]
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Posted on 23 September 2009. Tags: Arabic, at the top, Burj Dubai, Dubai, Dubai Mall, Emaar, emaar properties, future, living in dubai, Properties, rta, skyline, skyscrapers, sport
For years now, poets and singers have spun their yarns to describe the ‘top of the world’ feeling… and perhaps never got it right. Now, At The Top of the world is becoming a reality, at Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building, developed by Emaar Properties. One of the world’s highest public observation decks, At The [...]
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Posted on 23 September 2009. Tags: Burj Dubai, Dubai, Dubai Mall, Emaar, emaar properties, Events, Hotel, Properties, Real Estate, UAE
The Burj Dubai’s name may translate as Dubai Tower, but the publishers of the Guinness World Records book say the structure is not a tower at all. Instead, the 818m building has the distinction of being the world’s tallest free-standing structure. The biggest “tower”? That honour goes to Toronto’s 553m CN Tower, which this week was [...]
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Posted on 23 September 2009. Tags: at the top, Burj Dubai, CID, crime, Criminal, criminal investigation department, criminal investigation department cid, Dubai, Dubai Mall, Emaar, emaar properties, incident, Investigation, persian gulf, police, police official, police records, population, security, Society, UAE
The defense apparatus in the United Arab Emirates arrested 45 suspects, most of them Palestinian and Lebanese, after the plot to blow up Burj Dubai (Dubai Tower) was uncovered. Dubai Tower, currently under construction, is the tallest building in the world. The current wave of arrests adds to the eight other suspects detained immediately after the [...]
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Posted on 05 September 2009. Tags: apartment rents, Burj Dubai, bus services, commuters, Dubai Metro, dubai properties, emaar properties, house prices, living in dubai, Properties, property markets, public transport, public transportation, Real Estate, real estate sector, roads and transport authority, rta, shuttles, Traffic, transport options, Transportation, travelling by bus, Zayed Road
The Dubai Metro will be officially inaugurated on September 9th and is expected to increase the values of nearby properties. Though growth has slowed in the emirate recently, it is still expanding rapidly. Residents and visitors will be able to get around the city and emirate much easier with the new, modern Metro Line. The Metro’s [...]
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Posted on 13 June 2009. Tags: Burj Dubai, Burj Khalifa, Burj Khalifa Fountain, Dubai Mall, Emaar, emaar properties, Events, fountains, Lake Fountain, Society, water features
Check out this amazing new high definition video of the Burj Dubai Lake Fountain. The Burj Dubai is nearly finished as the world’s tallest tower (opening in September 2009), the Dubai Mall is already open since the end of last year and recently the worlds biggest and highest fountain was inaugurated by Emaar. This area of [...]
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Posted on 06 June 2009. Tags: apartment, Burj Dubai, Dubai Mall, Dubai Metro, Emaar, emaar properties, Events, fountains, luxury hotel, Properties, roads and transport authority, rta, water features, water jets
This video was taken in June 2009 and shows the Burj Dubai. Construction is still going on, the opening of the world’s tallest skyscraper is scheduled for 09-09-2009, coincidentially the same day as the Dubai Metro inauguration. YouTube Direkt
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Posted on 26 March 2009. Tags: Burj Dubai, Dubai, Dubai Mall, Emaar, emaar properties, fountains, IRB, plumbing businesses, Properties, rta, water features, water jets
Testing work of The Dubai Fountain, one of the world’s tallest performing fountains, is in progress for the official unveiling. Undertaken zone by zone across its entire length, most of the testing and operations are being executed underwater in a series of electronic, mechanical and process checks, executed by experts from WET, the California-based designer of [...]
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Posted on 17 February 2009. Tags: Burj Dubai, Dubai, rta, Shaikh, sport, Traffic, Transportation
Preparations to start constructing the most crucial part of the Dubai Creek extension – from Business Bay off Shaikh Zayed Road to the Arabian Gulf – are in the final stages, Gulf News has learnt. Major diversions on Shaikh Zayed Road will be in place in few weeks. The bridge on Shaikh Zayed Road will be [...]
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Posted on 10 January 2009. Tags: Burj Dubai, Dubai, Dubai Mall, Emaar, fountains, water features
The Dubai Mall, the city’s newest shopping and leisure destination, has opened The Waterfall, a spectacular water feature that offers a vantage meeting point for visitors to the mall. Adjacent to The Grove, a key component of The Dubai Mall, The Waterfall opens to views of Burj Dubai, the Dubai Fountain on the 30-acre Burj Dubai [...]
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Posted on 10 January 2009. Tags: apartment, Burj Dubai, Dubai, job, Jobs, Money, palm jumeirah, Properties, Real Estate, residence, rta, Shaikh, UAE
With the rent increases in Dubai over the past few months, is now receding. Comparing two advertisements, first published in early January 2009 against the August 2008 ad, reveals a drop in by 17% among several districts : International City, Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT), Dubai Marina, Discovery Gardens, Bur Dubai, Deira, Al Qusais, Al Nahda and [...]
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Posted on 06 January 2009. Tags: Burj Dubai, Dubai, Emaar
Burj Dubai is believed to have risen to its final height of 818 meters, according to one of the project contractors. “We have been shown the final blue-print for our installation work and it states the height to be 818 meters,” said the contractor. The towering commercial and residential building reached the final stages of [...]
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