The fact that the Burj Khalifa in Dubai exists blows my mind it's just awesome.
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Like many properties here, Burj Dubai was sold "off-plan" or before the building was completed.
Spectacular views include the "world's largest performing fountain" at the foot of Burj Kalifa.
The Burj alone can't provide Dubai real estate with an economic boost--nor will it spell its doom.
The latest featured the Burj Khalifa Centre of Now in Dubai, the tallest building in the world.
Dubai, home of the extravagant, also has the world's only 7-star hotel, the Burj Al Arab.
The only structure in the world that would be taller is the 2, 722-foot Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
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Mikael Jonsson of Interview Magazine fame was recently shooting super models under the shadow of the Burj Khalifa.
First, an intense six minute display across the Palm and at the Burj Khalifa that hopes to seal the world record.
"In 2007 we bought three floors on Burj Dubai, " he told the BBC.
It will be around 558ft (170m) higher than the current tallest building, the 2, 717ft (828m) Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
The Burj is designed to attract attention for a long time to come.
In Dubai City the central stump of Burj Dubai is steadily gaining height.
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Mohamed Abdul Hadi is one local investor who made millions out of Burj Dubai long before the building was completed.
Panama City's Trump Ocean Club, which is currently being built, has a similar sail shape to Dubai's Burj Al Arab tower.
Like the Burj Al Arab and Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Burj Qatar is a stunning piece of architecture.
Multicoloured fireworks danced up and down the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai.
But other structures still on the drawing board, including the Freedom Tower in New York City and Burj Dubai in the U.A.E.
It is no accident that the tallest building in the world today, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, sits mostly empty as well.
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If you ever travel to Dubai, be sure to visit the Burj Al Arab, which makes Las Vegas' most opulent palaces seem like flophouses.
Building the Burj Khalifa--the world's tallest building at 162 stories--may have reflected the vision of Dubai, but hubris did not make its host state great.
Nakheel, a state-backed developer, said it would build another tower block that would be the tallest building in the world, even higher than today's tallest, the Burj Dubai.
Set in the impressive shadow of the seven star Burj al Arab hotel, the delegates will be taking in a variety of seminars, exhibitions, and the opportunity to network.
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The Dubai Mall, located at the base of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, was visited 65 million times in 2012, more than any other monument in the world.
The brash city-state of Dubai, one of the seven statelets that make up the United Arab Emirates, expects to inaugurate the world's tallest building, the 160-storey Burj Dubai, in 2009.
When I met the current manager of the Burj he was keen to point out that his hotel has never been "seven star" - that the tag was a media-created myth.
Burj Park, next to Dubai Mall in downtown Dubai will offer a free view of the Burj Khalifa section of the display, although access in and out of the neighbourhood is likely to be congested.
The bill comes in at around 100 dirhams for two, and there is something priceless about sitting shack-side, fish in messy hands, looking out over the neighbouring seven-star Burj Al Arab hotel.
From the museums, Al Corniche runs all the way to the glamorous Sheraton Doha Resort and the Manhattan-like skyscrapers that surround the jaw-dropping Burj Qatar, designed by French star-architect Jean Nouvel.
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