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 ...

Thousands of residents and tourists have crowded around the tapering half-mile high tower, ... Dubai renames world's tallest tower Burj Khalifa . Updated: Jan. 04, 2010, 4:38 p.m.

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 ...

The Burj Dubai’s profile, which Smith says is inspired by a range of local influences including sand dunes and minarets, grows more slender as it rises, like a plant whose upper stalks have been ...

Saudi Arabia has resumed work on the Jeddah Tower, aiming to surpass Dubai’s Burj Khalifa as the world’s tallest building. Rising over 3,280 feet with 157 floors, it will feature residences, offices, ...

Apart from being the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa also holds the title of the tallest free-standing structure on Earth.

The Burj Dubai tower is pictured during the opening ceremony of the Burj Dubai tower on January 4, 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.The Burj Dubai is, at 824.55 meters, ...

The Burj Dubai tower officially opened yesterday, six years after construction began on the $4.1 billion, half-mile-high skyscraper. Conceived as a monument to the Arab city-state's economic ...

Company Chairman Mohamed Alabbar said the new observation tower would be "a notch" taller than the 2,717-foot (828-meter) Burj Khalifa. Just how much taller he wouldn't say.

(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 ...

Dubai is reaching for the sky once again, with the developer of the world’s tallest building vowing Sunday to build an even taller tower bedecked with rotating balconies and elevated landscaping ...

Dubai doesn’t do half measures. The city’s latest endeavor, a Calatrava-designed super-tower, continues that trend. Emaar Properties would usually be outraged that their Burj Khalifa, the ...