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.

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, ...

Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Tower is expected to surpass Dubai's Burj Khalifa as the world's tallest structurer with height exceeding 1000 metres.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The striking 82-storey tower of Ciel Dubai will house 1,004 rooms. Although its construction is yet to be completed, it has ...

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 ...

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 ...