When I saw the Burj Khalifa in real life I was truly stunned. Indeed, the tallest skyscraper in the world defies belief. Today I learned something that also defies belief: all the poop produced there has to be removed by trucks. More »
Forget about any Olympics inauguration ceremonies or any New Year’s Eve celebrations: The Burj Dubai is the tallest building in the world, and it got the highest fireworks too for its opening ceremony. So colossal you’ll think they are destroying it. More »
Yes, me neither. But these guys almost did, filming this crystal clear video – much better and vertigo-inducing than the previous one, thanks to a better camera and wider lens angle – on December 31, from the tip of the Burj Dubai.
Believe it or not, this is the Burj Dubai. The very end of it, the top of its antenna tickling the sky. It’s just a tiny part of this brain-imploding 2.3-gigapixel photo of
Hold me, I feel like puking after watching this video from the top of the Burj Dubai, the tallest man-made point on Earth. The shaking? That’s because the tower’s wobbling. Vertigo, uggghhhhh. [YouTube via Skyscraper Forums via Mahoney's Playground] More »
As you would expect, the world’s tallest fountain is in Dubai. As you would expect, it’s next to the world’s tallest building. And as you would expect, it’s as over-the-top as everything else there. More »
