The developer of the newly opened tower said it cost about $1.5 billion to build the tapering metal-and-glass spire billed as a "vertical city" of luxury apartments and offices. It boasts four swimming pools, a private library and a hotel designed by Giorgio Armani.
The Burj's developers say they are confident in the safety of the tower, which is more than twice the height of New York's Empire State Building's roof.
Greg Sang, Emaar's director of projects, said the Burj has "refuge floors" at 25 to 30 story intervals that are more fire resistant and have separate air supplies in case of emergency. And its reinforced concrete structure, he said, makes it stronger than steel-frame skyscrapers.
THE CEREMONY
January 4th, 2010
8:00pm
photo courtesy of allain paul beligon
photo courtesy of allain paul beligon
photo courtesy of allain paul beligon
photo courtesey of The Economic Times
A gorgeous display of lights and fireworks, among thousands of onlookers waiting for the long awaited Burj Dubai, which was announced at the ceremony that the tower will be renamed after Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed, president of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi.
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