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World’s tallest tower – Burj Dubai opens in Dubai
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Burj Dubai, officialy named Burj Khalifa, is a supertall skyscraper in Dubai, and is the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 828 m (2,717 ft). Began on 21 September 2004, Burj Dubai is ready for occupancy on 4 January 2010.
The building is part of the 2 km2 (0.8 sq mi) flagship development called “Downtown Burj Dubai” at the “First Interchange” along Sheikh Zayed Road, near Dubai’s main business district. The tower’s architect is Adrian Smith, who worked with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) until 2006. The Chicago-based architecture and engineering firm SOM was in charge of the project design. The primary builder is a joint venture of South Korean Samsung C&T, who also built the Taipei 101 and Petronas Twin Towers, Besix and Arabtec. – from wikipedia
Burj Dubai compared to some other well-known tall structures
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Tree of Knowledge Memorial – Australian Timber Design Awards
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The 2009 Australian Timber Design Awards grand prize was awarded to Brian Hooper Architect & m3architecture for the Tree of Knowledge Memorial in Barcaldine, Queensland. It is made up of over 4913 individual timber members produced from recycled telegraph poles and verified by Timber Queensland against the new recycled timber standards. The Tree of Knowledge Memorial also won the Overall Best Northern Region (NT & Queensland) Award, National – Public & Commercial Buildings, National – Australian Certified Timber Award.
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Digital Cloud London Olympic landmark
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An international team of architects, artists and engineers have a plan to build a massive digital cloud above the London skyline, as part of an Olympic landmark. The Cloud would feature 400 foot-tall mesh towers topped with solar powered plastic bubbles.
The Digital Cloud proposes an entirely new form of observation deck, connecting visitors to both the whole of London and the whole of the world, immersing them in euphoric gusts of weather and digital data. Each individual footstep on the ascent to the CLOUD participates in a vast collective energy-harvesting effort. Everyone around the world can contribute to the Cloud – whether by visiting or by sponsoring an LED, helping to keep the London lamp aflame.
