# Yep, that's a pretty tall building. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-pretty-tall-building/446224 "2008-04-21T14:02:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-pretty-tall-building/446224/1 "2008-04-21T14:02:59Z")
[http://www.fuerstleur.com/images/gallery-burj-dubai-tower-small.jpg](http://www.fuerstleur.com/images/gallery-burj-dubai-tower-small.jpg) (Caution: despite the filename, that is a big image. Unless you want a really really really HUUUUGE one, don’t click [here](http://www.fuerstleur.com/images/gallery-burj-dubai-tower.jpg).) For best effect, open the pic and scroll down slooooowly using your mouse scrollwheel. It just goes on and on. And it’s not even finished yet. There’s another 600ft or so to go. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-pretty-tall-building/446224/2 "2008-04-21T14:37:29Z")
_Dayum._ I’d almost forgot about that. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-pretty-tall-building/446224/3 "2008-04-21T14:59:31Z")
Pic taken from a mammoth thread on [this forum](http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=534013&page=311). As of a couple of weeks ago, it’s the tallest building ever, of any type, anywhere. Current height is 2,090ft. It’ll be over half a mile high by the end of the year. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-pretty-tall-building/446224/4 "2008-04-21T15:35:23Z")
Man, they are building some crazy stuff in that part of the world. Imagine what you’d see from the top! I, however, wouldn’t have the courage to be up there. I can hardly stand being on the 5th floor. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-pretty-tall-building/446224/5 "2008-04-21T15:39:52Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] Man, they are building some crazy stuff in that part of the world. Imagine what you’d see from the top! [/QUOTE] Thanks to [YouTube](http://youtube.com/watch?v=QW9gL9Bs_ko), you don’t have to imagine. 🆒 (Around the 52 second mark those of a nervous disposition may find themselves hanging onto their desks…) ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-pretty-tall-building/446224/6 "2008-04-21T16:20:06Z")
HOLEE CRAP, **Colophon**! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-pretty-tall-building/446224/7 "2008-04-21T16:35:43Z")
Had to add this: [They may get even crazier.](http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?c23) ---
**Author:** ![Corporal\_Nobbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Corporal\_Nobbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporal_Nobbs)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-pretty-tall-building/446224/8 "2008-04-21T19:54:23Z")
I was in Dubai the other week. The civil engineering going on over there is crazy… And yes it is very tall! In other Dubai construction news: An army of indian builders are building an immpressive monorail, you can see it progress almost as you stand and watch… Even more off-shore islands, and a big development of Port Rashid into a ‘Maritime City’ Seems that building is the second most common job in the place. Second only to taxi driving, and being followed a close third by hooker… ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-pretty-tall-building/446224/9 "2008-04-21T20:52:40Z")
That photo must be worrying to anyone who’s bought an apartment on the 41st floor. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-pretty-tall-building/446224/10 "2008-04-21T21:01:59Z")
[QUOTE=Usram] That photo must be worrying to anyone who’s bought an apartment on the 41st floor. [/QUOTE] Heh, well spotted! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-pretty-tall-building/446224/11 "2008-04-21T21:09:15Z")
How so? ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-pretty-tall-building/446224/12 "2008-04-21T21:13:26Z")
Ha, that’s great! There is no 41st floor! The hell? ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-pretty-tall-building/446224/13 "2008-04-21T21:15:25Z")
There must be a mezzanine or something, I suppose. **Darth** , there are floor numbers painted on some of the still-exposed concrete verticals. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-pretty-tall-building/446224/14 "2008-04-21T21:18:42Z")
Detail image here: [http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/gallery-burj-dubai-tower\_41st.jpg](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/gallery-burj-dubai-tower_41st.jpg) Looking at the bricked-in window cutouts, it may be an equipment floor, pumps and such. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-pretty-tall-building/446224/15 "2008-04-22T02:44:34Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] (Around the 52 second mark those of a nervous disposition may find themselves hanging onto their desks…) [/QUOTE] I got butterflies, jeepers! I’ve noticed over the past few years more and more of these cool projects appearing on the cover of engineering mags. It’s impressive.