Browse Forums What's New 1 Oct 06, 2008 9:26 pm Dubai is planning yet another world first, the over 1km tall skyscraper. It is ridiculously high, isn't it? . believe it or not, it is the height of more than 10 American football fields, 13 Airbus A380 "superjumbo" jets or three of New York's Chrysler Buildings stacked end-to-end. The current record holder is also in Dubai, the "Burj Dubai".www.burjdubai.com, standing at around 700m at present and keep rising. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Zouk Architects P 1300 662 028 F 02 8456 5952 E info@zoukarchitects.com.au www.zoukarchitects.com.au Re: how tall can we go? 2Nov 17, 2008 9:58 am That is AMAZING!!! Maleena Hardy Curiouser & Curiouser Vintage-Handmade-Interior & Colour Consultancy http://www.curiouserandcuriouser.com.au Re: how tall can we go? 3Nov 17, 2008 10:49 am That is huge, I wouldn't like to be on the top floors on a windy day. Or imagine the window cleaners, thats a job that should pay huge amounts of money. We now have a blog. http://allaboutthebuild.blogspot.com/ Re: how tall can we go? 6Jan 08, 2013 6:45 pm Hi. I think it is fabulous. I am in Shanghai right now and although they dont have the tallest building they do have enormous numbers of high rise buildings. Fantastic. If you're in a flood zone, not only are you dealing with the importation of fill and laying it down in 150 lifts to achieve compaction, you're going to have to consider… 4 5814 I work with owner, he/she is my man on the ground and I instruct them when to visit the site and take photos and I have other tools in the bag. 4 16448 |