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Burj Dubai tower seems to be called a shock with it total height of 828 meters, the most distant can be seen is from 95 kilometers away. It has more than 160 storey, the surface of the outer layer built from about 28000 plates, the glass enough to cover 14 standard football field. In addition, the building is equipped with the world’s fastest elevator, a maximum speed of 64 kilometers per hour. Also it has the world’s highest swimming pool and mosque. But when you think of Dubai current outbreak of the debt crisis, people are inevitably worried about the future of Dubai – Is it the beginning of recovering? Or a sign of declination?

At 4th January 2010 8pm Dubai local time, the world’s tallest building Burj Dubai was inaugurated. With 868 large flash lights and minimum of 50 fully computer-controlled sound effects, as well as 10,000 of the silhouetted against the large-scale fireworks show, the world’s nearly two billion television audiences witnessed this historic moment. But that created a “Desert Myth” of the “Dubai model”, more people are thinking of what is broken in such a gorgeous or rebirth after?

Lincoln Cathedral in the United Kingdom that built in 1311 once replace the Giza pyramids in Egypt to become the world’s tallest building. Today, the world’s tallest buildings title again return back to the Middle East.

So far in human history, the tallest building – Burj Dubai officially inaugurated today, it is the world’s first and by far the only one over 800 meters high building which beat Taipei 101 tower, before that was the tallest skyscraper on earth.

From the building itself, the first impression of Burj Dubai it shows ot people is shocking. The design incorporates traditional Islamic architectural style, from many parts of the core gradually into a coherent body, appearance effects like spiral pattern, rotating rushed into the sky. The top gradually transformed into the highest steeple, gives a straight, punctured to sky feeling. Internal including master of style designed by Giorgio Armani’s “Armani” hotel, thousands of sets of apartments, office buildings, as well as the world’s highest swimming pool and a Mosque. To resolve the problem for carry people up and down the tower, Dubai tower is also equipped with the world’s fastest elevator, the speed of up to 17.5 meters per second. In which the main lift height of 504 meters, also the world’s highest lift.

The Burj Dubai is also become the limelight in the inauguration. During the ceremony, the organizers used a lot of shot in, including 868 large-scale flash and at least 50 kinds of fully computer-controlled audio. The Ceremony include three main themes namely, “Desert Huadao Burj Dubai”, “heartbeat moment” and “From Dubai to the world,” and finally with 1 million units as a end of the large-scale fireworks show. Burj Dubai Dubai fountain at the foot of the fountain also 275 meters height has attracted world attention. According to the organizers estimated that nearly 2 billion television viewers witnessed this historic moment.

Another attraction of the inauguration is the Burj Dubai height. In order to compete for the title of the world tallest building, Burj Dubai has heighten it initial designed of 560 meters to 650 meters, and then further to 705 meters, with the final design height of 819 meters. But in today’s ceremony the actual height is officially announced at 828 meters. Many comments that this is not only an incredible height, but also a difficult for others to compete it’s height.

Dream & Myth
Dubai was first docummented as a village in 1799. Not until 1971 before the United Arab Emirates is formed, Dubai’s economy is relying on pearls export which produced a minor celebrity in the region. But today, Dubai has one of the world fashion capital

Although United Arab Emirates is an oil-rich country, but the Emirate of Dubai has proven oil reserves account for only 4% of the country’s total reserves. As a result, Dubai, with its advantages of geographical location and re-export trade, it has expedites it’s business, trade, tourism, finance and other areas of development, and gradually established its presence in the Middle East, re-export, transportation, tourism, shopping and financial center. Today, this former fishing and pearl-based small villages, have turned into the world’s fashion capital, which is synonymous with dream. Dubai in particular, out of a non-resource-consuming path of development is unique in the Middle East, has been called “Dubai model.”

“Dubai model” is the main features of a high degree of liberalization of capital markets and real estate market which is growing like crazy. Since 2000, the Dubai government and RERA Dubai began massive construction projects from the Jumeirah coastal area to the Alishan area. It was estimated that the world’s 1/4 of the construction machinery were in Dubai. Beginning in 2002, RERA Dubai has modified the Real Estate Law which allowing foreigners to own property in Dubai.

In addition, Dubai is also implementing a comprehensive tax free system. There is no import tax for any class of goods. Many luxury items in Europe that were levied heavy taxes have become a big bargain when they export to Dubai. Many of Dubai’s neighboring countries can only afford to buy Japanese car, but Dubai people able to buy luxurious European car. Rolex and Omega Swiss watch in big shopping malls are selling even cheaper than the country of origin. This series of implementation quickly attracted many investors in the world. Many world’s well-known enterprises have moved their Middle East regional headquarters to Dubai, because in Dubai they only need to pay rent without having to pay taxes. The transportation and costs of living also become not expensive due to duty-free .

At the same time, with 90% of the land are covered by desert, Dubai now has become tourists hot spot. What support Dubai tourism industry is a large number of artificial landscape: the world’s most luxurious seven-star Burj Al Arab Hotel, the world’s most beautiful man-made island “Palm Island”, the world’s largest shopping malls “Dubai Mall”, the world’s largest indoor aquarium’s “Atlantis hotel” and so on.

Almost overnight, Dubai village grew from desert to an international-class city. Many has called Dubai the “myth of the desert.”

Revival & Fading
Local media said Dubai is the pride of the United Arab Emirates, is the symbol for UAE people to pursue higher, larger and more distant goal. But the western countries has commented Burj Dubai as “ghost building” due to its low occupancy rate.

In 2008, Dubai property prices have up 43% in 3 months time. However, since the international financial crisis, the “Desert Myth” created by Dubai has began to burst. Property prices in Dubai has plummeted about half from the highest level in 2008 and is expected to continue to decline 30% more before reaching its bottom. Particular in 27th November 2009, when the sovereignty of the UAE-owned Dubai World companies request it creditors to defer repayment of debt due for 6 months, which has further damage the Dubai’s financial system. “Dubai model” began to be questioned.

In the current circumstances of sluggish capital markets and real estate market, Dubai government wants to stimulate and revive the old glory of Dubai with the completion of Burj Dubai tower. Generally, the local media in United Arab Emirates are optimistic with the role play by Burj Dubai to revive the economic. Almost all has praise on the completion of the Burj Dubai, and describe it will effectively making economic revitalization.

But the Western world is not optimistic about the economy in the short term in Dubai. The American media ridiculed although Burj Dubai is the highest in the world, but there were 30 million square meters of office space is not sold. Those owners will be lamented when they get the keys since the property that they paid has depreciated by 50%. British media even using “ghost building” to describe the Burj Dubai to ridicule its low occupancy rate.

During the inauguration of the Dubai Tower, there is one French media sighing while viewing the gorgeous fireworks: “Dubai tower can be the beginning of revival for the local economy, but it could be a sign of decline as well. No matter how, only time will tell.”

Burj Dubai Tower

The United Arab Emirates is scheduled to be broadcast live on the 4th January 2010 for the Burj Dubai tower inaugurated, the world’s tallest building unveiled this exact a high degree of mystery. To ensure that this more than 800 meters tall with clean appearance ceremony, 12 “Spider-Men” have prepared fro themselves for finished cleaning the surface of the glass of Burj Dubai tower.

Million of fireworks to celebrate the completion

Dubai Government’s intend to celebrate the inauguration of Burj Dubai tower together with Dubai chief Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Celebrations include fireworks and parachuting performances, fireworks discharge volume will more than 1 million.

As the Vice-President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Al-Maktoum will do the open ceremony for Burj Dubai tower. The authorities are expected around 2 billions audiences around the world will watched the live ceremony. About 400 members of the press will be live coverage of the ceremony.

Burj Dubai started in 2004, originally scheduled for completion in September 2009, but then been delayed by the financial crisis.

This tall building constructed with about 330,000 cubic meters of concrete and about 31.4 thousand tons of steel. It has 160 storeys, 49 storeys are office space.

The building is equipped with 57 elevators, including the maximum speed of 64 kilometers per hours elevator, which is by far the world’s fastest elevator.

Local housing prices fell more than half

Dubai real estate developer Aimar has been to refuse to publish the exact height of this building, but said is more than 800 meters tall, many people estimate the exact height of 818 meters.

Building civil engineer Bill Baker is participating in the Burj Dubai tower design. He said: “We thought that it would be slightly higher than the current world’s tallest building, Taipei 101 building.” Taipei 101 Tower is stand at 508 meters high.

“They have been asked us to increase the design height, even we do not know to what extent the high end can be,” Baker said, “we like to debug the same instrument to adjust the design, a high degree of rising … … the ultimate story far beyond what we can expect. ”

However, the higher the building is construct, the more the price is dropped. Dubai real estate prices fell more than 50% last year. Real estate agent told AFP that Dubai house prices also fell.

One Palestinian businessman who wish to has his name keep anonymous said: “I bought a set of 80-layer one-bedroom apartment in year 2008 by spent three million U.S. dollars. Now, with the falling housing prices, I am going to suffer huge losses, at least in paper loss.” Burj Dubai has 1044 apartments.

Some analysts expect real estate prices in Dubai will get lower in the next four to six quarters.

“Spider-Men” struggling 3 months for glittering Dubai tower

James Bunn is very pleased while he see Dubai tower is glittering from sun shining in the winter. To give this high-rise wash “the first bath after the birth,” they risk hard work for 3 months.

Burj Dubai’s surface is constructed from about 28000 of outer plates, the glass enough to cover the 14 standard football fields. Over the past 100 days, there were 12 men tied a rope standing on the daily cleaners mobile platform, scrub the glass.

As a “bath” project leader, Bunn said this job is full of challenges. First of all, a number of stain on the windows are quite “stubborn.” “As this is the first major wash for the building, there are a lot of sediments. They look clean after we get rid of them.”

Height is another tough challenge. “Spider-Men” often found they were like living in the clouds. “Like the foot of snow covered with a large blanket,” Bunn said, looking down from a few hundred meters height is tense, “but you have to adapt.”

Strong winds have also increased the risk and difficulty of cleaning work. Bunn said: “One day, we are ready to clean the floor at the side, but it was windy. We had to recover all the equipment, we were not able to work throughout the whole morning.”

Dubai investment property is a famous with its noble and unique design. It keeps attract the eyes of the world again and again. There are so many luxurious properties in here that being pursue by rich people around the world. Dubai seem to be an ideal place for designers, as long as you have good ideas and creativity, all your designs are likely to become a reality. Let us have a look of the crazy top 10 building in Dubai now –

1. The candle in the wind building
Dubai candle in the wind building built from the 54-story building to 97-story formed a picture of dance-like sculptures, looking like a flashing candle afar. From the aspect of architectural expression, the maturity of the aesthetic and structural engineering of innovation has no any modern architecture can compete with.

Palm Island Dubai

2. Palm Island Dubai
Dubai Palm Island Project was commenced in 2001, the whole project is estimated to be completed in 10 to 15 years. During construction, the world’s major construction companies have joined the building project. Dubai’s Palm Island project is implemented by more than 300 islands, the islands will have a hotel and a variety of leisure and tourism facilities, the scale of the whole project can be called the modern “world’s eighth largest miracle.”

Dubai tower

3. Dubai tower
The height of Dubai tower is 818 meters with more than 160 floors available upon completion. It will become the world’s tallest building by that time. In addition to a high degree of challenge to the limit, Burj Dubai with the world’s fastest elevators, speed up to 17.5 meters / sec. Even a temporary construction elevator is running with an astonishing speed, it takes only about 70 seconds to rise from the ground floor to the top 124th floor.

Anara Tower

4. Anara Tower
This is called the Anara Tower, although shorter than the Burj Dubai, but it’s extraordinary outlook is a lot better than Burj Dubai.

(It is not a wind generator, but a restaurant)

Dubai bus station

5. Bus Station
Dubai people not only pursuit of novelty and luxury high-rise buildings, but they are pursuing for details and unique design as well. Even the Dubai’s bus station is look very luxurious and equipped with air-conditioned to ease passengers while waiting for train. The bus station is built with alloys and glass, although the size is not big, but it appears to be very modern. Inside the station there is clearly marked maps and temperature control systems. Not only the stations, some of Dubai’s beaches are equipped with air-conditioning as well to prevent the people getting burned feet after swimming.

Diamond Ring Hotel

6. Diamond Ring Hotel
Just like that name, the Diamond Ring hotel is like a diamond ring set in between sky and earth, and shine away with sun’s rays. This design can be described as downright crazy. Each branch is a room for the hotel. If you have a chance to live in, you must remember to carry with you a parachute.

World Island

7. World Island
World Island originally designed program was to build seven continents, but Dubai people soon realized nobody is afford to buy such big chunk of islands, so the program is then replaced by the seven continents by the 300 artificial islands shaped in accordance with the composition of the world’s continents, artificial islands.

Rotating Tower

8. Rotating Tower
It sounds like science fiction for a rotating skyscraper dancing in the air. But it is true that Dubai is in the construction of such a building.  It will be the world’s first wind power rotating skyscraper and is expected to be completed in 2010. By the time the world can witness how grandiose it is for this tower. Besides, the construction of this tower is also very alternative because each layer of the building will be constructed in Italy, and then only shipped to Dubai for assembly.

Dubai Walk

9. Dubai Walk
This great building plays an important role for the “Dubai walk” project. In order to build this wheel-shape building smoothly, the Dubai developer Nakheel will build an artificial island near the coast.

Burj Al Arab Hotel

10. Burj Al Arab Hotel
This is a symbol of Arab luxury, also a symbol of Dubai. When you walk into this world’s tallest hotel, you will feel like walk into the Aladdin’s cave. You can feel how luxury it is when you walk into a small submarine which is actually a seafood restaurant. There are 17 telephone receivers in each room, and the airport shuttle is formed with 8 Rolls-Royce which can really make you shocked.