New worlds tallest building, 800 metres!

[cHodAX]

Holy shit that is a big bastard, nearly 300 metres taller than the previous record holder!

BBC News - World's tallest building set to open in Dubai

 

[Genedril]

That's one hell of a walk down from the top if the lifts stop working!

 

[megadave]

YouTube- On the top of Burj Dubai's spire

 

[cHodAX]

Oh dear god that view made me want to vomit. uke:

 

[Lamp]

gonna make an awful mess if you drop someone off the top of it

 

[cHodAX]

gonna make an awful mess if you drop someone off the top of it

Or take a poo from the top!

 

[gohan]

Oh dear god that view made me want to vomit. uke:

same i got vertigo watching the vidoe, fuck being there

 

[Ezteq]

I saw it on the news I think they said that you can see the spire from like 60 miles away...or 600...I disremember lol but from quite far away I don't think it was 600 hehe

anyway they also said the top sways in rough weather....fun!

 

[cHodAX]

95km so yeah, just over 60 miles. That is insane, it would be like being able to see Canary Wharf from the white cliffs of Dover, infact probably further than that. It is over 3 times higher than Canary Wharf tower.

 

[Urgluf]

fuck my stomach :x

impressive design though!

 

[fettoken]

Would be an adventure to climb on top of...

 

[CorNokZ]

I got no problem with heights, but when it comes to lengths I go crazy! I was fucking scared of running the 100m in gym class

 

[megadave]

hope they do a megastructures on it, bet it was a right nightmare to build

 

[Aoami]

hope they do a megastructures on it, bet it was a right nightmare to build

Sam built it. It's why he wasn't about much the last couple of weeks of term.

 

[Jeros]

hope they do a megastructures on it, bet it was a right nightmare to build

Built at a rate of a floor a day

 

[chipper]

must be fuckin out his head to stand that high up FUCK THAT!

 

[Wonk]

http://i45.tinypic.com/2dtn6uq.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/29azl9d.jpg

 

[Gorbachioo]

Its a pity that the city around it is completely bankcrupt.


It was meant to boost their ego but now all it does is remind everyone how stupid these people are. The entire thing is built on debt that they have no way of repaying.

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

Thats a very impressive building I don't ever want to go up.

 

[megadave]

Those fireworks look pretty awesome

 

[DocWolfe]

They want to build one that is 2.4km high!

Dubai City Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[cHodAX]

Lol that is just insane, who the fuck wants to be that high up all day?

 

[DocWolfe]

Bleh edit button has gone...

 

[megadave]

lol think that has to be a fair few years down the line surely?

would be cool though

 

[ileks]

How cool would it be to have an office at the very top

 

[Hawkwind]

Was at the opening ceremony last night, nice fireworks and the water fountains set to music are very good to. Was a massive suprise to hear it had been renamed to the Burj Kalifha

Some months ago two French guys snuck past security and managed to base jump the Burj twice during one week. One of the Vids is here:

YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.

 

[Ch3tan]

Was at the opening ceremony last night, nice fireworks and the water fountains set to music are very good to. Was a massive suprise to hear it had been renamed to the Burj Kalifha

Some months ago two French guys snuck past security and managed to base jump the Burj twice during one week. One of the Vids is here:

YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.

blocked in the uk :/

 

[Ezteq]

have to give it to the Dubaians (?) they are an imaginative bunch, isn't it there where they have those man made island resorts, the palm tree and the one like the world? Doesn't make me want to go there in the least (am more into natural wonders than man made stuff) but it is very imaginative

 

[Hawkwind]

have to give it to the Dubaians (?) they are an imaginative bunch, isn't it there where they have those man made island resorts, the palm tree and the one like the world? Doesn't make me want to go there in the least (am more into natural wonders than man made stuff) but it is very imaginative

The World is the islands that make up a map of the world. Jumeirah Palm is the first palm shaped land mass, followed by the Diera Palm and Jebel Ali Palm.


Another link for the base jump off the Burj is here:

Burj Dubai BASE Jump - 2:48AM

 

[Chronictank]

how about that as a front piece for your office ><
YouTube- Burj Dubai Fountain - Waves