The Burj Dubai is many things: World’s tallest building, financial folly, symbol of mankind’s technological triumph, and now, possibly, a mechanism for defusing tropical storms. How on Earth is that ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Dubai is set to open the world's tallest building amid tight security on Monday, celebrating the tower as a bold feat on the world stage despite the city state's shaky ...

Burj Khalifa in Dubai is world's tallest building, but which is second tallest building? Its located in..., name is... World’s Second Tallest Building: Dubai has ...

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — The Burj Dubai skyscraper under construction reached its 100th story last week, nearly two-thirds of the way in its relentless climb to become the world's tallest. With 3 ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Burj Dubai skyscraper under construction here reached its 100th story on Tuesday, nearly two-thirds of the way in its relentless climb to become the world's tallest ...

Did you know the Burj Khalifa is 2,717 feet tall? It’s the world’s tallest building. Opened on January 4, 2010, it’s a symbol of Dubai’s growth into a global center. This big development in Dubai ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Dubai opened the world's tallest skyscraper Monday in a blaze of fireworks, then added a final flourish: It renamed the half-mile-high tower for the head of neighboring ...

The Burj Dubai, or as it was renamed during its opening Monday, the Burj Khalifa, has been likened to the Tower of Babel, or in the words of Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne, “a ...

The world’s second tallest skyscraper has been announced – with the planet’s highest nightclub. The Burj Azizi in Dubai is set to be 725m (2378.61 feet) (2,379ft) high, coming just behind its neighbor ...

Burj Dubai, the tower developed by Emaar Properties and designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, is now the second tallest building in the world, 468.1 metres (1,535.8 ft) high and with 130 storeys.

Plans have been revealed for a remarkably ambitious skyscraper that could potentially become the world's new second-tallest building. Named the Burj Azizi, the tower is currently under construction in ...