Crews Of Cleaners today rushed Thurs finalise preparations for the grand Inauguration of the Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world. With batteries of fireworks and an invited crowd of 6.000 guests, the rulers of the Gulf Emirate will tonight Attempt to convince the world that their financial troubles have been overstated with a Lavish Celebration of a glass and steel building that tapers almost a kilometer into the sky .
Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, is expected to make a Triumphal Ascent of the spire-shaped tower Which rises over 800m from the Arabian desert. They will announce the exact height this evening in a move intended Thurs draw a line under the country's financial crisis, "Which has left a trail of outstanding creditors.
"Crises come and go, and cities must move," said Mohamed Alabbar, chairman of Emaar Properties, the state-owned developer of the building. "You have to move on." Because if you stop taking decisions, you stop growing. "
With swimming pools is 43 floors and 76 and plans for the world's highest mosque on the 158th floor, the $ 1bn "superscraper" Dwarfs both the world's previous tallest building, the 508m tall 101 tower in Taipei, and the 629m KVLY-TV mast in North Dakota, the tallest man-made structure. It is so high, the temperature is said to be 10C cooler at the zenith than at the base.Read Morehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jan/04/dubai-tower-opening
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