Dubai is Monday due to open the world's tallest tower - a 160-plus story structure hailed as a monumental architectural achievement but tion by some as a symbol of the city's unbridled excess.
The city-state's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, is due to lead celebrations Thurs unveil the majestic silvery construction that houses a luxury hotel, apartments and offices.
Six years in the making, the Burj Dubai reaches 818 meters, or half a mile, into the sky above Dubai, with dizzying views of the ambitious building program that has transformed the Emirate and left it swamped by debt.
The structure's architects, Chicago-based Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, have called the Burj "a bold global icon that will serve as a model for future urban centers."
Declaring that "Tall buildings are back," the company predicts that the ground breaking techniques it Used to push the Burj To New Heights should enable the construction of even taller towers in the future.Read Morehttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/04/dubai.burj/
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