Humans have been enthralled by tall buildings throughout the ages as evidenced by the pyramids, Mayan temples and others. The idea was to create monumental works that would instill a sense of power, greatness and wonder. Dubai the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates has no shortage of tall buildings. In fact it has the largest concentration of tall buildings in the world having 63 buildings taller than 200 meters. Out of this there are 17 buildings that are more than 300 meters tall. Nowhere else in the world is there such a collection of high rises found in one place. They have certainly given the city prestige, all the publicity it would want and set it up as a modern metropolis.
The first skyscraper was the 149 meter Dubai World Trade Centre built in 1979. From 1999 onwards the city seems to have indulged in an orgy of skyscraper building with 28 buildings over 200 meters having been constructed after that year. The city now has 527 completed high rises. At 828 meters the Burj Khalifa, currently the tallest structure in the world is followed by 23 Marina the tallest residential tower in the world followed by Marina Torch, Emirates Park Towers Hotel & Spa, Almas Tower, Emirates office tower and the list goes on. The love affair with tall buildings seems to continue with 314 high rises in the works and 461 being planned.
The skyscrapers of Dubai standing in the middle of the unforgiving Arabian Desert shows what can be accomplished even in an inhospitable landscape. Dubai has gone on to demonstrate how adverse climatic conditions need not stand in the way of ambitious projects. The construction of the world’s super tall building, the Burj Khalifa visible for miles around in the flat desert landscape amply demonstrated that nothing need stand in the way. The engineering feats accomplished to get this building built in the desert heat and on unstable ground is astounding. Once a little fishing village that acquired importance as a port on the trade route between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley Dubai blossomed into an international business centre and tourist destination and now as the Emirate’s main commercial hub it is transforming itself rapidly as demonstrated by its ever changing skyline.
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