Thread: The tallest tower in the world - Dubai Tower

On the TOP of the Burj Dubai's spire.




Window washing the Burj Duabi

Talk about fear of heights...

Originally Posted by I_C_U

Well, tonight was the grand opening of the Dubai Tower, which covers 800 meters in length including 169 floors. I watched the opening a while ago and was suprised to see how tall it was. But why ?? Why waste money on something like this ?? For tourism ? Hell, you have every thing.

Exactly. They have everything, so they're investing it in this super-city. Something material that they hope will continue to make them money perpetually.

Very very cool.

I wonder how long it will be before someone builds one bigger.

I_C_U...lol nice username.

Intensive Care Unit?

lol at this rate dubai is gonna go bankrupt..

Still, a sick tower

you know something totally weird, I was -just- thinking about the world's tallest tower earlier today, for no reason. I was just like..."I think I'll google 'world's tallest tower' today."

Originally Posted by nzguy

Very very cool.

I wonder how long it will be before someone builds one bigger.

They have plans to build two towers higher than the Burj Dubai, but it depends if they will be able now that they are near bankrupcy...

I shall take the stairs.

Originally Posted by slayer

Talk about fear of heights...

Talk about fear of airplanes. I just hope some dope doesn't crash one into it!!!

Originally Posted by Abra

I shall take the stairs.

They should design the buildings with slip'n'slide style ramps circling the stairwells, greased with Crisco, and provide toboggans for those going down.

Oooh, I know! You can even make a path up, too. Just have another ramp that's magnetized and have a magnetic shuttle carry you up!

Best theme ride ever.

Originally Posted by Seeker

Talk about fear of airplanes. I just hope some dope doesn't crash one into it!!!

SHHH. they're watching.

Yay. You stuck a bigger phallus up in the air. Go solve world hunger with all the resources you clearly have the capacity to waste.

I wonder what it would be like to base jump off that thing.... Hmmm....

Originally Posted by grasshoppa

I_C_U...lol nice username.

Ty

Originally Posted by Black_Eagle

I wonder what it would be like to base jump off that thing.... Hmmm....

I want to be the first!

Originally Posted by Black_Eagle

I wonder what it would be like to base jump off that thing.... Hmmm....

Probably 10-15 years

Originally Posted by I_C_U

As far as I'm concerned, this is just captains of industry and powerful businessmen having a "whip it out and see whose dick is bigger competition."

Originally Posted by Odd_Nonposter

Yay. You stuck a bigger phallus up in the air. Go solve world hunger with all the resources you clearly have the capacity to waste.

rahffle.
Mine's still bigger.

Originally Posted by Jeff777

As far as I'm concerned, this is just captains of industry and powerful businessmen having a "whip it out and see whose dick is bigger competition."

Don't worry, Jeff. Jackson, Mississippi has a few sort of big dicks (kind of)too.



I can't believe they left the Trustmark Building out of that skyscraper image comparison. It's like 22 stories.

Originally Posted by Sound

They have plans to build two towers higher than the Burj Dubai, but it depends if they will be able now that they are near bankrupcy...

Yaah I heard about that lol. Fuckin hilarious.

Originally Posted by OuroborosEterna

They should design the buildings with slip'n'slide style ramps circling the stairwells, greased with Crisco, and provide toboggans for those going down.

Oooh, I know! You can even make a path up, too. Just have another ramp that's magnetized and have a magnetic shuttle carry you up!

Best theme ride ever.

Yes. YES!!@* Why does no one ever do this? They're always thinking business business business, gotta be serious mkay guys.

Damn.... I've always wanted a massive slide.... slip or otherwise.
I mean the 100m ones are fun but they only last about 20 seconds.
Fuck. Now I just wanna go on an 800m one so bad. Any one know any rich dudes who actually know how to have fun?

I've drawn up some plans to show them if any of you do.

25 years top for Burj Dubai and it will be replace by this monster of a tower.



Name: Mubarak Tower
Location: City of Silk Subiya Kuwait.
Est: 2035
Height: 1001 m. 250 freaking floors ridiculous.

This is going to be built in the "City of Silk" Northern Kuwait. approx. 4 interconnected cities spanning 250 sq km. linked to the undeveloped "silk route" right smack into Kuwait City. The City isn't even built yet.

Here is a comparison of height differential for this coming tower and the current tallest building in the world.