Burj Dubai - the world’s tallest building in Dubai.

Burj Dubai is set to be the world’s tallest building. The Arabic meaning for the word Burj is “tower”, this gives Burj Dubai the meaning of “Tower of Dubai”

The original design was the design of Australians “Grollo-Tower” in Melbourne, but the tower was redesigned by Skidmore Owings and Merril. The design now resembles a desert flower with six petals which is indigenous to Dubai.

The Burj Dubai will be the center of a whole new city district which will include a lake, parks, shopping malls, hotels, restaurants, exclusive apartment and office builings and a 2.2 mile boulevard. Once completed the area will cover more than 22-million sqarefeet of development.

By the way the Burj Dubai will not only be the tallest building in the world, but it will also have the world’s fastet elevator at 60 ft/s.