Burj Dubai to house leading corporations
These suites will host some of the most important corporate leaders, who will run businesses literally from the 'top of the world'.
These will be some of the world's most exclusive business suites ever built, Emaar officials said. The prices of the suites have not yet been revealed.
Though its height has so far been a well-kept secret, Burj Dubai will have at least 189 floors, according to presentation model at the Burj Dubai sales centre.
Robert Booth, Emaar Properties' executive director, said: "The construction has been planned in such a way that we will be able to change its height while the construction is in progress."
Fifty elevators will carry people to the 'Sky Lobby', located on the 112th floor where visitors to the corporate suites will gain access to special elevators. It will take a visitor just under a minute to reach the 112th floor from the ground.
Samsung Corporation is constructung the building along with BeSix and Arabtec.
The structure is being constructed on an 80,000 sq ft, 3.7 m thick rough slab, which holds together 192 50-metre deep piles.
From April 15, a floor will be added every three days. The project will be completed in 2008.
Burj Dubai will employ high performance exterior cladding system to withstand the extreme weather.
Primary materials include reflective glazing, aluminum and textured stainless steel spandrel panels and the vertical stainless tubular fins accentuating the height and the slenderness of the tower will be used.
The top of the building will sway about 1.5 metres each way, but the residents won't feel or notice it since there is no reference point.
Every 25 floors, Burj will have a 'refuge area' for emergencies.
The building's mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) tender has not yet been issued. Emaar officials hinted, they will invite MEP bids before the end of this year which will address a number of operational issues.
"The tower design created by celebrity architect Adrian Smith for Chicago-based Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) is inspired by the geometrics of the desert flower and the patterning systems employed in Islamic architecture.
"It combines these historical and cultural influences with cutting-edge technology to achieve a high performance building which will set a new standard for development in the Middle East and become the model for the future of the city of Dubai," Booth said.
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