Burj Dubai
This building is the tallest man-made structure ever built. The project started on september 21, 2004 and still incomplete. This building goes as tall as 2,684 ft holding 160 floors. The building not only represents the tallest building in the world but also embodies the worlds biggest aspirations. Adrian Smith, the current architect leader for the project, has the challenge to complete this building before September 2009. The Dubai tower is taken to be an individual unique oasis, using the best materials (steel and cement) and the finest architecture that includes 30,000 homes, 9 hotels, 3 hectares of parkland including a 12 hectare man-made lake and much more. Basically the building was made to diversify a form of economy trade to one that is service and tourist oriented. If we look back in time we can see that there is much connection from what this building is about and the porpoise of it towards the Romans and our ancestors. The Romans believed in an architecture that embedded power, hierarchy, social importance, materials in one whole building and that is what Dubai's tower is about. That is why I decided to pick this building because it represents human development from the Egyptians, Greek and Romans to who we are now.
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