World Tallest Building: The Burj al Arab
The world tallest building, Burj al Arab, was inaugurated in Dubai on January 04, 2010. Its construction started in 2004 and took 6 years to complete. Last year many people believed that the building was ready, but in reality the construction is completed few days back. The massive cost, material and labor of 6 long years resulted in a magnificent structure of Burj al Arab
The investment on Burj al Arab is 1.5 billion dollars so far. The 828 meter tall building contains apartments, offices, library, swimming pools and a grand hotel. Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan,the president of Abu Dhabi and United Arab Emirates, was invited on the launching ceremony of Burj al Arab. Chicago based architecture company Skidmore had designed the early infrastructure and hired 12000 labors to built this enormous building.
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