Burj Dubai Reaches 25th Floor.

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30 Jan 2006

The world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai, has reached its 25th floor, developer Emaar Properties announced earlier this week. The tower will include a Giorgio Armani Hotel and the fashion designer visited the project recently to check on progress. The project is expected to be finished in 2008.

Burj Dubai is set to be the world's tallest building and the centrepiece of the Gulf regions most prestigious urban development, entitled Downtown Dubai. The Arabic meaning for the word Burj is 'tower', which gives Burj Dubai a meaning of 'Dubai Tower' or 'Tower of Dubai'. Its exact height hasn't been disclosed but it has been confirmed that it will be over 700 meters tall and its design was influenced by the six petal desert flower.

Burj Dubai is being constructed on Sheikh Zayed Road, just after the first interchange (Defence Roundabout) and it will be surrounded by a man-made lake. It will also be surrounded by a combination of residential, commercial, hotel, entertainment and leisure outlets, along with open green spaces, water features, and pedestrian boulevards.