POTD: Burj Dubai

POTD: Burj Dubai

The Burj Dubai, due to be completed later this year, holds the record for the tallest man-made structure ever built. It has 160 habitable floors, with a total height of 2,684 feet, making it 621 feet taller than the KVLY-TV mast in North Dakota, formerly the worlds tallest man-made structure (though it isn’t freestanding). However, the official record won’t be recognized by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat until the Burj Dubai is completed.

The pictures you see here were taken by photographer David Hobcote out of a Bell helicopter at a 45 degree bank over Dubai. Amazing.

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More of Hobcote’s work HERE

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