It is not clear exactly how high or how expensive the Nakheel Tower will be but it will have ?more than 200 floors? and be part of ?a multi-billion pound development?.
Dubai developer Nakheel ? the company behind the man-made islands in the shapes of a palm tree and the world ? said the structure would be the centre-piece of an inner-city harbour, set to become the emirates? new, unofficial capital.
Debates about what counts includes whether buildings under construction should be considered and whether roof-top antennas count.
What is certain is that the tower will climb above what is said to be current holder of the ?world?s tallest building? position ? the emirates' own Burj Dubai.
Speaking at a press conference yesterday, a cautious Nakheel chief executive officer, Christopher O?Donnell, said: ?From our perspective, we are building a tower that?s going to be over 1km in height.
"This is a complete iconic development. It may be the tallest. Someone may build something taller.?
The Nakheel Tower will have around 150 lifts and be built with some 500,000m3 of concrete.
Iconic
If the reinforcing bars planned were laid end to end, they would stretch from Dubai to New York.
The building will have enough cooling capacity to air-condition more than 14,000 modern homes.
The temperature in the atmosphere at the top of the building could be as much as ten degrees cooler than the bottom.
Planned high speed shuttle lifts will allow people to see the sunset twice ? from the bottom and again from the top of the building.
Asked if Nakheel was concerned about embarking on such a development during a banking crisis, Mr O?Donnell said: ?It was always going to be a project that would take ten years-plus.
"When you go about trying to fund a project like this, you have to take account of the economic cycles.?
The tower and harbour project will take more than ten years to complete.
Apart from the landmark structure, there will also be another 40 towers, ranging in height from 20 floors to 90 floors.
The entire development will be home to more than 55,000 people and a work place for more than 45,000 people.
Nakheel executive chairman, His Excellency Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, said: ?There is nothing like it in Dubai.
"Nakheel Harbour and Tower is located in the heart of ?new Dubai?, where we have focused on creating a true community, a location for living, working, relaxing and entertaining, for art and culture.
"All of this is concentrated in one area.?
Nakheem said the designs of the planned harbour and tower were inspired by landmarks of Islamic design ? including the gardens of Alhambra in Spain, the harbour of Alexandria in Egypt, the promenade of Tangier in Morocco and the bridges of Isfahan in Iran.
?With the Islamic influences governing its design, Nakheel Tower has been able to reach its height of more than a kilometre,? said His Excellency.
?This inspired approach has enabled us to achieve a number of amazing feats of engineering, for example the tower will be the world?s tallest concrete structure.?
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/ho...ews/article1772769.ece
Dubai developer Nakheel ? the company behind the man-made islands in the shapes of a palm tree and the world ? said the structure would be the centre-piece of an inner-city harbour, set to become the emirates? new, unofficial capital.
Debates about what counts includes whether buildings under construction should be considered and whether roof-top antennas count.
What is certain is that the tower will climb above what is said to be current holder of the ?world?s tallest building? position ? the emirates' own Burj Dubai.
Speaking at a press conference yesterday, a cautious Nakheel chief executive officer, Christopher O?Donnell, said: ?From our perspective, we are building a tower that?s going to be over 1km in height.
"This is a complete iconic development. It may be the tallest. Someone may build something taller.?
The Nakheel Tower will have around 150 lifts and be built with some 500,000m3 of concrete.
Iconic
If the reinforcing bars planned were laid end to end, they would stretch from Dubai to New York.
The building will have enough cooling capacity to air-condition more than 14,000 modern homes.
The temperature in the atmosphere at the top of the building could be as much as ten degrees cooler than the bottom.
Planned high speed shuttle lifts will allow people to see the sunset twice ? from the bottom and again from the top of the building.
Asked if Nakheel was concerned about embarking on such a development during a banking crisis, Mr O?Donnell said: ?It was always going to be a project that would take ten years-plus.
"When you go about trying to fund a project like this, you have to take account of the economic cycles.?
The tower and harbour project will take more than ten years to complete.
Apart from the landmark structure, there will also be another 40 towers, ranging in height from 20 floors to 90 floors.
The entire development will be home to more than 55,000 people and a work place for more than 45,000 people.
Nakheel executive chairman, His Excellency Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, said: ?There is nothing like it in Dubai.
"Nakheel Harbour and Tower is located in the heart of ?new Dubai?, where we have focused on creating a true community, a location for living, working, relaxing and entertaining, for art and culture.
"All of this is concentrated in one area.?
Nakheem said the designs of the planned harbour and tower were inspired by landmarks of Islamic design ? including the gardens of Alhambra in Spain, the harbour of Alexandria in Egypt, the promenade of Tangier in Morocco and the bridges of Isfahan in Iran.
?With the Islamic influences governing its design, Nakheel Tower has been able to reach its height of more than a kilometre,? said His Excellency.
?This inspired approach has enabled us to achieve a number of amazing feats of engineering, for example the tower will be the world?s tallest concrete structure.?
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/ho...ews/article1772769.ece