Burj Al Alam
Burj Al Alam برج العالم ( Arabic) | |
---|---|
General information | |
Status | On-hold (cancelled in 2013) |
Type | Office, hotel, restaurant, observation deck, retail |
Location | Business Bay, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Coordinates | 25°10′53.48″N 55°16′22.86″E / 25.1815222°N 55.2730167°E |
Construction started | 12 November 2006 |
Owner | Fortune Group |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 510 m (1,673 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 108 |
Floor area | 4,000,000 sq ft (370,000 m2) |
Lifts/elevators | 30 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Nikken Sekkei |
Developer | Dubai Properties, Fortune Group |
Main contractor | Engineering Consultants Group Arup Japan D.G. Jones and Partners Dubai |
References | |
[1][2][3] |
The Burj Al Alam (
The proposed building plan contained 74 floors of office space, a retail area at the base, and a hotel and serviced apartments in the top 27 floors. A 5-star hotel section would contain the highest hotel rooms in the world. The building would also feature a 6-storey crown that contained a Turkish bath, sky garden, and other club facilities.
Ground breaking occurred on 12 November 2006 with the tower slated for completion in 2009, but the project was dogged by delays in payments from investors due to the
Sometime in 2012, the tower's official website expired and is now domain parked. By the end of 2013, the project had been officially cancelled.[4][2] As of January 2015[update] the Burj Al Alam was listed by the Dubai Real Estate Regulatory Agency's Cancelled Real Estate Projects Committee as among the list of cancelled projects awaiting liquidation hearings.[8]
Construction gallery
-
Piling works in progress, 13 June 2008
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Dubai
- List of tallest buildings in Asia
- List of buildings with 100 floors or more
References
- ^ "The Skyscraper Center". Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- ^ a b "Burj Al Alam, Dubai - SkyscraperPage.com". skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ GmbH, Emporis. "Burj Al Alam, Dubai - 259997 - EMPORIS".[dead link]
- ^ a b "USD1bn Burj Al Alam canceled by RERA". Zawya. 29 December 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Burj Al Alam on track for 2012 completion". Archived from the original on 20 March 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ^ Photo staticflickr.com
- ^ "25°10'53.5"N 55°16'22.9"E". 25°10'53.5"N 55°16'22.9"E. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ Deulgaonkar, Parag (25 January 2015). "New list of cancelled Dubai real estate projects... and refunds".
External links
- Burj Al Alam on Emporis.com
- Details of launch - AME Info
- Another Article - Gulf News
- Al Alam Burj Dubai - Al Alam Burj Dubai