Largesse ...

Architects designed it as a Stepped Tower as opposed to a Sloping Tower to reduce Wind effects of Osscilation to and fro ... It is twice the height of the Empire State Building in New York City ... It takes two months to clean the windows of the 146 or so floors ... http://www.burjdubai.com/ ... Even !!

It was a good experiment in structural engineering ... Lot of Stress forces on the bearing Beams ... plus the wind sway resistance and earthquake resistance planned into it ... It may not be pretty but is reminiscent of a slim pyramid ... occupancy rate willbe achallenge till the world economy improves ... Even !!
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