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Until the opening of the Shanghai Tower, the Cayan was the world's tallest high-rise with a spiral of 90 degrees. Dubai's current second-tallest building, the Princess Tower earned its moniker from the crownlike shell at its summit. It was designed by Eng. Adnan Saffarini and rises 1, feet above Dubai's Marina district. From to , when it was surpassed by Park Avenue in New York, the Princess Tower was the tallest residential structure in the world.

Tom Dulat. Construction Begins in Dubai on the Peninsula Project. Construction has begun on a new mega-project in Dubai called Peninsula. The project is situated on a small peninsula on the Dubai Canal and will Sign Up Join Shop Login. Interactive Map Cities Countries. Calendar Conferences Awards Program. Dubai United Arab Emirates. Tallest Building. Buildings Rank. See all status definitions. Building Completions Timeline. The Burj Khalifa, completed in January , tops the list.

NOTE: This list includes only buildings. Height is measured from sidewalk level of main entrance to structural top of building. This includes spires, but does not include antennas or flagpoles. I'm sure it's much longer on a weekend or before sunset. There's a wall populated with photos tagged with Burj Khalifa on Instagram.

I thought I was almost through at this point. But no. After guards scan your ticket, it's time to go through a metal detector and an X-ray machine. Everyone was pushing to get to the front of the line.

I don't understand this — we're all going to the same place, friends. After you go through security, a photographer takes a photo of you in front of a green screen, on which I can only assume the Burj Khalifa is later superimposed.

I can understand wanting a photo of yourself at the top of the tower, but who wants a green-screen portrait? The walk to get to the top of the tower is almost comically long. It starts here with a model of the Burj Khalifa. The model is surrounded by a touchscreen base. Placing your hand on the screen Then there's a hallway lined with moving images of Dubai at various points over the past or so years.

You ascend an escalator Then there is a I guess you would call it a poem? It's written from the perspective of the Burj Khalifa itself. I've honestly never been in a place that took itself so seriously. Then you are led to another hallway — seriously, it's never-ending — where screens show the Burj Khalifa at various stages of its construction.

I failed to get a picture of it, but once you pass through this hallway you are put into another queue where you watch a series of short documentaries from the Burj Khalifa's in-house "news channel" about the building of the tower, the virtual-reality experience created for it, and the filming of "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" at the tower. The last one was the only one that was entertaining.

Then, and only then, are you mentally prepared for the stupendous experience of riding the elevator to the top of the Burj. You are stuffed like sardines into the elevator, which shoots to the top. As you rise, an animation on the walls shows you soaring past other world monuments. The elevator is wicked fast, rising to the th floor in a minute.