‘Burj Dubai’ to be World’s Tallest Building, How Tall? It’s Still a Secret!

CHICAGO.- In the annals of tall skyscrapers, there is no doubt that the soon-to-open ‘Burj Dubai’ will be the world’s tallest. But how tall is known to only a few. “It’s still a secret,” William Baker of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP, the tower’s structural engineer, said in an interview ahead of the ‘Burj Dubai’s’ January 4 opening. “The client (Emaar Properties PJSC) will only let us say it’s more than 800 meters (2,625 feet) tall. It’s part of the [...]