World’s Newest Tallest Building: This One Isn’t in USA Either

Construction, which began in 2004, is estimated to have cost one billion dollars (694.7 million euros).

It was carried out by South Korea’s Samsung Engineering & Construction, Belgium’s BESIX group and the United Arab Emirates’ Arabtec.

The skyscraper is the centrepiece of a 20-billion-dollar new shopping district, Downtown Burj Dubai, which includes 30,000 apartments and the Dubai Mall, which says its space for 1,200 shops makes it the world’s largest indoor shopping centre.

via Dubai to open world’s tallest building.

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