
The CTBUH is an international body that decides on tall building height and determines the title of 'The World's Tallest Building', but yesterday the organisation announced a change to its height criteria.
Now, a building's height will be "measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance" allowing, the body said in a statement, "for the recognition of the increasing numbers of multi-use tall buildings with often several different entrances at different levels, while also accommodating buildings constructed in non-traditional urban or suburban locations."
Before the change, the CTBUH measured the height of a building from the sidewalk outside the main entrance to the top, but they have now determined that this is no longer sufficient.
Overall, there are three revised height categories:

"Throughout the process, we have been talking to them to define where the entrance is [the new criteria]. I do not think that it will have an impact on the current status of Burj Dubai."
"There is awareness within the Burj team of what we are talking about," he said.
"The developer Emaar is still confidential about the height of the building and we don't mind it being confidential. But if they open the Burj and don't release the height, then we will measure the height of the building. During construction it is fine, but after construction we want to know and our people want to know its final height.
"This new criteria is to solve instances where a tall building had no sidewalk and the connection to the building is through an open air shopping centre. We did not want to change the heights of all the buildings in the world, of course. But this decision has been taken to really clarify how to measure the heights for different buildings."

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8) When did they start and when did they finish?
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9) Who was the architect?
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11) Where is the CN Tower and how high is it?
12) Where is the Taipei Tower and how tall is it?
13) Where are the Petronas Towers and how high are they?
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The Burj Dubai is currently “the world’s tallest man-made structure,” and will not be considered “the world’s tallest building,” until it is occupied. It will see a “soft opening” on September 9 this year in conjunction with the launch of the Dubai Metro.
“There is still work to be done in terms of finishing the building,” said a spokesperson. “This includes the access and exit planning as well as connecting the sewerage lines to the main network.”
These issues are being addressed to ensure optimum working of the building before final occupancy, the person said. Emaar Properties did not comment.

The spire was erected in the third week of December and now a beacon has been installed at the top, usually the final topping-out of a tower.
When completed, Burj Dubai will meet all four criteria listed by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), which classifies the world’s tallest structures. CTBUH measures the height of buildings to the structural top, the highest occupied floor, the top of the roof and the tip of the spire, pinnacle, antenna, mast or flagpole.

Burj Dubai is part of the $20 billion Burj Dubai development, which includes a shopping mall, luxury hotels and a variety of residential buildings. The tower will have an observation deck on the 124th floor and the 154th floor will house the office of the Emaar chairman. The façade is still not yet finished and work is still in progress.

First we have the Empire State Building in America, Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia, Taipe 101, CN Towers in Canada and now Burj Khalifa as the newest tallest towers in the world. It only goes to say that progress is inevitable all over the world.
Burj Dubai is a sign that the country visions will slowly be realized and that this project is only the beginning of many things in Dubai. The building is famous not just because it is the tallest but also of how it was created andFurthermore, aside from the durability and stability of the structure of the Burj Dubai building, interior design of the building is another factor that makes it one of kind. From the stainless steel, glass, Venetian stucco walls, flooring, stone flooring, handmade rugs all added to the allure of the building.
The different features of the building make it also a wonderful tower to visit, as this will include a hotel and residences. The concourse level 8, 38 and 39 level will house the famed Armani Hotel Dubai, while level 9 -16 is exclusively for a lavish one and two bedroom of the Armani Residences.
Moreover, the floor from 45 – 108 are reserved for private super luxury residences. The corporate suite is on the remaining floors, with the exception of the level 122 that house the tower restaurant and level 124 for the public observatory.
