Order of H'Pak

holy crap. look at the SIZE of this _actual_ almost finished skyscraper! Compare it to the other high-rises in the picture for scale.

yeeks.

http://gizmodo.com/photogallery/amazingburj/1003229204

Heh - I saw this last year sometime and wondered exactly how safe it would be. The whole complex is pretty spectacular.

Shows what you can buy with all that oil $$$.


Here it is on Wikipedia - also see the comparison chart there and the cross-section images:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Dubai


I always like the Burj Al Arab hotel, also in Dubai:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_al_Arab_Hotel
Considered by some to be the best hotel in the world.