The world of record-breaking real estate is full of strange logic and magical thinking. Now, the city that built the world’s tallest building has commissioned the architects behind it to design a new ...

When the Burj Khalifa opened on January 4, 2010, it did not just take the title of the world’s tallest building, it announced Dubai to the world as a hub of ambition, innovation and architectural ...

Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) were just selected by the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) to design the Burj 2020. The new tower is set to surpass New York’s One World Trade ...

Emaar has launched an open call to artists, designers, and creatives across the UAE, offering them a rare opportunity to project their work onto the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. The ...

Emaar has extended the submission deadline for the Burj Khalifa Projection Design Competition, citing “tremendous interest". Creatives now have until June 26 to submit their proposals, giving artists ...

Bill Baker is now a structural engineering consulting partner at SOM, where he led the firm’s practice for over twenty years. Since joining SOM in 1981, he has dedicated himself to extending the ...

Designers Op-En want to transform the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, into the world’s tallest art installation. Called EXO-BURJ, the design team’s project would involve wrapping the 2,717 ...

Standing at a recording breaking 2,722 feet tall, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. Completed in 2010, the Y-shaped structure stands proudly in the heart of Dubai. The ...

The tallest building in the world is, by definition, quite visible. So it makes some sense that the creators of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai were fastidious about the look of the tower—right down to the ...

“The building seems... not without nationalistic embarrassment, dumb--a meathead tower.” Mankind’s Greatest Architectural Achievements Since Prehistory Pop Chart Lab's latest infographic charts the ...