Dubai is a land of Guinness records. From tall buildings to the largest human sentence Dubai leaves no stone unturned when trying to create a world record. This time, Dubai is set to break it’s previous record by building the world’s tallest building: The Dubai Creek tower.
After breaking ground in October 2016, Dubai Creek Tower is onward and upwards. Intriguing new photos have emerged of the Dubai Creek Tower courtesy of developer Emaar Properties showing an aerial shot of the tower’s vast footprint, along with workers deep underground finishing the foundations.
Building within the 2.3 square-mile Dubai Creek Harbor complex, Emaar is looking to eclipse the Burj Khalifa. To do so has required laying 236ft deep foundation piles — a world record — set to be capped with 1.59 million cubic feet of concrete. When completed, the 3,045ft tower will best the Burj by a massive 322ft.
The project is currently engaged in a construction battle with The Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia. Both are vying for the title of the world’s tallest man-made structure. Dubai Creek Tower will top out at 3,045ft, while Saudi Arabia’s will be 237ft taller — meaning the tower in the UAE will need to complete first if it wants to hold the record (however briefly).
The Emaar Properties and Dubai Holdings joint venture is inspired by the lily flower and mosque minarets, say its developers, and will feature a 68-mile array of supporting cables. Swiss-Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has designed a 360-degree observation deck and a capacious Hanging Gardens of Babylon-style floor into the structure, with views over the nearby Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary.
The megatall (1,969ft plus) structures fall into separate architecture categories, however, meaning both projects will claim world records.
The Dubai Creek Tower is defined as a tower, not built to be habitable or for office work. It will surpass the Tokyo Skytree, the current record holder, by 964ft. The Jeddah Tower on the other hand will have 167 habitable floors (and 85 non-inhabitable floors) and will surpass the Burj Khalifa, currently the world’s tallest building, by 563ft.
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