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The Burj Al Arab (Arabic: برج العرب, lit. ' Arab Tower ' ) is a luxury hotel in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . [ 8 ] Developed and managed by Jumeirah , it is one of the tallest hotels in the world , although 39% of its total height is made up of non-occupiable space.
Dubai, the largest city in the United Arab Emirates, is home to many extremely tall modern high-rises, [1] 108 of which stand taller than 180 metres (591 ft). The tallest building in Dubai is the Burj Khalifa, which rises 828 metres (2,717 ft) and contains 163 floors. [2]
The Burj al Arab (which means “Arabian Tower” in Arabic) opened its doors in 1999, and in the following two decades became a magnet for the global elite. The hotel is now a byword for the ...
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The Burj Al Arab (translated to ‘Arabian tower’) was designed by architect Tom Wright to resemble a J-class yacht. The structure is made of a steel frame exterior wrapped around a concrete tower, with white Teflon encased fibreglass forming the ‘sail’. The Burj Al Arab stands on an artificial island 280 m (918.6 ft.) from Jumeirah Beach.
Born in Shirley, Croydon, Surrey in 1957, [3] Wright studied at the Royal Russell School and then later at the Kingston University School of Architecture. Wright qualified as an architect in 1983, [1] the same year he was accepted as a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and went on from there to become a director of the architectural practice Lister Drew Haines Barrow, which ...
Some of these hotels have become iconic symbols of the emirate, such as the Burj Al Arab. The Burj Al Arab standing at 321 m (1,050 ft), is the second tallest building in the world is used exclusively as a hotel. It has become a symbol of Dubai, designed architecturally to caricature the sail of a boat.
Burj Al Arab: 321 metres (1,053 ft) 56 1999 Dubai Tallest building in the world used exclusively as a hotel at the time of its completion, also the only hotel in the world to receive a 7-Star rating [31] [32] 27 HHHR Tower: 318 metres (1,043 ft) 72 2010 Dubai [33] [34] 28 Sky Tower: 312 metres (1,024 ft) 74 2010 Abu Dhabi [35] 29 Ocean Heights