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Managed by:

Jumeirah group.

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United Arab Emirates Dubai

Private Island (280 m Offshore)

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Worlds Tallest Hotel (321 m)

World Class Accommodations

The most technologicallyadvanced meeting andconference facilities available

The Helipad

A Conference Room

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TomWills-WrightTomWright is the architect and

designer of the Burj al Arab in

Dubai, UAETomWright is British, born inCroydon a suburb of Londonon 18th September 1957.Educated at the Royal Russell

School and then KingstonPolytechnic school ofArchitecture.Wright became amember of the Royal instituteof British Architects in 1983and has been in practice eversince

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TheWorld's Tallest Usable

Full Hotel Building. If YouCounted Mixed UseBuildings The Jin MaoTower In ChinaWould BeThe TallestWhich Is OnlyHalf Hotel.

In English "Burj Al Arab"Means The Arabian Tower

Burj Al ArabWas One OfThe Most Expensive

Buildings Ever Built. It IsOne Of TheWorld's OnlyTwo "7 Star" Hotels.

Burj Al Arab Is Shaped LikeA Sail.

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carbon

fiber

concrete

fabric

glass

gold

steel

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The architectural materials of the hotel consist of only afew mediums. Outside the exterior facade consists of50,000m2 of glazed curtain wall of 35,000m2 aluminumcladding designed by Al Abbar Group. Glass and steel

make up the remaining portions of the exterior. TheSteel structure was clad with 6mm compositealuminum panels. The design is able to with stand awind load of 9kPa and was designed to drain water ateach horizontal joint. Inside the hotel the materials get

even more expensive than the outside. The interiorfeatures marble and 24 carrot gold leaf (Burj Al Arab).Like the exterior, the interior steel structure is also cladwith 6 mm composite aluminum.

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Heights

Height of atrium: 182m

Height of helipad from sea: 212M

Height of top of accommodation from island:190m

Height of top of mast from island :321m

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Distance of shore to the outer point of island: 450m

Size of island: 150m per side

Sea depth: 7.5m

Length of biggest truss: 85m

Weight of biggest truss: 165t

Cantilever of sky view restaurant: 27m & 1.7m deep

Size of sky view restaurant: 1000 sq m

Weight of helicopter that can land on : 7.5 tones

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Maximum sway at top of accommodation: 300mm Total volume of concrete on the island: 33,000 sq m Total volume of concrete in the superstructure:

36,000 sq m Total tonnage of steel: 9200 tones Gross area of building: 120,000 sq m 28 double height floors (7m floor to floor height) Height of atrium: 180.5m with volume of: 285,000m3 Length of mast: 60m Fabric area: 8700 sq m x 2 Thickness: 1mm with 50cm air gap

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The client asked us todesign a building that

would become a symbolfor Dubai. Sidney has it'sOpera House and NewYork has the Statue of

Liberty so Dubai wouldalso have a building thatpeople would associatewith the place.

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We looked at the other buildings in the worldthat are symbols to see what they had incommon. We found that they were all totally

unique in shape and they all have a simpleeasily recognizable form. We decided that thetest to determine if a building is symbolic is ifyou can draw it in 5 seconds and every one

recognizes it.

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Dubai is becoming a worldresort location so the building

had to say holiday, fun andsophistication all thingsassociated with yachting.This mixed with Dubai's

nautical heritage it seemed anappropriate shape.

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It helps its uniqueness. It looks like a sail / boat.

If it was on shore it would block the sun on thebeach in the middle of the day.

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The building is built on sand, which is unusualas most tall building are founded on rock. Thebuilding is supported on 250 , 1.5M diametercolumns that go 45 meters under the sea. Asthere is only sand to hold the building up the

columns rely on friction.

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The diagonal trusses on the side of the buildingare as long as a football pitch and weigh asmuch as 20 double-decker busses. They were

built 15 KM from the site and brought by roadto Dubai on huge 80 wheel lorries which hadto be specially imported from South Africa. Thehighest truss took a day to lift into place.

If one man was to build the building himself itwould take about 8,000 years to finish.

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Island construction processIt took 3 years to complete the island from

total 5 years construction period

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Number of piles: 230

Length of piles: 45m Diameter of piles 1.5m

Depth of lowest basement

under sea is 7m below sea level.

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Temporary tube piles driven into sea bed Temporary sheet piles and tie rods driven into sea bed to

support boundary rocks (see figure 1)

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Permanent boundary rock bunds deposited either side ofsheet piles

Hydraulic fill layers deposited between bunds todisplace sea water and form island (see figure 2 with fill

layers partially complete)

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Permanent concrete armor unitsplaced around island to protect itfrom the waves

2m diameter 43m deep piles driventhrough island and sea bed belowto stabilize structure (see figure 3)

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Island interior excavated andtemporary sheet pile coffer daminserted

2m thick concrete plug slab laid atbase of island

Reinforced concrete retaining wallbuilt

Basement floors created (see

figure 4)

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130 foot Deep Piles

Outer Steel Frame V

Inner ReinforcedConcrete V

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The Burj AlArab is litby 150

colorchanging.highlightedby 90 DataFlashstrobes

The towerchanges

from whiteto multicoloras theeveningprogresses

TheChangingColors oftheBuildingsExterior

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.... and be always in a meeting...

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... or play a tennis match with Nadal...

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Thanks foryour

attention