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World's tallest concrete structure to be built in Dubai

World's tallest concrete structure to be built in Dubai

The Nakheel tower will dwarf the 818m Burj Dubai tower

Plans for the world's tallest concrete structure were unveiled in Dubai last night.

Local developer Nakheel unveiled the design of the 1km+ tall tower as part of a 270HA development that includes an inner city harbour.

The structure itself will comprise four individual towers and six on a crescent shaped podium. Its height will dwarf that of the world's current tallest structure, the Burj Dubai, which stands at 818m.

Launched at Dubai's Cityscape real estate conference, the project is part of Nakheel's £46bn construction portfolio.

Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, chairman of Nakheel's parent company Dubai World, said: "With Islamic influences governing its design, Nakheel tower has been able to reach its height of more than 1km. This inspired approach has enabled us to achieve a number of amazing feats of engineering, such as making the tower the world's tallest concrete structure."

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Added: Monday, 6 October 2008 16:49 BST
Andrew Taylor, Southampton, United Kingdom

Why all the reference to "The world's tallest concrete structure"? If it's going to be taller than the current world's tallest structure, then surely it would be more impressive just to call it "the world's tallest structure", without qualifying it by putting the word "concrete" in?

Or is it just that by the time it is built, it wouldn't actually be the world's tallest structure, due to some other project planned by someone else?


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