Burj Khalifa, Dubai’s dream. The name would then actually also have been “Burj Dubai”, but when Sheikh Khalifa in naboemiratet Abu Dhabi had to step in and help with the financing of such the 55,000 tons of steel and 330,000 m\u00b3 of concrete that has gone into creating the building, there was one condition with: The tower was named after the emir of Abu Dhabi. Dubai Buildings<\/p>\n From here you drive through rolling pavement through a mulitmedie tunnel to the elevator, where entertainment continues with music, clouds, pictures and graphics that sweeps past the walls. It makes sense of speed – because you feel it is not – and probably also peace of mind for those who prefer to have both feet on the ground.
\nYou enter the Dubai Buildings<\/a> Burj Khalifa via Dubai Mall. But unlike so many other of the world’s tall buildings, the idea is not only in line at the elevator. At the entrance is interactive displays where you can place the Burj Khalifa in photos of other cities’ skylines, of course visions small and inconspicuous as soon as the giant comes into the picture. Everything so far has been impressed by pales a bit – and it’s probably quite deliberate.<\/p>\n
\nUp on the platform you see in earnest the giant puzzle that is being added. The huge fountain, Dubai Fountain, is like a small fine pattern of tiles in Burj Khalifa Lake. Close by lies barren land, which in turn give way to areas with something we until recently would have called skyscrapers. One senses the desert, it’s all put in. How much they have created and not least, how much they must achieve by 2020 if their plans to keep.<\/p>\n