Nakheel Tower
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Nakheel Tower (Arabic: بُرْجُ ٱلنَّخِيلِ) was a planned skyscraper on hold in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by developer Nakheel.[2] The project was previously called Al Burj (Arabic: ٱلْبُرْجُ "The Tower").[3] While the proposal changed over time, the tower was intended to be the tallest building in the world, surpassing the 828-metre (2,717 ft) Burj Khalifa which was completed in 2010.
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Nakheel Tower | |
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بُرْجُ ٱلنَّخِيلِ | |
Former names | Al Burj |
General information | |
Status | Never built |
Type | residential / hotel / office |
Location | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Coordinates | 25°03′16″N 55°07′53″E |
Construction started | 2008 |
Completed | cancelled in 2009 |
Cost | over $38 billion |
Height | |
Architectural | 1,000 m (3,281 ft)+ |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 200 |
Floor area | 900,000 m² / 9,687,519 ft² |
Lifts/elevators | 156 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Woods Bagot |
Developer | Nakheel Properties |
Structural engineer | WSP Cantor Seinuk |
References | |
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In January 2009, it was announced that the project was put on hold due to financial problems caused by the Great Recession.[4][5] As a result of the Dubai World 2009 debt standstill, Nakheel Group's financial problems increased considerably and the tower was cancelled in December 2009.[6]
Nakheel was in talks with several potential contractors, including South Korea's Samsung C&T (who also built Burj Khalifa), Japanese Shimizu Corporation and Australian Grocon. WSP was Lead Consultant for the structure, heading a consortium that included LERA of New York and VDM of Australia, and working with architects Woods Bagot.[7]