So now the Emiratis are getting into the game:
An artist drawing of the Burj Dubai — developers aren’t saying how high the skyscraper will top out, but observers say it will be above 2,300 feet (700 meters). AP, 4/4/05
In case you’d forgotten, our own Freedom Tower was supposed to be the tallest. But it hasn’t been built yet.
NEW YORK (CNN) — The Freedom Tower to be built at the site of the devastated World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan is still planned as the world’s tallest building, according to a revised model unveiled Friday by the architects collaborating on its design.
The tower, to be a centerpiece of the rebuilding plan for the World Trade Center site, is to rise 1,776 feet — a nod to the year the United States declared its independence. The height was originally proposed a year ago by architect Daniel Libeskind, since designated the site’s master planner.
In addition, a broadcast antenna attached to the tower is to bring the structure’s total height above 2,000 feet. CNN, 12/20/03
