Dubai 360º view

The photographer Gerald Donovan presented recently his work on the top of the Burj Khalifa. This initiative is integrated on HIPA, a Dubai's photography award named after the emirate's Hereditary Prince Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. This is the most gainful photography contest in the world, with 290.000 € distributed per several prizes. 

To do this work, Gerald Donovan climbed literally to the top of Burj Khalifa - after reaching the 124th floor (the one that is accessible to the public), Donovan went to the building's 160th floor and then climbed the steep stairs for another 200 meters to finally reach the top of the pinnacle. From this privileged place he took 48 photographs with a 80 megapixels resolution each, combining them to make a powerful tool where the user can manipulate the 360º view of Dubai and even apply a very effective zoom to observe all the details. 

Click on the image to access the 360º view of Dubai.

ARCHITECTURE MIDDLE EAST - Burj Khalifa

   

BURJ KHALIFA

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill 

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Hotel, residential, corporate offices
Height: 818 m / 2.684 ft
Floor count: 164
Floor area: 334.000 sq m / 3.595.100 sq ft

"Burj Khalifa is a supertall skyscraper currently under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. When it is completed in late 2008, it is predicted to be the tallest man-made structure in the world, as well as the tallest building by any measure. Scheduled for occupancy in September 2009, the building is part of a 2 km² (0.8 sq mi) development called 'Downtown Burj Dubai' and is located at the "First Interchange" (aka "Defence Roundabout") along Sheikh Zayed Road at Doha Street.

The building is being built mainly by a South Korean company Samsung, along with the Belgian company Besix and the UAE company Arabtec. It was designed by American Adrian Smith before he left Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) of Chicago to start his own independent practice, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture in October 2006. However, SOM continues to lead the architectural, structural engineering and mechanical engineering of Burj Khalifa. The total budget for the Burj Khalifa project is about $4.1 billion US and for the entire new 'Downtown Burj Dubai', $20 billion US."

source: www.dubai-architecture.info