{"id":123549,"date":"2016-04-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/dubai-could-build-another-skyscraper-surpassing-the-worlds-tallest-building\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T17:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:41:16","slug":"dubai-could-build-another-skyscraper-surpassing-the-worlds-tallest-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/dubai-could-build-another-skyscraper-surpassing-the-worlds-tallest-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Could Build Another Skyscraper Surpassing the World&#8217;s Tallest Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Emaar Group, the largest real estate developer in the United Arab Emirates, has announced its intention to build a new skyscraper in Dubai, taller than the current Burj Khalifa, the world&#8217;s tallest building at 828 m.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Chairman of Emaar Properties, Mohammed Alabbar, specified that the new building, whose cost is estimated at approximately 1 billion USD, will be slightly taller than Burj Khalifa and will be completed before the 2020 World Expo, and the exact height will not be revealed before completion.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The new skyscraper, named &#8220;The Tower,&#8221; will have an observation platform as well as 18-20 floors that will house restaurants and hotels. The tower will be shaped like a minaret and will be anchored to the ground using cables.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kingdom Holding has also entered the race to build the world&#8217;s tallest building, having started construction in the city of Jeddah on a tower with a height of over 1 km, whose cost is estimated at over 2 billion USD.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the name of the new skyscraper planned for Dubai?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new skyscraper is officially named &#8220;The Tower&#8221; and is a project by Emaar Properties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will the new tower be taller than the Burj Khalifa?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, Emaar Group has stated that the new building will be slightly taller than the 828-meter Burj Khalifa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What other project is competing for the title of the world&#8217;s tallest building?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kingdom Holding is constructing a tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which is expected to exceed 1 kilometer in height.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emaar Group, the largest real estate developer in the United Arab Emirates, has announced its intention to build a new skyscraper in Dubai, taller than the current Burj Khalifa, the world&#8217;s tallest building at 828 m. The Chairman of Emaar Properties, Mohammed Alabbar, specified that the new building, whose cost is estimated at approximately 1&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2857],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-123549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transactions"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tranzactii-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123549"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=123549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}