Talk:Burj Al Alam

Correct height

in the Emporis website the Tower is 501 meters —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.110.163.86 (talk) 21:23, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the proposal was Move. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:35, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Burj al Alam → Burj Al Alam — The second word "al" should be written as "Al." The official name of this building is written as "Burj Al Alam." The official website, the developer's website and third-party sources [1][2] all use "Burj Al Alam." This consistency shows that "Burj al Alam" is incorrect. —Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 02:30, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Survey

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• Support as nominator. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 02:37, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
• support Yahel Guhan 06:43, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Discussion

Any additional comments:

• Do we treat this name alone or folllwing the example of transcribing Arabic names? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 07:42, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Of course we would treat this name alone. It is clearly officially known as "Burj Al Alam." I should add (although not directly related to the name of this article) that the Wikipedia naming conventions for Arabic words is not always true. In Dubai, where English and Arabic are spoken widely, I have noticed that most words that have "al" in them are usually capitalized and do not contain hyphens (ex. Burj Al Alam, Burj Al Arab, Al Maktoum). The name of this tower (Burj Al Alam) has always been written that way since the beginning by the developer and local media. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 06:24, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

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Design

Would it be accurate to call Burj Al Alam a Hyperboloid structure? - Team4Technologies (talk) 07:11, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I would believe so. Just by looking quickly at the images that are in the Hyperboloid structure article, it seems pretty much guaranteed that the Burj Al Alam is a hyperboloid structure. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 06:36, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Pilling?

"The tower is currently under going pilling works or the tower is in Foundation stage of construction."

Is that trying to say the pilings are being driven for the foundation? See Wikipedia article "Deep foundation" for explanation. Paulburnett (talk) 19:26, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Current status

From Google Maps it seems the current status of construction is "large pit filled with water." Has this thing been completely cancelled? I can't find anything about it from later than 2009; Fortune Group's website still proclaims a completion date of 2010 and the Tower's site is domain parked. Herr Gruber (talk) 12:41, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

can you please tell me if this is cancelled or not? this is another of my favorite towers and I really hope it will go up. Jawadreventon (talk) 21:05, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Google maps is now showing the foundation pit's been filled in, I'd say this isn't happening. Herr Gruber (talk) 12:21, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

As per the current situation of the foundation it seems that the construction of this super tall skyscraper is cancelled or they might have changed the design or reduce the height.....

Nabil rais2008 (talk) 18:50, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

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