Burj Al Arab designed by Tom Wright with much help from the Atkins FirmConstruction began in 1993, completed by 1999
Located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
When Tom Wright first had met with the people to begin the design, they wanted to create a building that was an icon for Dubai, a building that would become synonymous with the place, as Sydney has its opera house and Paris the Eiffel Tower so Dubai was to have the Burj Al Arab. And I believe this building is amazing, in it's design incorporated in the exteriors and also the interiors. Not to mention even the ground that the structure rest upon is artificial! It is used to facilitate a luxury hotel, second largest in the world next to the Rose Tower which is also in Dubai. The unfinished Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea is approximately nine meters taller, and it's estimated it'll be complete around 2012. The building is constructed in the shape of a sail of a dhow, which is an Arabian vessel. The only way to reach the hotel is a private curving bridge from the mainland. The height of this structure is 1,090 feet, and the atrium within is 590 feet tall, the Burj Al Arab holds within it only 28 double-story floors. The design of this unique structure does rely heavily on both the exterior and interior.An interesting fact I found when researching online was that if a single man was to build this himself, it would take around 8,000 years to finish.
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