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Wednesday
May162007
Burj Dubai
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 09:05AM 
The Burj Dubai, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, once completed, will be the world’s tallest building. Designed by the Chicago offices of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, its design is made possible by the engineering innovation of the bundled-tube, developed by Fazlur Kahn for the Sears Tower.
New York City: William F. Baker, PE SE, Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill / Chicago, will be giving a lecture on the Burj Dubia titled Supertallest: Designing Structure, at the New York Academy of Sciences, 7 World Trade Center, 40th Floor, on May 23rd, at 6:30pm. This lecture series is done in partnership with New York’s Skyscraper Museum coinciding with their exhibit WORLD’S TALLEST BUILDING: BURJ DUBAI, on show from April 25th through August 2007.
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