Burj Al Alam

Burj Al Alam (Arabic: برج العالم, DMG Burǧ al - ʿ Ālam, World Tower ") is the name of a building under construction freeze skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With the construction in the Business Bay area in late 2008 was started but interrupted temporarily and, since the end of 2009.

The slender tower will reach a height of 510 meters and have 108 floors. 74 floors will be occupied with this office. On the upper floors residential apartments are provided, however. Work on the tower began in the spring of 2008, however temporarily interrupted from December 2008 to October 2009 due to the financial problems. Since October 2009, was re- built the tower before the work was stopped again in December 2009. Completion is open. In Dubai, he would be the third tallest building after the 2010 completed Burj Khalifa ( 828 meters ) and the 2014 finished Pentominium, which will then be the second tallest building in the city with a height of 516 meters. In the world ranking of Burj Al Alam would still be represented in the top ten.