Burj Al- Arab

1. Burj Al- Arab Dubai, United Arab Emirates

3. United Arab Emirates Demographics • Southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran. • Population: 4,106,427 • Population growth in the United Arab Emirates is among the highest in world. • Official Languages: Arabic (official),but many speak: English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali.

4. Burj-Al Arab • Built in 1994-1999 • At 321 m (1,053 ft), it is the fourth tallest hotel in the world. • The Burj is a luxury hotel. • The Burj includes 202 bedroom suites (rates start at $1,000 to $27,000 U.S. Dollars), with 2 restaurants, Conference Rooms, Fitness Club. • 28 double story floors (each floor is 7m high or 22' and 11.59“ high), and includes 18 elevators • Arabic translation of Burj Al- Arab: برج العرب‎,Tower of the Arabs

5. Design • Cost= 650 Million U.S. Dollars • Designed: Architect Tom Wright of WS Atkins PLC • Burj Al- Arab was built to resemble the sail of a dhow, a type of Arabian vessel. • The Burj is the tallest stand-alone hotel structure in the world. • The Burj is built off the Dubai coast on a triangular, man made, island.

6. Architect • Tom Wright is the architect and designer of the Burj al Arab in Dubai, UAE. • Born in Croydon a suburb of London on 18th September 1957. • Educated at the Royal Russell School and then Kingston Polytechnic school of Architecture. • Wright became a member of the Royal institute of British Architects in 1983 and has been in practice ever since.

7. Construction • Built: Murray & Roberts & Al Habtoor Engineering out of South Africa • Structural Type: Frame  • Building Structure: steel reinforced concrete • Materials - glass - steel - gold - carbon-fiber - fabric - concrete • The concrete structure, with exposed diagonal steel wind bracing, is triangular in plan founded on 250 concrete piles which penetrate the sea floor to a depth of more than 40 m.

8. Construction Continued • 86,000 cubic yards of concrete and 9900 tons of steel is what holds up the Burj . • The main structural reinforcement is complemented by the curtain wall of 860,000 square feet of glass covered by a double-knit Teflon fabric skin. • This surface helps keep the A/C bill down by reflecting 70% of the light & heat from the desert sun.

9. Structural Design

10. Man- Made Island • The Burj Al-Arab rests on an artificial island. • To make the foundation secure, its builders drove 230 40 meter (133 feet) long concrete piles into the sand. The foundation is held in place by the friction of the sand and the silt along the length of the piles. The surface of the island was created using large rocks which were circled with a concrete ‘honey-comb′ pattern amour which serves to protect the foundations from erosion.

11. Interior Views

12. Floors Suite

13. Exterior Views

14. Fun Fact • In preparation for the Dubai Duty Free Men’s Open, tennis legend, Andre Agassi and the world No. 1, Roger Federer, couldn’t resist the temptation to have a friendly knock about on the world’s highest tennis court, the helipad of Burj Al Arab, the world’s most luxurious hotel.

15. Summary • Built in 1994-1999 • The Burj Al-Arab is located in The United Arab Emirates of the coast of the city of Dubai. • At 321 m (1,053 ft), it is the fourth tallest hotel in the world. • Designed: Architect Tom Wright of WS Atkins PLC • Built: Murray & Roberts & Al Habtoor Engineering out of South Africa • Cost= 650 Million U.S. Dollars