List of tallest buildings in Dubai

Sunday, January 20th 2013. | Asia

List of tallest buildings in Dubai, we are know that Dubai is known as a city with a flourishing economy. Though initially, Dubai was a small fishing town. Dubai prosperous because of its international trade.

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Dubai (photo from dubaistructure.blogspot.com)

Now Dubai has become one of the wealthiest and most modern cities in Asia. Not surprisingly, the city has 139 skyscrapers that became a tourist destination in the world.

Here are five among the 139 tallest buildings in Dubai as quoted from Emporis, List of skyscrapers building in Dubai:

- Burj Khalifa
Burj in Arabic means tower. Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world built in 2004 and completed in 2010. The building consists of vertical residential, hotel, offices, and restaurants.

- Princess Tower
Vertical residential with 101 floors was built in 2005 and completed seven years later. USD 210 million was spent to build these vertical housing. This building has a mosque exclusive and comes with a pool, gym and steam room.

- 23 Marina
The third highest building in Dubai is composed of 89 floors built in 2005 and completed in 2012. Spent USD289,3 million to build vertical housing. There are at least 57 swimming pool in the building.

- Elite Residence
The building is also one of the vertical housing built in Dubai at 2006. Consisting of 91 floors, the building has 12 elevators as connectors between floors. The Elite residence building has a modern architecture style.

- Almas Tower
This high building is an office center and sports center. Consisting of 65 floors, the building has 33 elevators and two escalators. No wonder because the function of Almas tower as a public area, the parking space to accommodate 1700 vehicles.

This most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, the Middle East has a lot of skyscrapers, but the highest and famous on the list of the tallest buildings in Dubai as above.