[CindyLavender]

The builderes have to wear oxygen masks coz the air is soo thin up there. Ive drove past it, it is breathtaking indeed. Shame the sky is always hazy this tme of the year so you cant the structure from a distance

[johnstylet]

The builderes have to wear oxygen masks coz the air is soo thin up there. Ive drove past it, it is breathtaking indeed.

Your joking right? I didn't think the air would be thin enough to have to wear oxygen tanks from that height. How are people meant to live/sleep on the top floors?

[orillaVar]

Your joking right? I didn't think the air would be thin enough to have to wear oxygen tanks from that height. How are people meant to live/sleep on the top floors?

Ventilation systems i guess, i couldn´t imagine the windows being openable anyways.

[CindyLavender]

Theere an internal system that pumps oxygen to the higher floors. Besides I heard the high floors are gonna be used for exclusive partys and stuff so no one will be living up there.

Would love to see more pics of the insides

More info http://www.burjdubai.com/ (its got its own condensation cycle!!)

[RokgroofeTeme]

The builderes have to wear oxygen masks coz the air is soo thin up there. Ive drove past it, it is breathtaking indeed. Shame the sky is always hazy this tme of the year so you cant the structure from a distance

Sounds like an urban myth. The tower is defintely not that high, and the base is built practically at sea level. The highest actual usuable floors are around 630 meters. At least 10% of the population of the planet lives over 1000m according to studies such as this. Most people can cope fine without acclimation periods or adverse effects upto 3000m.

[StampNews]

Your joking right? I didn't think the air would be thin enough to have to wear oxygen tanks from that height. How are people meant to live/sleep on the top floors?

The building will -like most high rise buildings- be sealed. The ventilation is provided by the HVAC system.

Regardless of how much thinner the air is outside of the building, the pressure inside the building will be monitored and controlled.

The Burj Dubai has one of the most innovative climate-controlled systems in this world, pressure, temperature, fresh air mixture, humidity, etc are controllable via one main network based PC front end.

Hell, even the elevator system and controls were custom designed.and probably the most sophisticated in the world.

[affozyBoomi]

Sounds like an urban myth. The tower is defintely not that high, and the base is built practically at sea level. The highest actual usuable floors are around 630 meters. At least 10% of the population of the planet lives over 1000m according to studies such as this. Most people can cope fine without acclimation periods or adverse effects upto 3000m.

Agreed. Heck - just look at the Rocky Mountain cities (Denver, Albuquerque, etc). We are more than above sea level, and do just fine everyday. And there are cities taller than that of course.

So yeah, it is pure (false) urban myth...

[adolfadsermens]

Wow...pretty amazing, I would love to got to the top of this building and take some pictures with high zoom camera

[enactolaelant]

lol, back in the day. did u know the pyramids was the world tallest structures? its interesting to see some old ideas coming back. but thinking about , its just obsurd to build something that tall for no reason.

[NodePark]

It could stand up but for how long I don't know. Like you said the base is to small and the building do sway and if that building swayed a little to much which can happen its by-by.

However, this surely does look interesting
http://www.geekologie.com/2007/08/ja...ds_tallest.php

Now that is interesting and civilization! [surrender] I would be very glad to in the top room of that building even though I get scared of heights the older I get..

[SpeavaJap]

lol, back in the day. did u know the pyramids was the world tallest structures? its interesting to see some old ideas coming back. but thinking about , its just obsurd to build something that tall for no reason.

I think it's more to do about conquering records and limitations, which I think is a fantastic achievement to build something this tall.

[cbUDaNFRu]

From what i know no one has touched the top of the site for awhile now because no one could survive the thin air on top. kinda funny and makes you see just how arrogant these guys are, trying to build something like that without thinking it through thoroughly.

All i can see every time i pass through that building are two empty cranes on top, and i havent heard any progress about it for a long time now.

[RokgroofeTeme]

From what i know no one has touched the top of the site for awhile now because no one could survive the thin air on top. kinda funny and makes you see just how arrogant these guys are, trying to build something like that without thinking it through thoroughly.

All i can see every time i pass through that building are two empty cranes on top, and i havent heard any progress about it for a long time now.

The tower would have to be at least 5, but more likely closer to 8 kilometers high for that to happen

They are likely almost finished on the structure and are busy with the internal work. A building that big needs a hell of a lot of pipes, wires, and ventilation.

[cbUDaNFRu]

The tower would have to be at least 5, but more likely closer to 8 kilometers high for that to happen

im not really sure how high it is but just imagine, anywhere i go (well, almost anywhere) i can see that thing's silohuette :\ best of luck to those guys building it when winter kicks in.. visibility gets really really low

[Grewlybreekly]

LOL @ the people who think the air would be so thin at the top of the building you wouldn't be able to breathe.

[StampNews]

I love how some forums members act like they thought of something that thousands of engineers overlooked.

[gabbaman]

Current height of top of construction = 640m (roughly). Elevation of construction site = ~20m (above sea level). Average sea level air pressure at Dubai = 1010mb (a guess really but it won't be too far out). Air pressure at 660m above Dubai = 936mb (again, a rough calculation). Drop in pressure = 7.3 %

Too much to cope with? I drive at altitudes greater than that every single day! Sheesh, some people will believe anything they read!

[affozyBoomi]

From what i know no one has touched the top of the site for awhile now because no one could survive the thin air on top. kinda funny and makes you see just how arrogant these guys are, trying to build something like that without thinking it through thoroughly.

All i can see every time i pass through that building are two empty cranes on top, and i havent heard any progress about it for a long time now.

Wow.. what a load of crap. I live every day higher than that, and ski for days 3x as high as that. Stop spreading this "thin air" BS.. [thumbdown]

[Pelefaifs]

im not really sure how high it is but just imagine, anywhere i go (well, almost anywhere) i can see that thing's silohuette :\ best of luck to those guys building it when winter kicks in.. visibility gets really really low

Ouch, yes. Winter in Dubai ... soooo cold!

[Pdarassenko]

From what i know no one has touched the top of the site for awhile now because no one could survive the thin air on top. kinda funny and makes you see just how arrogant these guys are, trying to build something like that without thinking it through thoroughly.

All i can see every time i pass through that building are two empty cranes on top, and i havent heard any progress about it for a long time now.

Think about this: a typical skydiving altitude is 12-14 thousand feet. You don't see those people wearing oxygen masks, do you? That's because you don't need bottled oxygen until you're at a much higher altitude.

Hell, some people climb Mount Everest and don't use bottled oxygen, and that's at 29,000 feet.