Megastructures: The Burj Khalifa - documentary

Megastructures: The Burj Khalifa
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A documentary about the Burj Khalifa narrated by Damien Lyne. The Burj Khalifa is a mega skyscraper located in Dubai, United Emirates. It is not only the tallest building in Dubai but is in fact the tallest man-made structure in the world standing at a tremendous 2,722ft. Construction began in 2004 and was completed just over five years later in co-development with many of the buildings which would make up new downtown Dubai. One of the key reasons behind the government commissioning the  project was because of a key decision to move from an solitary oil based economy to one based on tourism. Dubai is essentially a city built upon desert so it’s amazing attractions like no others in the world that bring tourists and the Burj Khalifa is certainly one of them.

 

Adrian Smith designed the Burj Khalifa while working for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the company that created the new One World Trade centre in New York. It was a massive undertaking requiring precision engineering and relentless testing of new techniques as nothing had ever been made to these requirements before since it’s nearly 1000ft taller than Taipei 101 which held the record previously. Not only did it need to be technically revolutionary it had to incorporate cultural, historical and futurism to inspire while keeping in touch with elements of the country.

 

At a cost of USD $ 1.5 billion the Burj Khalifa was a massive investment but one the government practically needed to do because of the uncertain future of oil. Despite construction problems and controversy this Burj Khalifa documentary shows the audience that it’s one of the most amazing engineering achievements ever and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with investment and dedication.

Category
Engineering

Presenter
Damien Lyne
Year
2012
Watch time
00:45:01

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Travisak 2016-09-28 06:18:03

The show is great. My comments concern the associated advertising. Throughout the film, this particular recording of it was accompanied by an add for an air disasters TV series. Several times during the show a flaming jet aircraft flies across the screen crashing into the skyscrapers of Dubai. Bad form. Other than that, I would love to see this building in person someday.

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NickDebonair 2017-01-14 10:04:38

Yea,I think so,too. This ads badly....

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NickDebonair 2017-01-14 10:05:35

I hope I can buy the DVD of this documentary. Completely plain and HD Videos!!!! :D !!!

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docur 2018-01-29 01:49:08

If those were ads you saw then that is shameful. It must be said that this site does not own any of the clips and therefore no adverts are placed on videos by us; they are dictated by the account on Dailymotion which owns the video. There is nothing that can be done about unless you purchase a hardcopy of the documentary as @NickDebonair pointed out.

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