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***EXCLUSIVE*** DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Workers look on as one of them is seen abseiling down the outside of the building.
Incredible never-before-seen pictures show how the new world's tallest building is still unfinished just three days before it's official unveiling. The jaw-dropping Burj Dubai is a mega structure its makers hoped would show off Dubai's new wealth and industrial might. Cash-strapped developers will finally end a six-year slog to put up the colossal building with a glitzy ceremony on Monday January 4, 2010. But these images show the half-completed mess hidden inside it's towering walls as the city's big day looms. Photographs taken on New Years Eve show a ramshackle of bare concrete walls, piles of unused materials and exposed pipes. Construction workers are also visible racing to make finishing touches. Thousands are said to have been rushed in over the weekend before the inauguration in a desperate push to complete the job.
IMAGE BY IMRE SOLT/BARCROFT MEDIA LTD
UK Office, London.
T +44 845 370 2233
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T +613 9510 3188 or +613 9510 0688
Indian Office, Delhi.
T +91 997 1133 889
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***EXCLUSIVE*** DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Workers look on as one of them is seen abseiling down the outside of the building.
Incredible never-before-seen pictures show how the new world's tallest building is still unfinished just three days before it's official unveiling. The jaw-dropping Burj Dubai is a mega structure its makers hoped would show off Dubai's new wealth and industrial might. Cash-strapped developers will finally end a six-year slog to put up the colossal building with a glitzy ceremony on Monday January 4, 2010. But these images show the half-completed mess hidden inside it's towering walls as the city's big day looms. Photographs taken on New Years Eve show a ramshackle of bare concrete walls, piles of unused materials and exposed pipes. Construction workers are also visible racing to make finishing touches. Thousands are said to have been rushed in over the weekend before the inauguration in a desperate push to complete the job.
IMAGE BY IMRE SOLT/BARCROFT MEDIA LTD
UK Office, London.
T +44 845 370 2233
Australasian & Pacific Rim Office, Melbourne.
E info@barcroftpacific.com
T +613 9510 3188 or +613 9510 0688
Indian Office, Delhi.
T +91 997 1133 889