2024-11-21T16:22:37-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150120499/dubai-s-ruler-leaves-his-mark-on-new-supertall-tower-burj-jumeira Alexander Walter 2019-02-06T13:58:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/33/33126f6b122155aef3c07964103fff92.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Across Dubai myriad construction projects are underway in the lead up to World Expo 2020. But it turns out there's always room for one more. State-owned investment firm Dubai Holding has released details of a huge post-expo construction mega-project, which will include a 1,804 feet (550-meter) high tower -- taller than One World Trade Center in New York. The tower, called Burj Jumeira, is situated in the Al Sufouh area of Dubai close to the Burj Al Arab.</p></em><br /><br /><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/67/67a20921a66f010e73ec45aa33287635.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/67/67a20921a66f010e73ec45aa33287635.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: Dubai Holding</figcaption></figure><p>It's been a few weeks since the last announcement of another megaproject in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/10250/dubai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dubai</a>, so here's finally a new one: Burj Jumeira is <a href="https://dubaiholding.com/en/innovation/burj-jumeira/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">envisioned</a> to become an oval-shaped, 1,804 ft/550 m supertall skyscraper with a flamboyant facade that is covered in a digital display, enabling it to light up like its taller city neighbor, the Burj Khalifa.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f9/f9cd7a80949a4122a71abaa103b6a9ea.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f9/f9cd7a80949a4122a71abaa103b6a9ea.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: Dubai Holding</figcaption></figure><p>And if you ever wondered what the thumbprint of Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, looks like, <em>well</em>, the base of the tower is literally covered with it.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/32/32461639650486561ec51216388be879.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/32/32461639650486561ec51216388be879.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: Dubai Holding</figcaption></figure><p>Construction will begin immediately, with the first phase of the development to be delivered in 2023.<br></p>