世界最高塔迪拜塔今日落成(双语组图)

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世界最高塔迪拜塔今日落成(双语组图)

Dubai is set to open the world's tallest building to cater to growing numbers of tourists to the Gulf Arab emirate amid tight security, according to media reports Monday.

The tower is being celebrated as a bold feat on the world stage, despite the city state's shaky financial footing.

But the final height of the Burj Dubai -- Arabic for Dubai Tower -- remains a closely guarded secret. It long ago vanquished its nearest rival, the Taipei 101, and ranks as the world's tallest structure, beating out a television mast in North Dakota, Dubai-based architects said.

Some 12,000 workers and 100 cranes have built the hotel, residential and shopping complex which will include over 1,000 luxury apartments. The tower alone would cost at least 1 billion U.S. dollars to construct, excluding the complex malls, lakes and smaller tower blocs.

"The design has pushed the limits of what technology can achieve, no one has gone that high before. You have to invent new elevators that can sustain such heights," Naaman Atallah, sales manager for its owner Emaar told.

The Burj's record-seeking developers didn't stop there. The building boasts the most stories and highest occupied floor of any building in the world. Its observation deck -- on floor 160 -- also sets a record.

Designed by a U.S.-based consultancy, the tower employs the geometric patterns of Islamic architecture around a base in the form of a six-petalled desert flower.

The plans show an ambitious single structure comprising conjoined tube-shaped towers with the kind of space-age look seen in the New Age album covers of 70s progressive rock bands.

Dubai -- part of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates -- received more than 5.4 million visitors in 2004, up 9 percent from 2003, and that the number is expected to grow three times by the end of the decade.

迪拜塔落成典礼在即

阿拉伯联合酋长国定于4日现场直播迪拜塔落成典礼，揭开这座世界第一高楼确切高度的谜底。

为确保这座超过800米高楼以洁净面貌现身典礼，12名“蜘蛛侠”奋战3个月，终于清洗完迪拜塔表面玻璃。

迪拜政府打算借迪拜塔落成典礼庆祝迪拜酋长谢赫穆罕默德·本·拉希德·阿勒马克图姆继位4周年。庆祝活动包括燃放烟花和跳伞表演等。

联合酋长国通讯社2日报道，作为阿联酋副总统兼总理，阿勒马克图姆将为迪拜塔揭幕。报道预计，世界各地收看典礼直播的观众大约20亿人。

大约400名媒体记者将现场报道这一典礼。

迪拜塔2004年开工，原定2009年9月完工，但受金融危机拖累，竣工日期推迟。

这座高楼耗材大约33万立方米混凝土和大约3.14万吨钢材。楼高160层，49层为办公场所。

楼内设57部电梯，包括最高时速64公里的世界最快电梯。