Burj Dubai – Dr. Christina Schlegl

Laughing against all odds

Christina
10, 2009
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Financial crisis! Who is going to save Dubai? That is the title of one of the announced articles of the lastes edition of “zenith” (03/09). In the course of the conversation with Sultan BinNasser al-Sawaidi there is not the slightest hint of a real crisis. “The (the inhabitants of Dubai) do not consume much …”. And: “Automotive trade is especially

Skyscraper challenge at the Gulf?

Christina
04, 2009
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At the Persian Gulf there is hardly a day without superlatives: Burj Dubai about to become the highest tower of the world, already scratches the sky with its height of 600 meter. In autumn 2009 the mega-building shaped like a desert flower is supposed to be ready for use. The topic seems to occupy the minds of the German press.