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PROJECT

D evelopers have announced Emaar-built Burj Khalifa is expected to be the heart of old Dubai. It will also have
overtaken by the 1km-high (0.6 mile)
observation decks and restaurants.
plans to build a new tower in
Dubai to surpass the Burj Kingdom Tower in Jeddah as the world's The announcement from the government-
tallest building in 2020.
Khalifa, currently the world's tallest backed company comes as developers
building. continue to launch new projects amid
The construction will be the centre piece what experts are saying is a softening
Emaar Properties has not announced the
of the redevelopment of the Dubai Creek, real state sector.
height of the proposed tower, saying only
that it would be "a notch" taller than the
Burj Khalifa's 828m (2,717ft).
The new tower
The $1bn (£710m) project is scheduled to
has been announced
be completed for the Dubai Expo trade
fair in 2020. by the same
developers of the
It is expected to have residential units, a
rooftop courtyard and a hotel. Burj Khalifa
The new tower is designed by Spanish-
Swiss neo-futuristic architect Santiago
Calatrava Valls and will be supported by
a matrix of cables.

The structure's design means that it is
unlikely to be widely recognized as a
taller "building" than the Burj Khalifa even
if it surpasses it in height, Associated
Press reported.

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