• Location : Dubai, United Arab

Emirates
• Building Type : Hotel
• Architecture Firm: Atkins
• Number of Floors : 60
• Building Height : 321m
• Cost of construction: $650 million
• Construction Dates
Began : 1994
Finished : 1999
• Vertical loads transfer to the
ground through the curved edge
• Vertical load goes down the
foundation walls of the basement
down to the piles underneath the
structure and down the piles
• Installed are 11 invisible
hanging weight called the tune
mass stamper at vulnerable
points inside the exoskeleton
• When wind blows and the
vortex shedding starts to
create dangerous vibrations
the 5 tonne weight will swing
inside of the structure and
bring down the vibrations well
within safety limits
• Three tubular steel trusses on the
outside of the two sides of the V
act as cross bracing to wind and
earthquake forces
• The translucent fabric wall of the
atrium helps transfer lateral load
• The shape of Burj Al Arab lowers
wind forces more effectively than a
square building because of the
streamlined V