The world's tallest skyscraper will open in January in Dubai

Dubai - In January, the tallest building in the world, Burj Dubai, will be opened with more than a year of delay. It rises to a height of more than 800 meters and has been under construction since 2004. This was reported today by the real estate company Emaar Properties, which is overseeing the construction.
    The Dubai tower will be opened on January 4. This date coincides with the fourth anniversary of Muhammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum's rise to power in Dubai.
    The skyscraper is the central element of the newly built Dubai center. The project will cost 20 billion dollars (351 billion Czech korunas) and includes the largest shopping mall and also 30,000 apartments.
    The cost of the tower itself, which has 160 floors, is estimated to be at least one billion dollars. Architect Adrian Smith incorporated apartments, offices, and also an Armani hotel into the building, which will be furnished with furniture designed by the famous Italian stylist Giorgio Armani.
    However, the height supremacy of the Dubai tower may soon be a thing of the past. A skyscraper one kilometer high is planned to be built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Emaar is also expected to be responsible for its construction.
    The opening of the Dubai skyscraper was originally scheduled for this year, but the inauguration has been postponed. Even Dubai, which is considered a wealthy part of the United Arab Emirates and a patron of luxury construction projects, has not escaped the current crisis. Property prices there have fallen by half since last summer, and Emaar announced a loss of 350 million dollars for the second quarter of the year.