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Burj ( ar, برج, ''tower'', derived from either Middle Persian "burg" or Greek loan-word "pyrgos") may refer to: Places India * Burj Kaila, a village in Jalandhar district, Punjab, India * Burj Pukhta, a village in Jalandhar district, Punjab, India Iran * Burj, Markazi, a village in Shazand County, Markazi Province * Borj-e Mohammadan or Burj, a village in Zirkuh County, South Khorasan Province * Burj-i-Qanat, a village in Sarbisheh County, South Khorasan Province Israel/Palestine *al-Burj, Hebron, a Palestinian village in Hebron Governorate *al-Burj, Ramle, a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict, depopulated in 1948 * Khirbat Al-Burj, a depopulated Palestinian village in the Haifa Subdistrict and archeological site *Khirbat Umm Burj, a Palestinian village in the Hebron Subdistrict, depopulated in 1948 Lebanon *Bourj Hammoud, a suburb of northeast Beirut *Burj el-Shemali, a Palestinian refugee camp near Tyre Pakistan * Burj Attari, a town in the Punjab province of Paki ...
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Middle Persian
Middle Persian or Pahlavi, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg () in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire. For some time after the Sasanian collapse, Middle Persian continued to function as a prestige language. It descended from Old Persian, the language of the Achaemenid Empire and is the linguistic ancestor of Modern Persian, an official language of Iran, Afghanistan (Dari) and Tajikistan ( Tajik). Name "Middle Iranian" is the name given to the middle stage of development of the numerous Iranian languages and dialects. The middle stage of the Iranian languages begins around 450 BCE and ends around 650 CE. One of those Middle Iranian languages is Middle Persian, i.e. the middle stage of the language of the Persians, an Iranian people of Persia proper, which lies in the south-western highlands on the border with Babylonia. The Persians called their language ''Parsik'', meaning "Persian". Anot ...
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Al-Burj, Al-Bab
al-Burj ( ar, البرج), also spelled Borj, is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Situated in the northern Aqil mountains, bordering the Queiq Plain to the west, it is located between al-Rai and al-Bab, some northeast of the city of Aleppo, and south of the border to the Turkish province of Kilis. On 7 November 2016, Al Burj was captured by the Syrian National Army from ISIS. Administratively the village belongs to Nahiya al-Bab in al-Bab District. Nearby localities include Tall Battal Tall Battal ( ar, تل بطال, Tall Baţţāl), also spelled ''Til Betal'' or ''Tal Bital'', is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Situated in the northern Aqil mountains, bordering the Queiq Plain to the west, it is l ... to the south, and Ka'ibah to the northwest, on the Queiq Plain. In the 2004 census, al-Burj had a population of 236. References Populated places in al-Bab District {{AleppoSY-geo-stub ...
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Doha Tower
Doha Tower, also known as Burj Doha ( ar, برج الدوحة), and previously named as Burj Qatar and Doha High Rise Office Building, is a high rise tower in West Bay, Doha, Qatar. On October 18, 2012, the building received the CTBUH Skyscraper Award for the Best Tall Building Worldwide from the CTBUH. The $125-million office building, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, has a height of , with 46 stories. In 2004 the project was first named as the Doha High Rise Office Building and after completion of construction in 2012 was branded as Burj Doha by the owner, H. E. Sheikh Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani. The public has noted the building's "phallic form", suggestive of what Nouvel calls a "fully assumed virility." After the people called it informally the Burj Qatar, the Government of Qatar renamed it officially the Doha Tower. The Doha Tower comprises 46 floors above ground, three floors below ground and a total gross floor area of approximately 110,000 m2.Emporis“Burj ...
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Al Burj (Amman)
Al Burj is a tall commercial tower, located in Amman, Jordan. It was designated a historic building by the government of Jordan. See also * List of tallest buildings in Amman Traditionally, the buildings of Amman, Jordan had a unified human scale that primarily consisted of cubic buildings ranging from one to four stories in height. This scale is being greatly compromised as a result of the advent of the high-rise b ... References {{Reflist Buildings and structures in Amman Skyscrapers in Amman Tourist attractions in Amman Skyscraper office buildings Office buildings completed in 1985 ...
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Nakheel Tower
Nakheel Tower ( ar , بُرْجُ ٱلنَّخِيلِ) was a planned skyscraper on hold in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by developer Nakheel. The project was previously called Al Burj ( ar, ٱلْبُرْجُ "The Tower"). In January 2009, it was announced that the project was put on hold due to financial problems caused by the Great Recession. As a result of the Dubai World 2009 debt standstill, Nakheel Group's financial problems increased considerably and the tower was consequently cancelled in December 2009. Nakheel was in talks with several potential contractors, including South Korea's Samsung C&T (who also built Burj Khalifa), Japanese Shimizu Corporation and Australian Grocon. WSP was Lead Consultant for the structure, heading a consortium that included LERA of New York and VDM of Australia, and working with architects Woods Bagot. Location The tower was proposed in 2003 as the centrepiece of Palm Jumeirah, one of the world's largest man-made islands. It was to be name ...
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Burj 2020
The Uptown Dubai Tower 1 or Burj 2020 is a proposed mega-tall skyscraper to be built in Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. History First announced by developer Dubai Multi Commodities Centre at Cityscape Global in September 2015, it has been designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. When Dubai won the bid to host the Expo 2020 Expo 2020 ( ar, إكسبو 2020) was a World Expo hosted by Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022. Originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 ... in 2013, in honour of the win, the Uptown Dubai Tower 1 was nicknamed Burj 2020 (Tower 2020). Responding to media questions about the status of the project in May 2017, the developer insisted the project will go ahead, saying "Significant steps were taken in 2016 to finalise Burj 2020 District master development plans, to include two iconic super-tall towers designed by leading arc ...
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Burj Al-Taqa
The Burj al-Taqa, also known as the Dubai ''Energy Tower'' is a skyscraper that was to be built in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Like the World Trade Center (Manama), it was to incorporate power generation assets into its structure, including a wind turbine on the roof and solar panels. The project was not publicly cancelled following the global financial crisis, but it has been quietly mothballed. No ground has been broken on the structure site and there are no plans to begin construction as of January 2012. See also * World Trade Center (Manama) The Bahrain World Trade Center (also called Bahrain WTC or BWTC) is a , 50-floor, twin tower complex located in Manama, Bahrain. Designed by the multi-national architectural firm Atkins, construction on the towers was completed in 2008. It is the ... References Proposed skyscrapers in Dubai {{UnitedArabEmirates-struct-stub ...
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Burj Khalifa
The Burj Khalifa (; ar, برج خليفة, , Khalifa Tower), known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration in 2010, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is known for being the world’s tallest building. With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, or just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding antenna, but including a 242.6 m spire) of , the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world since its topping out in 2009, supplanting Taipei 101, the previous holder of that status. Construction of the Burj Khalifa began in 2004, with the exterior completed five years later in 2009. The primary structure is reinforced concrete and some of the structural steel for the building originated from the Palace of the Republic in East Berlin, the former East German parliament. The building was opened in 2010 as part of a new development called Downtown Dubai. It was designed to be the centerpiece of large-scale, mixed-use development. ...
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Burj Jumeirah
, status = Proposed , image = Buri Jumeira.jpg , caption = , location = Dubai, United Arab Emirates , map_type = , coordinates = , start_date = , cost = , building_type = , architectural_style = , structural_system = , height = At least , structural_engineer = , alternate_names = , est_completion = Unknown , floor_count = 112 , opening = , architect = Skidmore, Owings & Merrill , developer = Dubai Holding Burj Jumeirah ( ar, برج جميرا ) is a cancelled Observation tower project near Burj Al Arab The Burj Al Arab ( ar, برج العرب, ''Arab Tower'') is a luxury hotel located in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Managed by Jumeirah hotel group, it is one of the tallest hotels in the world, although 39% of its total height ... in Sufouh district of Dubai. It was initially expected to be completed in 2023. As of January 2022, construction hasn't began and all references to the tower have been removed from the developer's websi ...
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Burj Al Fattan
Burj Al Fattan is a proposed supertall skyscraper for construction in Dubai Marina. The tower would be built on the site of a former hotel. Burj Al Fattan is projected to have 97 floors and a height of 463 m. See also *List of tallest buildings in Dubai References External linksconstructionweekonline.com (2008)CTBUH
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Burj Al Arab
The Burj Al Arab ( ar, برج العرب, ''Arab Tower'') is a luxury hotel located in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Managed by Jumeirah hotel group, it is one of the tallest hotels in the world, although 39% of its total height is made up of non-occupiable space. Burj Al Arab stands on an artificial island that is from Jumeirah Beach and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge. The shape of the structure is designed to resemble the sail of a ship. It has a helipad near the roof, at a height of above ground. Site The beachfront area where Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel are located was previously called Chicago Beach.Krane, Jim ''City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism'', page 103, St. Martin's Press (15 September 2009) The hotel is located on an island of reclaimed land, offshore of the beach of the former ''Chicago Beach Hotel''. The former hotel was demolished during the construction of the Burj Al Arab. The locale's name ...
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Burj Al Alam
The Burj Al Alam (English: "World Tower") was a proposed 108-story, hyperboloid skyscraper in the Business Bay area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, though the project's roots are in a 101-storey design called "Fortune 101" and slated for the Dubai Marina area. It was designed to resemble a crystal flower. If constructed, it would have become one of the world's tallest buildings. The tower was one of the projects of the Fortune Group, which has a number of other projects in Dubai such as the Fortune Bay and Fortune Tower. The proposed building plan contained 74 floors of office space, a retail area at the base, and a hotel and serviced apartments in the top 27 floors. A 5-star hotel section would contain the highest hotel rooms in the world. The building would also feature a 6-storey crown that contained a Turkish bath, sky garden, and other club facilities. Ground breaking occurred on 12 November 2006 with the tower slated for completion in 2009, but the project was dogged by de ...
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