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Shape:Sail-shapedRating:Seven-StarType:LuxuryHotelArchitecturalstyle:High-TechLocation:Dubai,UnitedArabEmiratesStarted:1994Completed:1999Opening:December，1999Cost:US$1billionArchitectural:321m(1,053ft)Topfloor:197.5m(648ft)Floorcount:56(3belowground)Lifts/elevators:18Numberofrooms:202SpecialShapeTheshapeofthestructureisdesignedtomimicthesailofaship.ThearchitectTomWrightsaid"TheclientwantedabuildingthatwouldbecomeaniconicorsymbolicstatementforDubai;thisisverysimilartoSydneywithitsOperaHouse,LondonwithBigBen,orPariswiththeEiffelTower.Itneededtobeabuildingthatwouldbecomesynonymouswiththenameofthecountry."InsideTwo“wings”spreadinaVtoformavast“mast”,whilethespacebetweenthemisenclosedinamassiveatrium.

Insidethebuilding,theatriumis180

mtall.Rating:Seven-StarAccordingtothegroup,the"Seven-Star"notionwasbroughttobeingbyaBritishjournalistwhovisitedthehotelsonapre-openingpresstrip.ThejournalistdescribedBurjalArabinherasaboveandbeyondanythingshehadeverseenandcalleditaseven-starhotel.LocationBurjAlArabstandsonanartificialisland280

mfromJumeirahbeachandisconnectedtothemainlandbyaprivatecurvingbridge.ConstructionBurjAlArabwasdesignedbymultidisciplinaryconsultancyAtkins,ledbyarchitectTomWright,whohassincebecomeco-founderofWKKArchitects.ThedesignandconstructionweremanagedbyCanadianengineerRickGregoryalsoofWSAtkins.ConstructionoftheIslandbeganin1994andinvolvedupto2,000constructionworkersduringpeakconstruction.

ThebuildingopenedinDecember1999.WKK

Architects:

Tom

Wright

the

architect

of

the

Burj

Al

Arab,

Dubai

in

partnership

withHakimKhennouchi

and

Geku

Kuruvilla

George.

HeightArchitectural:321mTopfloor:197.5mItisthefourthtallesthotelintheworld;however,39%ofitstotalheightismadeupofnon-occupiablespace.Ithasahelipadneartheroofataheightof210

maboveground.RoomsBurjAlArabholdsonly28double-storyfloorswhichaccommodate202bedroomsuites.

Thesmallestsuiteoccupiesanareaof169m2

,thelargestcovers780m2

.Suitesfeaturedesigndetailsthatjuxtapose(并列)eastandwest.TheRoyalSuite,