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Event Information:
Dubai
is one of the new stars of the New
Years Eve celebrations at the famous
and iconic Burj Khalifa tower,
world’s tallest building, hosting an
amazing fireworks spectacular. The
fireworks show gets underway on the
stroke of midnight in what is
thought by most to be world’s
highest pyrotechnic show. Thousands
will be witnessing an extravagant
fireworks display for the New Year
from Dubai's Burj Khalifa building
to ring in , with many more
expected to watch on television and
online.
Dubai New Year's Eve fireworks,
events and parties.
Dubai
is situated on the Persian Gulf
coast of the United Arab Emirates
and is roughly at sea level (16 m/52
ft above). The emirate of Dubai
shares borders with Abu Dhabi in the
south, Sharjah in the northeast, and
the Sultanate of Oman in the
southeast. Hatta, a minor exclave of
the emirate, is surrounded on three
sides by Oman and by the emirates of
Ajman (in the west) and Ras Al
Khaimah (in the north). The Persian
Gulf borders the western coast of
the emirate.
Dubai has a rich collection of
buildings and structures of various
architectural styles. Many modern
interpretations of Islamic
architecture can be found here, due
to a boom in construction and
architectural innovation in the Arab
World in general, and in Dubai in
particular, supported not only by
top Arab or international
architectural and engineering design
firms such as Al Hashemi and Aedas,
but also by top firms of New York
and Chicago. As a result of this
boom, modern Islamic and world
architecture has literally been
taken to new levels in skyscraper
building design and technology.
Dubai now boasts more completed or
topped-out skyscrapers higher than
2/3 km, 1/3 km, or 1/4 km than any
other city. A culmination point was
reached in 2010 with the completion
of the Burj Khalifa (Khalifa Tower),
now by far the world's tallest
building at 829.84 m (2,722.57 ft).
The Burj Khalifa's design is derived
from the patterning systems embodied
in Islamic architecture, with the
triple-lobed footprint of the
building based on an abstracted
version of the desert flower
hymenocallis which is native to the
Dubai region. The completion of the
Khalifa Tower, following the
construction boom that began in the
1980s, accelerated in the 1990s, and
took on a rapid pace of construction
unparalled in modern human history
during the decade of the 2000s,
leaving Dubai with the world's
tallest skyline.
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