Guests take photos of the construction site of the one billion U.S. dollars project, "the Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour", in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Oct. 10, 2016. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, broke ground on Monday for the construction of "the Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour." The tower, when completed by 2020, will become the world's tallest building, topping the 828-meter-tall Burj Khalifa, also located in Dubai. The tower was designed by Spanish-Swiss architect Santiago Calatrava, and it will be developed by Dubai's Emaar Properties, the largest real estate developer in the Middle East, who also developed Burj Khalifa in 2010. (Xinhua/Li Zhen) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, breaks ground for the construction of the one billion U.S. dollars project, "the Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour", in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Oct. 10, 2016. The tower, when completed by 2020, will become the world's tallest building, topping the 828-meter-tall Burj Khalifa, also located in Dubai. The tower was designed by Spanish-Swiss architect Santiago Calatrava, and it will be developed by Dubai's Emaar Properties, the largest real estate developer in the Middle East, who also developed Burj Khalifa in 2010. (Xinhua/Li Zhen) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, breaks ground for the construction of the one billion U.S. dollars project, "the Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour", in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Oct. 10, 2016. The tower, when completed by 2020, will become the world's tallest building, topping the 828-meter-tall Burj Khalifa, also located in Dubai. The tower was designed by Spanish-Swiss architect Santiago Calatrava, and it will be developed by Dubai's Emaar Properties, the largest real estate developer in the Middle East, who also developed Burj Khalifa in 2010. (Xinhua/Li Zhen) Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2016 shows the construction site of the one billion U.S. dollars project, "the Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour", in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, broke ground on Monday for the construction of "the Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour." The tower, when completed by 2020, will become the world's tallest building, topping the 828-meter-tall Burj Khalifa, also located in Dubai. The tower was designed by Spanish-Swiss architect Santiago Calatrava, and it will be developed by Dubai's Emaar Properties, the largest real estate developer in the Middle East, who also developed Burj Khalifa in 2010. (Xinhua/Li Zhen) |
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