My Phallic Symbol is Bigger than Yours
by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada
on 08.15.08

These photos of the Burj Dubai skyscraper (tallest structure on Earth at 636 meters (2,087 ft), with 160 completed floors) pretty much speaks for themselves (high resolution here), but for more on Dubai, see our Dubious Dubai series of posts:
Dubai
Dubious Dubai
Construction Starting On Dubious Dubai Twirling Tower?
Dubai Gets Less Dubious with Xeritown by SMAQ and X-Architects
Dubai Saves Architecture Profession
Rem Koolhaas's Dubai Deathstar
Glenn Howells' rotating "sustainable" Dubai Condo
Dubai Jumps the Shark

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