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Imdaad has signed a three year contract with Emaar to undertake waste management and recycling for the Burj Khalifa. The FM company will collect and dispose solid waste and collect all recyclable material generated from the entire building, including its 1044 residential apartments, on a daily basis. "Delivering waste management solutions to one of the world's most prestigious buildings is something we look forward to with great enthusiasm.

Other than a few iconic structures such as Dubai’s Burj Khalifa or Riyadh’s Kingdom Tower, most of the new planned developments in this part of the world are alien to their context. They could as easily exist in Kuala Lumpur or Frankfurt as they could in the Middle East.

Video of the LEGO Architecture: Towering Ambition by Adam Reed Tucker at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. The buildings include: Marina City, 2 World Trade Center, Empire State Building, John Hancock Building, Burj Khalifa, Chicago Spire, Trump Tower Chicago, Fallingwater, Transamerica Pyramid, White House, Gateway Arch, Jin Mao Tower, 7 South Dearborn, Sears Tower.

Emaar Properties, the Dubai-based developer, posted an AED802 million profit for the second quarter after the handover of a number of properties to investors. Revenue for the second quarter stood at AED1.94 billion, a rise of 37% on the same period last year. First-half revenues reached AED5.538 billion, a 59% rise on the AED3.481 of the first six months of 2009. The handovers include sales of around 24% of units in the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower, a project critical to the company’s fortunes.

The practice is standard operating procedure in many four-and five-star hotel chains, said seven employees who have 30 years of combined experience in more than a dozen companies in Dubai. Several asked not to be named to avoid repercussions. The most common mistake was missed wake-up calls, causing travellers to miss flights, the workers said. Breakages were also punishable.

Dubai Fountain is located in Downtown Dubai on an artificial lake outside Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa. Designed by WET Design, the people behind the famous Bellagio fountains of Las Vegas, the Dubai Fountains can shoot water up a record-breaking 500ft high. The shows are held every half an hour between 6pm to 10pm, and are free.

We didn’t have to look far for inspiration for this collection of world toppers. Dubai still ranks as one of the world’s tallest cities – with 51 skyscrapers all standing over 200m high, matching New York’s tally. Hong Kong has 52 but Dubai has the Burj Khalifa, and six others that stretch to over 300m – including the world’s tallest hotel (building used exclusively as a hotel), the Rose Tower, at 333m and 72-storeys.

Are you aware of the fact that the real estate market in Dubai has really hit the skies with foreign investors? The reason is that all the investment gurus are lining to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the city, thanks to the gorgeous buildings been erected. All of us are aware of the Burj Khalifa?

First on the must-see list of indoor attractions is the record-breaking Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building at 828m. It sprouts out of the central city like a gleaming hypodermic needle, looking superimposed against the bright blue sky. Dubai is a theme park of firsts, biggests, tallests and oddests. Khalifa, the tallest, sits next to the Dubai Mall, the world's largest shopping centre. And it's there you buy your tickets to ride possibly the world's most psychedelic elevator to the viewing platform two-thirds of the way up Khalifa.

At the Top, Burj Khalifa, on Level 124 of the world's tallest building, is celebrating the Holy Month of Ramadan with special timings and an unprecedented and first-time ever opportunity to break your fast from a vantage location. Guests can reflect on the spiritual values of the Holy Month, watch the sun set into the scenic horizon of the Arabian Sea, and break their fast with dates, complimentary of La Ronda Dates, and water, complimentary of Masafi Mineral Water, from At the Top, Burj Khalifa, this year.