Dubai burj al arab pic

The Burj-Al-Arab is the tallest building used exclusively as a hotel anywhere in the world, and the only seven star hotel in existence. It stands in the sea, in the Persian Gulf, on an artificial island, over 900 feet away from the beach.

The Burj-Al-Arab is located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At 321 metres (1,053 feet) tall, and one of the most distinctive structures for a hotel building in the world. It is connected to the mainland only by an extremely curved path, with most corners of the path being almost 90 degrees.

Construction of the hotel began in 1994, and its doors were opened to guests on 1st December, 1999. It was built to resemble the sail of a dhow (a type of Arabian vessel) and intentionally placed in such a way that its shadow does not cover the beach. On top of the hotel is a large helipad, extending from the side of the hotel over the ocean and supported by a cantilever. A remarkable element of its architecture is the outer beachward wall of the atrium, which is made of a woven, Teflon-coated fiberglass cloth.

dubai burj al arab

Dubai burj al arab
The Burj-Al-Arab does not have ordinary rooms. Instead, it is divided into 202 duplex suites. The smallest suite occupies an area of 169 square metres (1,819 square feet), and the largest one covers 780 square metres (8,396 square feet). It is one of the most expensive hotels in the world to stay in.

The prices for the least expensive suites are in the range of $1,000 to over $6,000 a night. The most expensive suites can cost over $15,000 a night. However, the hotel will likely never be profitable; it was built to become a major landmark in Dubai, not to be a source of income. The full amount it cost to build the hotel and furnish it has not been publicly released.

The Burj-Al-Arab features the tallest atrium lobby in the world (180 metres, or 590 feet), and the volume of the atrium can accommodate the Dubai World Trade Center building, which, at 38 stories, was the tallest building in Dubai from the late 1970s to the late 1990s.

Dubai burj al arab

Dubai burj al arab

Dubai burj al arab