The Burj Dubai, or as it was renamed during its opening Monday, the Burj Khalifa, has been likened to the Tower of Babel, or in the words of Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne, “a ...

DUBAI, United Arab EmiratesDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai has renamed its new skyscraper, the tallest in the world, the Burj Khalifa, state news agency WAM reported, in a surprise move apparently ...

Discover the true owner of Burj Khalifa, Mohamed Alabbar, the visionary businessman who transformed Dubai's skyline. Learn ...

A luxury hotel crafted by designer Giorgio Armani opened Tuesday as the first landmark tenant in the world's tallest skyscraper. The 160-room Armani Hotel Dubai is a welcome bit of good news for Dubai ...

Dubai opened the world’s tallest skyscraper Monday, and in a surprise move renamed the gleaming glass-and-metal tower Burj Khalifa in a nod to the leader of neighboring Abu Dhabi – the oil-rich ...

Trapped 124 floors above the ground, a group of visitors stuck in an elevator of the massive Dubai skyscraper may have sparked the sudden closure of the world’s tallest building just a month after it ...

DUBAI, UAE (CBS News) – Dubai plans to build a tower that will stand higher than its Burj Khalifa, currently the world’s tallest skyscraper, property developer Emaar said Sunday. The viewing tower ...

We've come a long way since the world's first skyscraper, the ten-story Home Insurance Building in Chicago, was built between 1884 and 1885. Since then, we've seen iconic buildings rise from ...

The real estate developers in Dubai apparently aren’t worried about plummeting oil prices and unrest in global capital markets. Emaar Properties, the developer behind Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, plans to ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Dubai opened the world's tallest skyscraper Monday in a blaze of fireworks, then added a final flourish: It renamed the half-mile-high tower for the head of neighboring ...