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At nearly 2,700ft the Burj Dubai super skyscraper is the World’s (newest) tallest building. And it’s not just a few inches taller by means of a pointy bit on top, it’s gigantic. More than 1,000ft taller than it’s nearest rival, Taiwan’s Taipei 101. Here’s a few facts to make your eyes water.

• Temperatures at the top are up to 10C cooler than at the bottom
• 76th floor - The highest swimming pool in the world
• 158th floor - Plans for a mosque that will make it the most elevated place of worship in the world
• 3.5 times taller than Canary Wharf and twice as tall as the Empire State Building
• Estimated £1bn dollars to build
• Air-conditioning system requires equivalent of melting 12,500 tons of ice per day
• The double deck cabin elevators travel at 40mph
• Laid end to end the 31,400 tons of steel rebar would stretch a quarter of the way around the world
• The Burj Dubai will be visible 95km away
• 124th floor - The world’s highest observation deck
• 58,900 cu yd of concrete were used. The weight of 110,000 elephants
• Electricity usage in the tower will be the equivalent of having 500,000 100W light bulbs on at the same time
• Took 22 million man hours to complete

Dubai seems to have gone skyscraper crazy and is planning another super skyscraper, the Al Burj. Estimates of it’s height range between 700m and a staggering 1km. But the question however remains, with over 49 office floors largely unoccupied at the Burj Dubai, will these buildings also gain the titles of the world’s tallest white elephants?

Whatever happens, I love them. Role on the next battle for the World’s Tallest building with all it’s jaw dropping facts and stats.