Super Skyscraper (1.6km high) announced
A company named Hyder Consulting is announcing it will build a skyscraper that will be twice as high as the record holding Burj Dubai Tower. The Burj Dubai is currently under construction in Dubai. Construction will be complete in 2008. When finished it will be a whopping 818 meters high.
The new skyscraper will be erected somewhere in the Middle East. Another company, the Kingdom Holding Company also announced it’s plans to build a mega skyscraper. That tower will be named ” Mile High Tower “.
These two new mega-structures will compete for the record of highest building. The Mile High Tower will be at least 1600 meters high.
The Burj Dubai will be the highest building until those new towers have been built. Although construction on the Burj Dubai is not finished yet, it is already the highest building. At the moment is measures 158 stories high ( 598,5 meters). That is 90 meters higher then the Taipei tower in Taiwan and 40 meters higher then the CN Tower in Toronto.
The Burj Dubai Tower




