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‘Spiderman’ has climbed the world’s tallest buildings without a harness or net, but now he has Dubai's Burj Khalifa in his sights. French climber Alain Robert, nick-named ‘Spiderman’ for his ability to climb tall buildings with his bare hands, is aiming to climb the record-breaking Burj Khalifa, Dubai's new 2,716 foot tower. “I already climbed five of the tallest buildings in the world. Now I want the Burj Khalifa,” he told the National, an English-language newspaper based in Abu Dhabi.

When a massive bolt of lightning hits the world’s tallest skyscraper, the results are sure to be electrifying...

In reputation and marketability, Adrian Smith is Chicago's tallest architect. At age 65, Smith has reached a stature where he has nothing left to prove and little to fear. Yet, he's afraid that part of his legacy is being lost.

The German bathroom fittings and shower manufacturer supplied more than 5000 fittings from its Axor Starck luxury collection for the Burj Khalifa. The installation started in 2008 and was finished in June 2009. “Hansgrohe was given a great deal of credit for not pulling out of the market in the face of the economic crisis, unlike other companies,” said Siegfried Gänßlen, chairman of the management board of Hansgrohe AG.

In the official Burj Khalifa gift shop, one customer mischievously asked for a discount on a pair of Burj Dubai baseball caps. The Filipina lady behind the counter played along and argued that they should be charging extra since anything with Burj Dubai on it is now a rare collector’s item

Time Out Dubai’s commemorative Burj Khalifa edition is on sale now. To mark the occasion of the opening of the world’s tallest building.Time Out has created the world’s tallest magazine.

Bristol-based Cameron Balloons has created the balloon used at the opening night of the Burj Khalifa (The Caliph's Tower) in Dubai, the world's tallest building at 828m. The balloon was printed on the company's newly installed 3.5m-wide Durst Rho 351, which has doubled the width of the company's previous printing capabilities.

Internationally renowned fireworks specialist Groupe F will expand its operations in the Middle East this year, following its high-profile involvement in the Burj Khalifa launch in Dubai earlier this month.

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, based at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, is an international not-for-profit organization supported by architecture, engineering, planning, development and construction professionals, designed to facilitate exchanges among those involved in all aspects of the planning, design, construction and operation of tall buildings.

Giorgio Armani's first hotel is set to open on March 18 in the new Burj Dubai tower, but visitors to the exclusive desert state getaway will need a head for heights to enjoyed the Armani-designed interior - since the tower is the world's new tallest building. The height of the building is still to be officially confirmed but it is thought it measures over 800 metres - more than half a mile - and will have more than 160 floors.