The ridiculously big Burj Dubai has reached its intended height of 818 meters (or 2,684 feet, according to our conversion widget), and because there are roughly 647 other Dubai projects in various stages of planning that aim to outgrow the Burj, the builders have included an insurance policy: "The Burj tower in Dubai, which in September 2007 surpassed the height of Toronto's CN Tower to become the world's tallest freestanding structure, got a new addition this month in the form of a telescopic spire, which can reportedly be extended should its height record be challenged by another building." [Towleroad]
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