WEBGRAPHY

http://www.cosasexclusivas.com/2008/12/el-nico-hotel-con-7-estrellas-burj-al_11.html

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Al_Arab

https://www.disfrutadubai.com/hotel-burj-al-arab

CURIOSITIES

• Burj Al Arab is the only seven star hotel.
• It's considered "the best hotel in the world".
• Burj al Arab has no single rooms but has 202 double suites. The smallest of these suites occupies an area of 169 square meters, while the largest covers an area of 780 square meters. All of them are equipped with latest technologies.
• The hotel has a helipad. --> before it was a tennis court
  

  

• It has different restaurants, and one of them is a submarine.

FEATURES 

• MATERIALS 
• The Burj al Arab is mainly constructed with concrete.
• The hotel rests on an artificial island constructed with 280 m of concrete piles. 
• The building contains over 70,000 m3 of concrete and 9,000 tons of steel. 
• Inside the building, the atrium is 180 m tall.

• FORM
• The hotel was designed by Tom Wright.
• It mimics a sail billowing constructed to symbolize Dubai's urban and modern transformation and to give an original shape to this incredible building.

• STRUCTURE
• The Burj al Arab is a shell structure because it's constructed by shaped pieces joined together, forming a sailed form building.
• TRANGULATION -> It's a triangular structure. The are three pillars, arranged together to form a frame.

• SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
• In Dubai we can find lots of erosions, so Burj Al Arab had to be constructed with concrete, a strong material difficult to broken or smashed up. 

HISTORY
It's construction began in 1994. The Jumeirah Group, directed by Said Khalil managed the construction and it was designed by Tom Wright. With 321 meters high, it's the second tallest building exclusively used as a hotel. The Rose Tower with 333 meters, also in Dubai, reached the Burj Al Arab on 2007. 

INTRODUCTION

The Burj Al Arab " Tower of the Arabs” is a luxury hotel in Dubai with a height of 321 meters, the fourth tallest hotel in the world. It is located at sea on an artificial island located 270 meters from the beach in the Persian Gulf, which is connected to the mainland by a road.