Dubai makes history! As of today, you can find the tallest man-made building in Dubai. The skyscraper is called Burj Dubai (burj means tower in Arabic) and the tower overtook the Warszawa radio mast in Poland which measures 646 meters. The Dubai-based skyscraper measures 650 meters and it’s expected to get even bigger and will reach 819 meters to the aircraft beacon.

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Dubai never stops to amaze the entire world as they are planning another architectural masterpiece. We are talking about a city built on an island off the coast. The artificial island is going to be a perfect square and it represents the latest idea to fight against the massive urbanization that stroke Dubai.

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A new superstructure is going to be built in Dubai by the Hong Kong company James Law Cybertecture. The building will be called the Shuffle Tower and it uses a mix of designs, also some parts of the building will change shape over time. The building will have many uses, being split in more parts: the top part with be a residential tower, the middle an office tower, the bottom a shopping mall and the round spaces will be communal sky gardens.

The mechanical building will twist slowly, so the people will be able to view the ocean from different angles. It is expected to be finished next year, so we don’t have to wait long to see it in shape.

via io9