Building the Burj Khalifa--the world's tallest building at 162 stories--may have reflected the vision of Dubai, but hubris did not make its host state great.

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Multicoloured fireworks danced up and down the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai.

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The Dubai Mall, located at the base of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, was visited 65 million times in 2012, more than any other monument in the world.

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The latest featured the Burj Khalifa Centre of Now in Dubai, the tallest building in the world.

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It is no accident that the tallest building in the world today, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, sits mostly empty as well.

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It will be around 558ft (170m) higher than the current tallest building, the 2, 717ft (828m) Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

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