So is everyone familiar with the Burj Dubai yet? You know, that tower due to be completed next year that will be far, far taller than any other building in the world? This is how big it will be compared to its neighbouring buildings

http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2005/07/dubai_01_598x533.jpg

You may already know this but I've just read that apparently there's now another one going up, this time in Saudi Arabia. This one is going to be a mile high, and twice as tall as the Burj Dubai. Twice as tall. As that huge thing

Check the difference

http://www.weblo.com/asset_images/large/47e8944907f30.jpg

It's all very 80s, this whole 'race for the sky'. Canary Wharf ftw! Any other crazy buildings been commissioned lately?