Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture designing The Kingdom Tower, to be the world’s tallest building about 1000+m, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, near the Red Sea.

Dubai welcomed the New Year with an unprecedented spectacle – the world’s highest fireworks at Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building by Emaar Properties.

This is the text of a phone interview with Bill Baker, structural engineer on the Burj Khalifa and partner of S.O.M, on the day after the Burj Khalifa was inaugurated.