世界最高楼，迪拜云溪塔 Dubai Creek Tower

　　04:36迪拜云溪塔全名：Dubai Creek Tower，由迪拜最大开发商、现世界最高楼开发商-Emaar开发，大楼总投资超过10亿美金，预计将在2020年底到2021年初完工，目标是超过迪拜塔成为世界第一高楼。

　　From its early days as a small fishing village at the start of the 20th Century, Dubai has transformed into a truly global city.

　　迪拜这个地方已经从20世纪初的一个小渔村，转变为一个真正的国际化都市。

　　From the vast Palm Jumeirah formed on land reclaimed, from the Arabian Gulf to the 7-star Burj Al-Arab hotel and the mega-tall Burj Khalifa, the emirate is now synonymous with some of the world's most impressive construction projects.

　　从在阿拉伯湾填海造出的大朱美拉棕榈岛，到7星级的帆船酒店再到超高的哈利法塔，阿拉伯联合酋长国现在已经成为世界上最令人印象深刻的建筑项目的代名词。

　　But the ambition, scale and extremity of the city's latest scheme, will quite literally take engineering and construction to new heights.

　　关于这座城市最新的建筑项目，其雄心、规模和极致将使它的工程和建筑达到新的高度。

　　Dubai Creek Harbour is a vast residential, retail and entertainment development that is set to rival the existing Downtown Dubai district.

　　迪拜云溪塔综合了住宅、零售和娱乐开发项目，将与迪拜现有的中心区域形成竞争关系。

　　Designed by Santiago Calatrava to stand at the centre of this new destination, Dubai Creek Tower will rise to over 1.3 kilometres in height and become the tallest structure constructed by mankind to date.

　　由圣地亚哥·卡拉特拉瓦设计，位于这个新地标的中心，迪拜云溪塔将高达1.3千米，成为迄今为止人类建造的最高建筑。

　　Resembling a lily and drawing inspiration from a traditional Arabian minaret, the tower will consist of a simple shaft topped with an ovoid bulb structure that houses observation decks and restaurants, along with broadcast and telecommunications infrastructure.

　　该塔外形酷似百合，灵感来自传统的阿拉伯尖塔，将由一个简单的竖井组成，顶部是一个卵圆的球型结构，内有观景台和餐厅，以及广播和电信基础设施。

　　In addition, the tower will be steadied by an array of steel cables, reaching up from an extensive new plaza below.

　　此外，该塔将由一排钢索来稳定，从塔底宽敞的新广场向上延伸。

　　Constructing a scheme that extends higher than any structure to have preceded it and in such an extreme climate is far from easy.

　　在如此极端的气候条件下，建造一个比以往都要高的建筑绝非易事。

　　Work on the USD $1BN project first commenced in October 2016 with the excavation of over 170,000 cubic metres of earth.

　　这个耗资10亿美元的项目于2016年10月启动，挖掘了超过17万立方米的泥土。

　　From here, the scheme's foundations – consisting of 145 piles each extending to a depth of 75 metres – were formed.

　　这里是该项目的重中之重——由145根桩组成，每根桩的深度都达到75米。

　　This process alone required more than 15,000 tonnes of steel and over 211,000 tonnes of concrete.

　　单这一步就需要超过15000吨的钢材和211000吨的混凝土。

　　Despite foundation works completing in May 2017, two months ahead of schedule, there has been little work above ground since.

　　尽管基础工程已于2017年5月完成，比原计划提前了两个月，从那以后，地面上的工作几乎没了。

　　With the project initially intended to be complete ahead of the 2020 Dubai Expo, delivery has now been postponed to 2021.

　　该项目最初计划在2020年迪拜世博会之前完成，现在已经推迟到了2021年。

　　While this date may still feel unfeasible for such an extreme structure, the relatively simple design of the Dubai Creek Tower – as compared to denser, fully habitable skyscrapers – allows for an accelerated construction schedule.

　　对于这样一个极致的项目来说，这个日期可能仍然不可行，迪拜云溪塔的设计相对简单，与高密度、适合居住的摩天大楼相比，建设进度更快。

　　Though the tower's final height of 1,300 metres has been widely reported developer Emaar Properties are keeping exact details of its summit under wraps in an effort to protect it from new, rival proposals particularly across the Middle East and Asia.

　　虽然1300米的最终塔高被广泛报道，但开发商埃玛尔地产公司对其具体细节仍然保密，以保护其免受新的、特别是中东和亚洲的竞争提议的影响。

　　At 1.3 kilometres, Dubai Creek Tower would easily eclipse the height of the world's current tallest structure, the 828 metre Burj Khalifa and even that of the Jeddah Tower currently under construction in Saudi Arabia, that is expected to stand a kilometre tall when it finally completes.

　　1.3千米，迪拜云溪塔的高度将轻而易举地超过目前世界最高建筑，高828米的哈利法塔，甚至是沙特阿拉伯正在建设的吉达塔，预计最终建成时将有1千米高。

　　However, it should be noted that while the Dubai Creek Tower would easily lay claim to the title of the "world's tallest structure", it would not be eligible to take the title of "world's tallest skyscraper" away from the Burj Khalifa as it does not meet two specific skyscraper classification criteria, as set out by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).

　　然而，值得注意的是，虽然迪拜云溪塔很容易就获得了“世界最高建筑”的称号，但由于它不符合高层建筑和城市居住委员会制定的两项摩天大楼的分类标准，没有资格取代哈利法塔获得“世界最高摩天大楼”的称号。

　　Firstly, the tower will not be completely self-supporting, partly relying on its tensioned steel cables for stability.

　　首先，这座塔无法实现完全的自我支撑，部分要依靠拉紧的钢索来保持稳定。

　　In addition, to be considered a skyscraper, at least 50% of a building's total height must be habitable – a threshold that Dubai Creek Tower will not reach.

　　其次，要让人们承认是摩天大楼，一栋建筑必须有至少50%是适合居住的，而云溪塔则达不到这个标准。

　　Technicalities aside, this remarkable structure will set a new benchmark in tall building engineering, further propelling mankind's seemingly endless race for the skies and once again demonstrating what our industry is capable of.

　　撇开技术细节不提，这一非凡的结构将在高层建筑工程领域树立一个新的标杆，进一步推动人类貌似永无止境的太空竞赛，并再次证明我们的工业能力。

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