The Burj Khalifa’s American Connection

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  01.13.10 | 1:52 PM ET

Slate takes a look at the American architects who worked on the newly-opened skyscraper of skyscrapers, and the creative debt they owe to one of their American predecessors—Frank Lloyd Wright.

Tags: Architecture, Middle East, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, North America, United States, News and Briefs

Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in Reader's Digest Canada, NationalGeographic.com, the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


1 Comment for The Burj Khalifa’s American Connection

daniel 01.15.10 | 1:23 AM ET

Chicagoans know skyscrapers like few others.

We did invent them, though, so that shouldn’t be a surprise.

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