How Dubai Built the World's Most Impossible Burj Al Arab

The most iconic hotel on Earth. Built on land that didn't exist. The Burj Al Arab rises 321 metres from the open Arabian Gulf — on a man-made island, on sand, with no bedrock anywhere beneath it. Before a single floor could go up, engineers spent three years just creating the ground it stands on. In this video we break down exactly how they built it: → A man-made island created from open sea — before construction even began → 250 concrete piles driven 45 metres into sand with no bedrock to anchor to → An exoskeleton fabricated offsite and transported on lorries imported from South Africa → A 1-millimetre fabric membrane covering one and a half football pitches, hung from a kilometre of cable → A helipad cantilevering 27 metres over open water at 212 metres — held up by two steel pipes → A restaurant welded together in open air 200 metres above the Arabian Gulf This building had no right to stand. It's been standing for 25 years. 🔔 Subscribe to Future Foundation for more impossible builds, mega projects and engineering stories that will change the way you see the world →    / @futurefoundations-g9d   📌 Watch these next: → How China Built the World's Longest Bridge Over the Open Sea -    • How China Built the World's Longest Bridge...   → Inside the World's Tallest Cathedral: How the $1.4B Impossible Church Was Built ! -    • Inside the World's Tallest Cathedral: How ...   → Riyadh $90 BILLION Megaprojects - 5 Projects That Will Change Saudi by 2030 -    • Riyadh $90 BILLION Megaprojects - 5 Projec...   💬 Which part of this build shocked you the most? Drop it below 👇