From site to skyline
Four dated photographs across two construction histories. Compare earlier and later views with full attribution. Different viewpoints and camera lenses mean these are not geometrically aligned before-and-after images.
2 construction photo histories
Burj Khalifa
Directory completion year: 2010 [source]. Photograph dates precede this completion record and do not certify occupancy or percentage complete.
Concrete walls, climbing formwork and cranes during the early rise of Burj Khalifa.
Photo: Soonadracula · Original file and date record ↗ · CC BY-SA 3.0
Resized and converted to WebP; no cropping or content changes. Shared here under the same license.
Burj Khalifa’s rising structure with cladding installed on part of the shaft.
Photo: Imre Solt · Original file and date record ↗ · CC BY-SA 3.0
Resized and converted to WebP; no cropping or content changes. Shared here under the same license.
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Concrete walls, climbing formwork and cranes during the early rise of Burj Khalifa.
Photographic source ↗Burj Khalifa’s rising structure with cladding installed on part of the shaft.
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Shanghai Tower
Directory completion year: 2015 [source]. Photograph dates precede this completion record and do not certify occupancy or percentage complete.
Shanghai Tower’s exposed floors, core and cranes during construction.
Photo: TheDarkCurrent · Original file and date record ↗ · CC BY-SA 3.0
Resized and converted to WebP; no cropping or content changes. Shared here under the same license. Architecture: Gensler; structural engineer: Thornton Tomasetti.
Shanghai Tower with its glazed outer skin and a construction hoist visible along the side.
Photo: Yhz1221 · Original file and date record ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0
Resized and converted to WebP; no cropping or content changes. Shared here under the same license. Architecture: Gensler; structural engineer: Thornton Tomasetti.
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Shanghai Tower’s exposed floors, core and cranes during construction.
Photographic source ↗Shanghai Tower with its glazed outer skin and a construction hoist visible along the side.
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Evidence you can trace
Dates come from the photographer’s record or original file description, not the upload date. Images with conflicting dates were excluded. Visible cladding, scaffolding and cranes describe the photographed state; floor counts, structural safety and completion percentages are not inferred.
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