The Illinois The Burj Dubai -Designed in 1956 -Designed in 2005 -1609m -800m -528 stories -189 stories -Visionary -Under construction The masterwork of Frank Lloyd Wright highly resembles Burj Dubai. The difference is only that The Illinois was designed 50 years earlier. The Illinois intended to be built in Chicago, was to include 528 stories, with a gross area of 18.46 million square feet. The mile high tower was never built.