Philly artist Kambel Smith, who has autism, built a 26-foot Burj Khalifa out of cardboard

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Philly artist Kambel Smith, who has autism, built a 26-foot Burj Khalifa out of cardboard
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Smith created his latest piece in just two months without measuring devices or sketches.

In my nearly two decades as a journalist, there have only been a handful of times when I’ve left an interview, got into my car, and sobbed.

Earlier this month Kambel completed his largest sculpture yet — a 26-foot-10-inch cardboard replica of the world’s tallest building, the Kantai, 28, is a gifted coder who makes video games and computer-animated movies, and Kambel, well, he hasn’t stop creating art since I first met him. Back then, he’d already built sculptures of the Divine Lorraine Hotel, Philadelphia City Hall, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art and since, he’s builtKambel often works on the front yard of his family’s rowhome, where his work marvels those who walk by.

, have been acquired by the West Collection, the American Folk Art Museum, and various private collectors. Kambel has always wanted to build the Burj Khalifa because, “It is a cool shape,” he said, but given the size, his father cautioned against it. That is, until earlier this year, when Lonnie said he and Kambel were contacted by a Dubai-based ad agency claiming to work on behalf of a prominent bank in the United Arab Emirates.

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