Burj Khalifa (Dubai)

United Arab Emirates / Dubai / Dubai
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1 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
www.burjkhalifa.ae/en/

Burj Khalifa (Arabic: برج خليفة‎, "Khalifa tower"), known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure in the world, at 829.8 m (2,722 ft).

Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009 and the building officially opened on 4 January 2010, when Burj Dubai was renamed to Burj Khalifa officially in honor of the current President of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan. Inofficially the renaming was one of the conditions for the $60 billon debt bailout of bankrupt Dubai by Abu Dhabi.

The building is part of a huge development located at the First Interchange (aka "Defense round-about") along Sheikh Zayed Road at Doha Street. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) of Chicago is the lead architect, structural engineer and mechanical engineer of the Burj Khalifa. George Efstathiou of SOM is the Managing Partner on the project, while Adrian Smith, formerly of SOM, was the Design Partner. Third Party Peer Review has been performed by CBM Engineers Inc.

Current records
* Tallest structure: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously KVLY-TV mast - 628.8 m (2,063 ft))
* Tallest freestanding structure: 818 m (2,684 ft) (previously CN Tower - 553.3 m (1,815 ft))
* Building with most floors: 160 (previously World Trade Center - 110)
* World's highest elevator installation
* Worlds fastest elevators at speed of 64 km/h or 18 m/s (59 ft/s)[23] (previously Taipei 101 – 16.83 m/s)
* Highest vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 601 m (1,972 ft) (previously Taipei 101 - 449.2 m (1,474 ft))
* Highest vertical concrete pumping (for any construction): 601 m (1,972 ft) (previously Riva del Garda Hydroelectric Power Plant - 532 m (1,745 ft))
* The first world's tallest structure in history to include residential space


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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa
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Coordinates:   25°11'49"N   55°16'27"E

Comments

  • This 2,717 ft, i60 floor tower reflects what man's ability and money can do.
  • it's AMAZING
  • Alain Robert, the French Spiderman climbed Burj Khalifa (2011-03-28) --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgNCW_hJgro
  • nice place..but i expect better.ticket is 100 derhm..not amuch
  • The ticket for entrance in Burj Khalifa for adult Dhs. 500 for kids under 8 years Dhs. 400 . . It is quite expensive ..... but it is so beautiful from inside it seems like a dream
  • Tom cruise leaped on this building in Ghost protocol..This building looks amazing in the film...
  • RY was here, 17/04/12.
  • I love uae
  • its being a pleasure for our dubai ... &being its residential..
  • Cool Place.
  • Despite I was sceptical about this project/building in the beginning I was very impressed after visiting the fist time. Well done.
  • ridiculous way of spending money
  • burj khalifa lake and the dubai mall is fantastic place in this world made by human bing
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