Burj Khalifa
The Burj Khalifa is a megatall skyscraper located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it is the world's tallest structure, with a total height... Wikipedia
- Preceded by: Taipei 101
- Status: Completed
- Type: Mixed-use
- Style: Neo-futurism
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Address: 1 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard
- Country: United Arab Emirates
- Named for: Sheikh Khalifa
- Construction started: January 6, 2004
- Topped-out: January 17, 2009
- Completed: October 1, 2009
- Cost: US$1.5 billion
- Owner: Emaar Properties
- Architectural: 828 m (2,716.54 ft)
- Height (with tip): 829.8 m (2,722.44 ft)
- Antenna spire: 242.5 m (795.6 ft)
- Roof: 739.4 m (2,425.85 ft)
- Top floor: 585.4 m (1,920.6 ft)
- Observatory: 555.7 m (1,823.16 ft)
- Structural system: Reinforced concrete, steel, and aluminium
- Floors: 154 + 9 maintenance
- Floor area: 309,473 m² (3,331,139.65 sq ft)
- Lifts/elevators: 57 (mall included)
- Architect: Adrian Smith
- Architecture firm: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Structural engineer: Bill Baker
- Main contractor: Samsung C&T, BESIX, Arabtec
- Parking: 2 subterranean levels
- Data source: DuckDuckGo