Burj Khalifa (Arabic: برج خليفة), also known as Dubai Tower or Bis Burj, is the tallest skyscraper built in the world.
The Burj Khalifa is 2717 ft / 828 m high, with a total of 162 floors, costing 1.5 billion US dollars. The construction of the building itself cost at least 1 billion US dollars, not including the construction costs of the large shopping malls, lakes and shorter towers. .
The Burj Khalifa uses a total of 330,000 cubic meters of concrete, 62,000 tons of reinforced steel bars, and 142,000 square meters of glass.
In order to build the Burj Khalifa, a total of about 4,000 workers and 100 cranes were deployed to pump concrete vertically over 606 meters.
There are 56 elevators in the building with a maximum speed of 17.4 m/s. There are also double-layer sightseeing elevators that can carry up to 42 people at a time.
The Burj Khalifa was built in 2004, and the building was officially completed on January 4, 2010, and it was renamed “Burj Khalifa”.
History
- On September 21, 2004, construction of the Burj Khalifa began.
- In February 2007, it surpassed the Sears Tower and became the building with the most floors.
- On August 12, 2007, it exceeded the antenna height of 527.3 meters (1730 feet) in the Sears Tower.
- On December 10, 2007, the steel frame structure began to be used, and concrete will no longer be used in subsequent construction.
- On April 8, 2008, Amar Real Estate Company in Dubai, UAE announced that the height of the tower has reached 629 meters, surpassing the US KVLY TV tower with a height of 628.8 meters and becoming the world’s tallest building.
- On June 17, 2008, Amar Real Estate Company in Dubai, UAE announced that the height of the tower had exceeded 636 meters.
- On September 1, 2008, Aimar Real Estate announced a new record. The construction height reached 688 meters, and it was planned to be completed in September 2009, but the final height has not yet been announced.
- On September 26, 2008, Aimar Real Estate announced that the tower reached 707 meters (2,320 feet).
- On January 17, 2009, Aimar Real Estate announced that the tower reached its final height of 828 meters (2,716.53 feet).
- On January 4, 2010, the Burj Khalifa was officially completed.
| floor | use |
|---|---|
| B1-B2 | Parking lot and machine room |
| hall | Restaurant and lobby |
| 1 | Hotel, lobby and restaurant |
| 2 | Hotel and lobby |
| 3 | Hotel and restaurant |
| 4 | Hotel and computer room |
| 5-16 | Hotel |
| 17-18 | no |
| 19-39 | Hotel |
| 40-42 | no |
| 43-72 | Residential |
| 73-75 | no |
| 76-108 | Residential |
| 109-110 | no |
| 111-123 | office |
| 124 | Weather station |
| 125-135 | office |
| 136-138 | no |
| 139-154 | office |
| 155 | no |
| 156-159 | Broadcast transmission |
| 160-162 | Spire |
Burj Khalifa Data
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Region
- Western Asia
- Status
- In use
- Official name
- برج خليفة
- Other name(s)
- Dubai Tower
- Location
- 1 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Owner(s)
- Emaar Properties
- Contractor
- Emaar Properties
- Official website
- burjkhalifa.ae
- Cost
- US $1.5 billion
- Began
- Jan-06, 2004
- Construction end
- Oct-01, 2009
- Opened
- Jan-04, 2010
- Height
- 2717 ft / 828 m
- Floors
- 163 (+1 below ground)
- Material
- steel/concrete
- City
- Dubai
- Use
- office / residential / hotel
- Floor area
- 309,473 m2 (3,331,100 sq ft)
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