Burj Khalifa was developed by Emaar Properties, a renowned local real estate firm that has also developed many other skyscrapers in Dubai and now they are working on next tallest structure of the world which temporarily named 'Dubai Creek Tower'.
The construction of Burj Khalifa was contracted by Samsung Construction, a subsidiary of Samsung Group, the group is best known for its electronic products and in respect of construction it had also constructed many famous buildings around the world including Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and Taipei Tower in Taipei.
The construction began in , the building started rising in March After that Burj Khalifa grew very fast, below is how it looked in February The building had become a floor highrise building from a Y-shape base structure in less than one year. As the building tapers into the sky, the construction became faster when the building built to higher floors. As of January , the tower had become an imposing supertall skyscraper that has more than one hundred floors built.
And one month later it became the building with most floors on the earth. The tower surpassed Taipei to become world's tallest building in architectural height by July In less than a month the tower surpassed Sears Tower's antenna at m becoming the world's tallest building in any category, unofficially though. In September the CN Tower was surpassed by Burj Khalifa and lost its title of tallest free standing structure in the world, not officially again, as Burj Khalifa was still under construction and growing.
Although the tower had already become the tallest building and tallest structure in the world, the height of Burj Khalifa was still substantially growing. The tower topped out in January at its full height of The whole project cost 1. But for buildings in Dubai, this number is far ahead of other supertalls while the majority of Dubai's supertall skyscrapers cost only around million dollars. Burj Khalifa has the world's highest building-based observation deck.
When the tower first opened in , they opened the observation deck on level named At The Top at the same time, it's a observatory that contains outdoor terrace, at meters high, almost only a half height of the tower, even Shanghai World Financial Center which is only meters tall has a observation deck at m high.
But At The Top had been the highest observation deck that contains outdoor terrace until the Canton Tower's m high outdoor observatory surpassed it. In Burj Khalifa opened its second observation deck named At The Top SKY at level at height of m, surpassed the observation deck of Canton Tower, which was the highest observation deck back then.
And there's also an outdoor part, thus became the highest observation deck of the world in both the indoor and outdoor category. The price of the admission ticket is much higher than other skyscrapers around the world. As of , the standard ticket for accessing the observation decks on th and th floors cost UAE dirhams, approximately 37 dollars. The exception is dusk time, which starts at and ends at , it is the ideal time for sightseeing as the scenery is usually most beautiful by this time, and by the way visitors can view both the day views and night views in a single visit, a same visit by that time cost dirhams.
The admission tickets can be booked from here. The standard ticket for a visit to all three observation decks costs dirhams, approximately US dollars. For dusk times, it needs dirhams for a same visit. Note: There are more other options available, and the prices may subject to change, check the building's official website for more details and booking in advance on some third party sites will generally cost less.
Popular Culture :. In the film, for tracing the exchange of the code between the lady killer Moreau and two other men, Ethan Hunt Tom Cruise jumps out from a upper floor around m high to scale on the glass cladding using a pair of special gloves, the destination is a computer service room, in the meanwhile, one of gloves got out of order, which makes him dropped about 30 foot before he steady himself to continues climb up using one arm with the left glove, and after climbed to a level at height of m, he breaks the glass and enters the computer room.
Besides the film, in the reality, the French climber Alain Robert who dubbed 'spider-man' as he had scaled numerous skyscrapers before, scaled Burj Khalifa on March 28th , it took him 6 hours to reach the top tip while a large crowd watching from below. American film Independence Day 2 : Burj Khalifa is used as a spear by alien to destroy London, it is seen in the film that Burj Khalifa soars out of the clouds in Dubai and ploughs to London, finally it crashes into the River Thames.
Information of Other Skyscrapers Around the World. Skip to content. Burj Khalifa looked up This page introduces some facts about the building and the related information. Burj Khalifa seen along with other towers in Downtown Dubai. Burj Khalifa at sunset is commonly known as the number of Burj Khalifa's floors, but a foot building couldn't have only floors even when the spire is removed right?
Burj Khalifa fireworks show. Adrian Smith, the Architect designed Burj Khalifa The tower is built on a shamrock-shaped footprint, making the tower seen like a letter 'Y' from above in the air, this shape derived from Hymenocallis, also known as desert lily, a local plant live in desert, the tower's cross section area reduces gradually as it rises.
Hymenocallis, a plant in Dubai which inspired the shape of footprint of Burj Khalifa Burj Khalifa seen from satellite, showing the Y-shape base and how it tapers gradually to the tip. Burj Khalifa The construction of Burj Khalifa was contracted by Samsung Construction, a subsidiary of Samsung Group, the group is best known for its electronic products and in respect of construction it had also constructed many famous buildings around the world including Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and Taipei Tower in Taipei.
Height to tip Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the highest point of the building, irrespective of material or function of the highest element. This includes antennae, flagpoles, signage and other functional-technical equipment.
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