Burj Khalifa
(I borrowed this from Wikipedia)
| Burj Khalifa | |
|---|---|
| برج خليفة | |
 Burj Khalifa on 23 December 2009 | |
| Former names | Burj Dubai |
| Record height | |
| Tallest in the world since 2010[I] | |
| Preceded by | Taipei 101 |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Mixed-use |
| Location | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Coordinates | 25°11′49.7″N 55°16′26.8″E |
| Construction started | January 2004 |
| Completed | 2010 |
| Opening | 4 January 2010[1] |
| Cost | $1.5 billion[2] |
| Height | |
| Roof | 828 m (2,717 ft)[3] |
| Top floor | 621.3 m (2,038 ft)[3] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 163 habitable floors[3][4] plus 46 maintenance levels in the spire[5] and 2 parking levels in the basement |
| Floor area | 309,473 m2 (3,331,100 sq ft)[3] |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | SOM, Besix and Arabtec, Samsung C&T Supervision Consultant Engineer & Architect of Record Hyder Consulting Construction Project ManagerTurner Construction Grocon[6] Planning Bauer AG and Middle East Foundations[6] Lift contractor Otis[6] VT consultant Lerch Bates[6] |
| Architect | Adrian Smith at SOM |
| Developer | Emaar Properties |
| Structural engineer | Bill Baker at SOM[7 |
