The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is the tallest man-made structure ever built at 829.8 meters tall. It has 163 floors and took over 5 years to construct. The Burj Khalifa holds numerous records for height and features including the highest occupied floor, longest travel distance elevators, and highest nightclub and restaurant. It was designed by architect Adrian Smith and can accommodate up to 35,000 people at a time using its 57 elevators.

2. General information

3. Technical details
• Floor counts : 163 floors plus 46 maintenance levels
in the spire and 2 parking levels in the basement
• Floor area : 309,473 m2 ( 3,331,100 sq ft )

4. Burj Khalifa
• 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.the building officially opened on 4 January
2010, and is part of the new 2 km2 (490 acre )
development called Downtown Dubai.

5. • Burj Khalifa can accommodate up to 35,000 people
at any one time. A total of 57 elevators and 8
escalators are installed. The elevators have
capacity of 12 to 14 people per cabin, the fastest
rising and descending at up to 10 m/s (33 ft/s) for
double deck elevators. However, the world fastest
single-deck elevator still belongs to Taipei 101 at
16.83 m/s (55.2 ft/s).The double deck elevators are
equipped with entertainment features such as LCD
displays to serve visitors during their travel to the
observation deck. The building has 2,909 stairs from
the ground to the 160th floor.

6. Design and construction
• Architect : Adrian smith
• Structural engineer : bill
baker

7. Construction
• The tower was constructed by Samsung Engineering
& construction Company of South Korea, which also
did work on the Petronas Twin Towers and Taipei 101.
Samsung Engineering & construction built the tower in
a joint venture with Besix from Belgium and Arabtec
from UAE.

8. Records
• Tallest existing structure : 829.8 m ( 2,722 ft )
• Tallest structure ever built : 829.8 m ( 2,722 ft)
• Tallest freestanding structure : 829.8 m ( 2,722 ft)
• Building with the most floors : 163
• building with world’s highest occupied floor
• World’s highest elevator installation
• World’s longest travel distance elevators : 504 m
• World’s tallest structure that includes residential
space

9. Records
• World’s highest
installation of an
aluminum and glass
facade : 512 m

10. Record
• World’s highest nightclub : 144th floor

11. Record
• World’s highest restaurant
(At.mosphere) : 122nd floor
at 442 m

12. Record
• Word’s highest New
Year display of
fireworks.

13. Record
• World’s second highest swimming poll : 76th floor
(worlds highest swimming pool is located on 118th
floor of Ritz-Carlton hotel at International commerce
center, Hong Kong).

14. Record
• Highest vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 606 m
(1,988 ft)
• (previously Taipei 101 449.2 m (1,474 ft))

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