World’s Tallest Building

Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building is a stunning work of art. In concept and execution, Burj Khalifa has no peer. The opening ceremony of Burj Khalifa was held on 4 January 2010. Burj Khalifa has been designed to be the centrepiece of a large-scale, mixed-use development that will include 30,000 homes, nine hotels 3 hectares of parkland, 19 residential towers, the Dubai Mall, and the 12-hectare man-made Burj Khalifa Lake.At over 828 metres (2,716.5 feet) and more than 160 stories, Burj Khalifa holds the following records:

 

• Tallest skyscraper to top of spire: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously Taipei 101 – 509.2 m/1,671 ft)

• Tallest structure ever built: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously Warsaw radio mast – 646.38 m/2,121 ft)

• Tallest extant structure: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously KVLY-TV mast – 628.8 m/2,063 ft)

• Tallest freestanding structure: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously CN Tower – 553.3 m/1,815 ft)

• Building with most floors: 160 (previously Willis Tower – 108)

• Building with highest occupied floor in the world: 160th floor

• World's highest elevator installation, situated inside a rod at the very top of the building

• World's fastest elevators at speed of 64 km/h (40 mph) or 18 m/s (59 ft/s) (previously Taipei 101 – 16.83 m/)

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

• Highest vertical concrete pumping (for any construction): 606 m (1,988 ft) (previously Riva del Garda Hydroelectric Power Plant – 532 m/1,745 ft)

• The first world's tallest structure in history to include residential space

• Highest outdoor observation deck in the world (124th floor) at 452 m (1,483 ft)

• World's highest mosque (located on the 158th floor)

• World's highest installation of an aluminium and glass façade, at a height of 512 m (1,680 ft)

• World's highest swimming pool (76th floor)