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Burj Khalifa

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Burj Khalifa (Arabic: برج خليفة‎ "Khalifa Tower"), formerly known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 828 m (2,717 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.

Height

Current 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)

•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/s)

•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 442 m (1,450 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) (previously Shanghai World Financial Center – 85th floor)

 

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