The Burj Khalifa (formerly known as the Burj Dubai) is currently the tallest building in the world. Situated in Dubai and reaching an impressive 828m (2,716.5ft), it has 160 stories, far more than any other structure. The second-tallest building is the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel in Saudi Arabia with 120 floors and reaching 601m (1,971ft).
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| Interior of the most expensive suite - the Armani Dubai Suite |
The Burj Khalifa is a multi-purpose building, complete with retail, residential, hotel and office areas. The hotel boasts rooms wholly designed by Giorgio Armani. Unsurprisingly, staying there is rather expensive. One can expect to pay around $1,100 for 2 people, 2 nights for the cheapest room and in excess of $4,600 for the most expensive suites.
The building features an observation deck on the 124th floor – the highest of its kind in the world. Sky lobbies are also in place for the building’s permanent residents on floors 43 and 76. These feature swimming pools directly connected to outside balconies, allowing residents to literally swim in and out of the building.
Builders had to pump concrete 601m (1,971.8ft) from the base to the top of the tower. This remains the highest concrete pumping ever, smashing Taipei 101’s record of 470m (1,542ft).
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| Dubai Fountain at the base of the huge structure |
The massive air conditioning system is powerful enough to melt 13,000 tonnes of ice in one day. That said, the building’s water usage is 960,000l (250,000 gallons) of water each day, transported through 100km (62 miles) of piping.
The elevators are double-decked and can carry 10-14 people in each cabin. They have the longest vertical line of any elevator in the world and also travel faster than any others: 10m.s-1 (36km/h or 22.5mph)
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