20+ Facts About Burj Khalifa You Did Not Know About

The Burj Khalifa :

The Burj Khalifa, known as the Burj Dubai before its inauguration, is a megatall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Address: 1 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Height: 828 m, 830 m to tip CTBUH

Floors: 163

Owner: Emaar Properties

Cost: 1.5 billion USD

Architects: Adrian Smith, William F. Baker, George J. Efstathiou, Marshall Strabala

FACTS-

• Did you know: Burj Khalifa holds the record of 504 metres longest travel distance elevator in the world.
• The Burj khalifa is designed to resemble the Hymenocallis flower, the central core emerges at the top and culminates in a sculpted spire.

• The Burj Khalifa stands at 828 meters tall, soaring over Dubai.it's three times as tall as Eiffel Tower and nearly as tall as Empire State Building.
• It holds the World Records for being the Tallest building in the world.

• Tallest free -standing structure in the world.
• Highest number of stories in the world.
• Highest occupied floor in the world.

• Highest observation deck in the world

• Elevator with longest travel distance in the world.
• Tallest service elevator int he world.
• The weight of the concrete is equivalent to 100,000 elephants.The total weight of the Aluminium used is equal to that of 5 A380 aircraft.

• It took more than 110,000 tons of concrete,  55,000 tons of steel rebar, and 22 million man -hours to complete the Burj Khalifa .
• Excavation began in January 2004.Six years later, the Burj Khalifa  finally opened in January 2010.

• while at its peak of construction, 12,000 worked on the building per day.
• It has the longest running elevator,which is 140 floors. it goes a whopping 10 meters per second is one of the fastest in the World ,takes approximately only one minute to reach the 124 th floor.