THE WORLD TALLEST BUILDING~pics and description
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 on4 January 2010 and is part of the new
2 km2 (490-acre) development called Downtown Dubai at the 'First
Interchange' along Sheikh Zayed Road, near Dubai's main business
district. The tower's architecture and engineering were performed by
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago, with Adrian Smith as chief
architect, and Bill Baker as chief structural engineer.The primary
contractor was Samsung C&T of South Korea.
In March 2009, Mohamed Ali Alabbar, chairman of the project's
developer, Emaar Properties, said office space pricing at Burj Khalifa
reached US$4,000 per sq ft (over US$43,000 per m²) and the Armani
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