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Burj Khalifa
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skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Burj Khalifa is the world's tallest building, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It stands as a major architectural landmark and symbol of modern engineering achievement.
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- Instance of
- architectural landmark
- Named after
- Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Located in
- Dubai
- Area
- 344000
- Owned by
- Emaar Properties
- Material used
- glass
- Developer
- Emaar Properties
- Official website
- www.burjkhalifa.ae
- Image
- Dubai skyline 2015 (crop).jpg
- Height
- 584.5
- Has use
- hotel
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- capital cost
- 1500000000
- floors above ground
- 163
- architect
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Commons category
- Burj Khalifa
- main building contractor
- Besix
- structural engineer
- William F. Baker
- architectural style
- neo-futurism
- floors below ground
- 1
- number of elevators
- 58
- Commons gallery
- Burj Khalifa
- date of official opening
- 2010-01-04
- inception
- 2004-00-00
- street address
- 1 بوليفارد الشيخ محمد بن راشد
- native label
- برج خليفة
- social media followers
- 456954
- inspired by
- Great Mosque of Samarra
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview
Photographic silhouette of the Dubai skyline; the Burj Khalifa is visible at the centre
The Burj Khalifa (previously known as Burj Dubai prior to inauguration) is a megatall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it is the world's tallest structure, with a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, or just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding the antenna, but including a 242.6 m spire) of 828 m (2,717 ft). It has also been the tallest building in the world since its topping out in 2009, surpassing Taipei 101, which had held the record since 2004.
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