The Burj Khalifa ( Dubai,United Arab Emirates)

Official name: Burj Khalifa Bin Zayed
Also known as: Burj Dubai
Also known as: Tower of Khalifa
Formerly: Burj Dubai
Built: 2004-2010
Cost: $4,100,000,000
Designed by: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Type: Skyscraper
Stories: 206
Maximum Height: 2,717 feet / 828 meters
Location: No. 1, Burj Dubai Boulevard

The in early 2000 was a wonderful moment in the race skyscraper. Was announced a number of projects of the beast, each longer than the past. But of all the promises made ​​noble, and the Burj Dubai is one of the very few to finish. 

Because of competition, did not was not until the building opened the officially in in January 2010 that the public I learned a height of the actual: 2717 feet. There were rumors in the past that kept getting tweaked design length were also announced for buildings taller opponent with heights. But you get the point where you have to stop construction at the end of the day, and for the Burj Dubai, which is the point on the 828 meters.

 Dubai is no stranger to huge skyscrapers, but this one sets a new standard. Aesthetically, the Burj Dubai is a wonderful stray from the glass hole in the sky Arabic. Are formed from three main axes are arranged in the form of Y. These setbacks taper in a spiral pattern until the Burj Dubai becomes a spire in the sky. In any city, this will be the huge structure. In the plain of extrovert from Dubai, but rather is the shock to the of view, and for visible for tens of of kilometers. 

But this tower does not stand on its feet. It is part of the complex on an area of ​​500 acres of offices, hotels, shops, lakes, and public places, which is an oasis of technological, economic, social and all on its own.

Architect: Adrian Smith
Developer: Emaar Properties
The foundation is made up of 192 concrete and steel pilings more than 164 feet (50 meters) deep. They are joined by a 12-foot-thick raft upon which the skyscraper rests.
45,000 cubic meters of concrete was used in the foundation.
The hotel in the Burj Dubai is going to be an Armani-branded hotel. In keeping with Islamic custom it will have separate hours for women and men at the pool.
The footprint of this building is in the shape of a hymenocallis, a desert flower native to the area.
According to an interview in Construction Week, the air conditioning chillers installed on the 155th and 159th floor are so high that their design had to take into account the thinner air at that elevation.

This building has about 30 setbacks.
Underground parking spaces: 16,000

January, 2004: Construction began.

          January 4, 2010: The building's official height was revealed: 2,717 feet / 828 meters.