General Description | Burj Khalifa Tourism

General Description

12.07.2010

As reported by Associated Press, 4^th of January 2010 in the Dubai Emirate was officially opened the tallest building in the world – Burj Khalifa Tower (during construction called Burj Dubai).

Work on the foundations has been started in January 2004. The Tower is designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (USA) company. General Contractor – Company Samsung C & T. Building was started on the 21^th of September 2004. July 21, 2007 the building became the highest structure in the world. The tower is a city in the city – with its own lawns, boulevards and parks. It has a usable area of 334000 square meters, distributed on 160 floors.

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The cost of this magnificient construction is estimated at $ 1.5 billion, while the total cost of Downtown Dubai architectural complex, valued at $ 20 billion. The building is owned 16 world records of different classes. In particular the most attitudinal pool is located on the 76 floor of the Tower. On the 158 floor, located the most high-altitude stationary mosque in the world. The project Burj Khalifa embodied characteristic of Muslim architecture solutions. Equilateral shamrock section of lower floors by recognition of architects was “borrowed” from Hymenocallis flower shape.