Burj Khalifa is the tallest manmade structure in the world at 829.84 m tall located in Dubai, UAE. Construction began in 2004 and was completed in 2010. It has over 160 floors and holds up to 35,000 people. Burj Khalifa has the world's highest outdoor observation deck, the tallest service elevator, and is served by the fastest elevators.

1. Burj Khalifa

2.  Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper
in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is
currently the tallest manmade structure
in the world, at 829.84 m (2,723 ft).
 Construction
began on 21 September
2004 and the building officially opened
on 4 January 2010.

3. Adrian Smith Bill Baker
Architect & structural engineer

4. Burj Khalifa is named after the
UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed
Al Nahyan for his crucial support

5. Burj Khalifa compared to some
other well-known tall structures

6. The design architect, Adrian
Smith, has said the triple lobed
footprint of the building was
inspired by the
flower Hymenocallis.

7.  Burj Khalifa is expected to hold up to
35,000 people at any one time, with 57
elevators and 8 escalators installed.
 The elevators have a capacity of 12 to
14 people per cabin, the fastest rising
and descending at up to 18 m/s
(59 ft/s).
 The building has 2,909 stairs from the
ground floor to the 160th floor.

8. Elevator Lobby escalators

9. Floors Use
160 and above Mechanical
156–159 Communication and broadcast
155 Mechanical
139–154 Corporate suites
136–138 Mechanical
125–135 Corporate suites
124 At the Top observatory
123 Sky lobby
122 At.mosphere restaurant
111–121 Corporate suites
109–110 Mechanical
77–108 Residential
76 Sky lobby
73–75 Mechanical
44–72 Residential
43 Sky lobby
40–42 Mechanical
38–39 Armani Hotel suites
19–37 Armani Residences
17–18 Mechanical
9–16 Armani Residences
1–8 Armani Hotel
Ground Armani Hotel
Concourse Armani Hotel
B1–B2 Parking, mechanical

10. The Burj
Khalifa's
water system
supplies an
average of
946,000 l
(250,000USg
al) of water
per day
through
100 km
(62 mi) of

11. Air Conditioning
 The air conditioning system draws air
from the upper floors where the air is
cooler and cleaner than on the ground.
 At peak cooling times, the tower's cooling
is equivalent to that provided by 13,000 t
(29,000,000 lb) of melting ice in one day
 The condensed water is collected and
drained into a holding tank located in the
basement car park; this water is then
pumped into the site irrigation system for
use on the Burj Khalifa park.

12. The Dubai Fountain

13.  The Dubai Fountain is a record-setting
choreographed fountain system set on
the 30-acre manmade Burj
Khalifa Lake, at the center of
the Downtown Dubai.
 Illuminated by 6,600 lights and 25
colored projectors, it is 275 m long and
shoots water 150 m into the air.
 equivalent to a 50-story building.
 It was built at a cost of AED 800 million
(USD 218 million).

14. Window Cleaning
 To wash the 24,348 windows, totaling
120,000 m2 of glass, a horizontal track
has been installed on the exterior of
Burj Khalifa at levels 40, 73 and 109.
 Above level 109, up to tier 27
traditional cradles from davits are
used.
 The top of the spire, however, is
reserved for specialist window
cleaners.

15. window cleaning

16. Opening Ceremony
 The opening of Burj Khalifa was held
on 4 January 2010,by the UAE prime
minister Sheikh Mohammed.

17.  The ceremony featured a display of
10,000 fireworks, light beams projected
on and around the tower, with
sound, light and water effects.

18. Climbing
On 28 March 2011, Alain
Robert scaled the outside of Burj
Khalifa.
 The climb to the top of the spire took
6 hours.

19. In Movies…
 A substantial part of the plot of Ghost
Protocol, the fourth of the Mission:
Impossible film series, takes place in
and around the Burj Khalifa.