The Highest Man-Made Structure in the World

Burj Khalifa

Burj Khalifa (Arabic: برج خليفة‎ "Khalifa Tower"), formerly known as Burj Dubai, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 828 m (2,717 ft).Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. The building officially opened on 4 January 2010.

Current Records:

• Tallest skyscraper to top of spire: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously Taipei 101 – 509.2 m (1,671 ft))
• Tallest structure ever built: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously Warsaw radio mast – 646.38 m (2,121 ft))
• Tallest extant structure: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously KVLY-TV mast – 628.8 m (2,063 ft))
• Tallest freestanding structure: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously CN Tower – 553.3 m (1,815 ft))
• Building with most floors: 160 (previously Willis Tower – 108)
• World's highest elevator installation
• World's fastest elevators at speed of 64 km/h (40 mph) or 18 m/s (59 ft/s) (previously Taipei 101 – 16.83 m/s)
• Highest vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 606 m (1,988 ft) (previously Taipei 101 – 449.2 m (1,474 ft))
• Highest vertical concrete pumping (for any construction): 606 m (1,988 ft) (previously Riva del Garda Hydroelectric Power Plant – 532 m (1,745 ft))
• The first world's tallest structure in history to include residential space
• Highest outdoor observation deck in the world (124th floor)
• World's highest mosque (located on the 154th floor)
• World's highest installation of an aluminium and glass façade, at a height of 512 m (1,680 ft)
• World's highest swimming pool (76th floor)

Burj Khalifa on 23 November 2009


Burj Khalifa compared to some other well-known tall structures

For more information about Burj Khalifa read about it in Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa