Awards and records

Awards:

    Burj Khalifa won the Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa award by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat In June 2010
    Burj Khalifa has also won the award for best project of year at the Middle East Architect Awards On 28 September 2010



Current records Belongs to Burj Khalifa



* Tallest skyscraper to top of spire: 828 m

* Tallest man made structure was ever built: 828 m

* Tallest extant structure: 828 m

* Tallest self-supporting structure: 828 m

* Building with most no. of floors: 160

* Building with highest in use floor in the world: 160th floor

* World’s highest elevator installation, situated inside a rod at the very top of the building

* World’s fastest elevators running at speed of 64 km/h (40 mph) or 18 m/s (59 ft/s)

* Highest vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 606 m (1,988 ft)

* The first world’s tallest structure in history having the residential space

* Highest outdoor observation deck in the world (124th floor) at 452 m (1,483 ft

* World’s highest mosque (located on the 158th floor)

* World’s highest installation of an aluminum and glass facade, at a height of 512 m (1,680 ft)

* World’s highest swimming pool (76th floor)

* World’s highest nightclub (144th floor).

* World’s highest restaurant, Atmosphere, located on 122nd floor at the height of 442 m (1,450 ft).

* World’s highest New Year fireworks display

Burj Khalifa surroundings

Burj Khalifa park

Burj Khalifa is has its own park stretched in about 27-acre. The park was designed by landscape architects SWA Group. The park consist six water features, gardens, palm lined walkways, and flowering trees. At the middle of the park and there is a series of pools and water jet fountains.



The Dubai Fountain

Outside the Burj Khalifa, there is a man-made fountain known as Dubai Fountain. Which is cost aboutUS$217 million. The fountain system was designed by a California based company, WET Design. There are total 6,600 lights and 50 colored projectors Illuminate the fountain, it is 275 m long and shoots water 150 m into the air. And plays the classical to contemporary Arabic and world music.

Burj Khalifa

Burj Khalifa earlier known as Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world. Located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Burj Khalifa is currently the tallest man-made structure ever built. Burj Khalifa was started its Construction in September 2004 and took 6 years to complete in Jan 2010. The Height of Burj Khalifa is 828 m. There are about 163 habitable floors plus 46 maintenance levels in the spire and 2 parking levels in the basement in the building. The total cost is estimated $1.5 billion. Burj Khalifa opened for public on 4th January 2010. Burj Khalifa was developed by Emaar Properties Developer. As Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world it provides unparalleled views of Dubai city.


Burj Khalifa is an extra ordinary combination of engineering and art. The Burj Khalifa tower’s architecture and engineering were performed by the team of professional architects, and engineers Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago, with Adrian Smith as chief architect, and Bill Baker as chief structural engineer. Burj Khalifa has been designed for mix use would include 30,000 homes, 9 hotels, 3 hectares of parkland, 19 residential towers, the Dubai Mall, and the 12-hectare man-made Burj Khalifa Lake.