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