Highest Building in the World




















Identification
Official nameBurj Dubai
Emporis Building Number182168
 
Location
Address*
Bordering streetBurj Dubai Boulevard
Exact Latitude*
Exact Longitude*
Location Map (POI)*
ZoneBusiness Bay
CityDubai
StateDubai
CountryUnited Arab Emirates
Technical Data
Height (tip)*
Height (struct.)818 m2,684 ft
Height (roof)*
Height (main roof)*
Height (top floor)*
Height (obs. deck)*
Floors (OG)162
Construction start*
Construction end2009
GFA*
Parking places*
Costs at completion*

Building in General
Type of constructionskyscraper
Architectural style*
Statusconstructed

Facts
-The triple-lobed footprint of the building is based on an abstracted desert flower native to the region.
-A subtle reference to the onion domes of Islamic architecture can be found in the building's silhouette when looking up at the lobes from near the base.
-The tower will be situated on a man-made lake which is designed to wrap around the tower and to provide dramatic views of it.
-Engineers working on the design considered installing triple-decker elevators, which would have been the first in the world. The realized building will use double-decker elevators.
-The top of the building will contain a public observation deck and a private club above that.
-Although the building's shape resembles the bundled tube concept of the Sears Tower, it is structurally very different and is technically not a tube structure.
-The design by Skidmore Owings & Merrill replaces a plan to reuse the design for Grollo Tower, which was proposed in Melbourne a few years earlier.
-Designed by Adrian D. Smith, FAIA, RIBA Design Partner at Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP.
-"Burj" is Arabic for "Tower".
-Burj Dubai will become the world's tallest building, along with the world's tallest man-made structure when it is completed.
-The highest residential floor will be level 109.
-An observation deck will occupy the 124th floor.
-The building was rotated 120 degrees to allow for less stress from the prevailing winds.
-The building sits on a concrete and steel podium with 192 piles descending to a depth of more than 50 metres (164 feet).
-A total of 45,000 cubic metres of concrete are used in the foundations with a weight in excess of 110,000 tonnes.
-The exterior cladding is of reflective glazing with aluminium and textured stainless steel spandrel panels with vertical tubular fins of stainless steel.
-The cladding system is designed to withstand Dubai's extreme summer temperatures.
-This is the first world's tallest building since prehistoric times to include residential space.
-The official height has not been released, and remains secret. The total height of 808 meters is subject to change.
-Burj Dubai became the world's tallest high-rise building on July 24, 2007, and the world's tallest self-supporting structure on September 12, 2007.

source : http://www.emporis.com







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