Burj Dubai - The tallest building

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 and the building officially opened on 4 January 2010.


General information
Cost : $1.5 billion
Location : Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Status : Complete
Groundbreaking : 21 September 2004
Opening : 4 January 2010
Use : Mixed-use
Height: Antenna or spire 828 m (2,717 ft)

Technical details
Floor count : 160 habitable floors
Floor area : 334,000 m2 (3,595,100 sq ft)

Companies involved
Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Structural engineer : Bill Baker at SOM
Contractor :Samsung C&T (Primary), followed by Besix and Arabtec
Supervision Consultant Engineer & Architect of Record : Hyder Consulting
Construction Project Manager : Turner Construction ,Grocon
Planning : Bauer AG and Middle East Foundations
Lift contractor : Otis
VT consultant : Lerch Bates
Developer : Emaar


Floors Use
160–206 Mechanical
156–159 Communication and Broadcast
155 Mechanical
139–154 Corporate Suites
136–138 Mechanical
125–135 Corporate Suites
124 Observatory
123 Sky Lobby
122 Atmosphere restaurant
111–121 Corporate Suites
109–110 Mechanical
77–108 Residential
76 Sky Lobby
44–72 Residential
43 Sky Lobby
40–42 Mechanical
38–39 Armani Hotel suites
19–37 Residential
17–18 Mechanical
9–16 Armani Residences
1–8 Armani Hotel
Ground Armani Hotel
Concourse Armani Hotel
B1–B2 Parking, Mechanical



Fireworks on inaugration