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The Burj Khalifa [a] (known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration) is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.It is the world's tallest structure.With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, or just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding antenna, but including a 242.6 m spire) [2] of 828 m (2,717 ft), the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world ...
Taipei 101 comprises 101 floors above ground, as well as five basement levels. The first building to break the half-kilometer mark in height, [10] it was the world's tallest building from 31 March 2004 to 10 March 2010 (six years) [46] [47] until it was surpassed by the Burj Khalifa in 2010. For 12 years it also had the fastest elevator, at 61 ...
This is a list of buildings and other structures that have been envisioned. The X-Seed 4000 is one of the tallest structures ever conceived. Shown in this image is the Burj Khalifa (828 m (2,717 ft)), tallest structure in the world at the time of completion in 2010 to this year (2024), and the X-Seed 4000 project. (4,000 m (13,000 ft)) The ...
Located on Sheikh Zayed Road, in Dubai’s World Trade Center district, Burj Azizi will still stand almost 340 feet shorter than the 2,717-foot-tall Burj Khalifa, less than two miles away.But it ...
During more than 500 days of travel, Pachelli visited 172 courts (of the roughly 200 in the book), crisscrossing more than 250 cities and towns in his pursuit of spotlighting the world’s most ...
The giant structure is 5,249ft (1,600m) tall and covers 14 square km
At The Top, Burj Khalifa is a series of observation decks on the 124th and 125th floors of the Burj Khalifa, opening to the public on 5 January 2010. At 452 m (1,483 ft), it boasted the highest manmade observation deck in the world at the time [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This record was subsequently broken and regained twice with the respective openings ...
Completed in 1976 at a height of 553.33 metres (1,815 ft 5 in), it was the world's tallest [118] freestanding structure until 2007 when it was surpassed by Burj Khalifa in Dubai. [ 119 ] Toronto is a city of high-rises and had 1,875 buildings over 30 metres (98 ft) as of 2011.