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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 ...
At The Top, Burj Khalifa is a series of observation decks on the 124th and 125th floors of the Burj Khalifa which opened 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 ...
Adrian D. Smith. Adrian Devaun Smith (born August 19, 1944) is an American architect. He designed the world's tallest structure, Burj Khalifa, as well as the building projected to surpass it, the Jeddah Tower. A long-time principal of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, he founded his own architectural partnership firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill ...
Burj Khalifa. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Visit the observation deck at the world's tallest skyscraper for outstanding views of the human-made splendor of Dubai, as well as the desert beyond.
The 828-metre (2,717 ft) tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai has been the tallest building since 2010. [1] The Burj Khalifa has been classified as megatall. [2] A diagram showing the tallest buildings as of 2024. This is a list of the tallest buildings. Tall buildings, such as skyscrapers, are intended here as enclosed structures with continuously ...
The Clock Towers (Arabic: أبراج الساعة, romanized:ʾAbrāj al-Sāʿaẗ, lit. 'Towers of the Clock', formerly known as Arabic: أبراج البيت, romanized:ʾAbrāj al-Bayt, lit. 'Towers of the House'), is a government-owned complex of seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. These towers are a part of the King Abdulaziz ...
Tom Cruise scales the Burj Khalifa in the most memorable action sequence from Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. (Photo: Paramount Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection) (©Paramount/Courtesy ...
Therefore, the U.S. freedom of panorama (for architecture only) is applied to images of all copyrighted architecture from countries with no freedom of panorama exceptions. The U.S. freedom of panorama, found at Sec. 120(a), allows photography and the distribution or public display of resulting images of architectural works that are found in or ...