Burj Khalifa or Burj Dubai is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With 163 usable floors and 828 meters high, this tower is currently the tallest man-made structure and skyscraper. The construction of this tower started in January 2004 and was opened on the 4th day of January 2010. Burj Khalifa has more than a thousand apartment units, 49 office floors, 4 swimming pools and a library for residents. Also, Armani Hotel with 160 rooms designed by Giorgio Armani is located on the first floors of the tower.

The facade of Burj Khalifa consists of 24,348 pieces of glass, which has a total area of ​​120,000 square meters. Cleaning this number of glass facades is done horizontally through the grooves on floors 40, 73, 109. The duration of this process takes 2-3 months. In each of these grooves, there are heavy cables that carry the 1500 kg tank, which is moved horizontally and vertically.

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Architecture of Burj Khalifa

• The architecture of Burj Khalifa is formed from 3 separate layers and based on the inspiration of HYMENOCALLIS flower.
• The tower consists of 3 cores in a Y shape, all 3 wings are connected.
• The Y design is based on the maximum view of the Persian Gulf along with the principles of Islamic design.

Interior design of Burj Khalifa

The interior design of Burj Khalifa was also designed by Owings and Merill LLP and Nada Andric, who is one of the best interior designers in the world, and the highest quality glass, stainless steel, and dark stones are used in this design.

Also, the floor is silver travertine, hand-woven carpet and paving stones, and the walls are also Venetian plastered, and all these are a combination of modern art and local culture.

Burj Khalifa construction materials

• The use of more than 45,000 cubic meters equivalent to the weight of 110,000 tons of concrete for the strengthening of Burj Khalifa
• The use of 192 excavators at a depth of 50 meters
• Installation of 175 pieces of glass per day by 380 engineers
• The aluminum used in this tower is equivalent to 5 A380 airplanes and the stainless steel used is equivalent to 293 times that of the Eiffel Tower.
• Also, this tower has a vertical pumping record of 601 meters.

Burj Khalifa records

• The tallest building in the world
• The tallest structure in the world
• The largest number of floors in the world
• The highest habitable floor in the world
• The world’s highest outdoor deck
• The longest elevator in the world
• The world’s highest elevator service