The tower in Dubai designed by Adrian Smith of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and opened in 2010, rising 828 meters on a Y-shaped buttressed core plan, the tallest building in the world by a margin of hundreds of meters. Its setbacks spiral upward in a form its designers relate to desert flower geometry and to regional tower traditions.
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Building Type LocationDubai, United Arab Emirates 2 Completed Year Completed Year Height (m)Height to the architectural top per CTBUH, which ranks it the tallest building in the world. Classification
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Associated With
CTBUH is the body that certifies tall-building height records, including the Burj Khalifa's certification as the world's tallest building.
Source Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Official Site
Designed By
Designed by Adrian Smith as design partner at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), the architecture firm of record, before he left to found Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture in 2006.
Source Wikipedia: Adrian Smith (architect)
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Uses Element
A reinforced concrete buttressed core to level 156, steel-framed above.
Source Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Official Site
The tapering spire above the occupied floors is a stainless-steel-clad structure assembled inside the building and jacked into place.
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1. Burj Khalifa (Wikipedia)
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The Burj Khalifa (previously known as Burj Dubai prior to inauguration) is a megatall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Designed by the SOM architectural firm, 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 the antenna, but including a 242.6 m spire) of 828 m (2,717 ft). It has been the tallest building in the world since its complete inauguration in 2011, surpassing Taipei 101, which had held the record since 2004.
Construction of the Burj Khalifa began in 2004; the exterior was completed five year
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Category:High-tech architecture
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Category:Neo-futurist architecture
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Category:Islamic architecture in Asia
In Style: Postmodern Architecture, Wikipedia categories
Category:Postmodern architecture in Dubai
View the Source 2. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Official Site
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitatskyscrapercenter.com/building/burj-khalifa/3, building overview section
Burj Khalifa has redefined what is possible in the design and engineering of supertall buildings. By combining cutting-edge technologies and cultural influences, the building serves as a global icon that is both a model for future urban centers and speaks to the global movement towards compact, livable urban areas.
- Uses Element: Reinforced Concrete
- Associated With: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Tallest buildings and height criteria records
View the Source 3. Wikidata: Burj Khalifa
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- Wikidata Q12495, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.britannica.com/topic/Burj-Khalifa, construction timeline sectionQuote, britannica.com/topic/Burj-Khalifa, construction timeline section
The Burj Khalifa took six years to build. Foundational excavation work commenced in January 2004, and the tower was formally opened on January 4, 2010. However, the opening took place before the interior was completed.
Wikipedia: Adrian Smith (architect)
WikipediaDesigned By: Adrian Smith, Burj Khalifa design creditQuote, Designed By: Adrian Smith, Burj Khalifa design credit
He designed the world's tallest structure, Burj Khalifa, as well as the building projected to surpass it, the Jeddah Tower.
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