Maintenance areas are not included. Height to tip Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the highest point of the building, irrespective of material or function of the highest element. This includes antennae, flagpoles, signage and other functional-technical equipment. Need help? How can we help you? The tower topped out in January at its full height of The whole project cost 1. But for buildings in Dubai, this number is far ahead of other supertalls while the majority of Dubai's supertall skyscrapers cost only around million dollars.
Burj Khalifa has the world's highest building-based observation deck. When the tower first opened in , they opened the observation deck on level named At The Top at the same time, it's a observatory that contains outdoor terrace, at meters high, almost only a half height of the tower, even Shanghai World Financial Center which is only meters tall has a observation deck at m high.
But At The Top had been the highest observation deck that contains outdoor terrace until the Canton Tower's m high outdoor observatory surpassed it.
In Burj Khalifa opened its second observation deck named At The Top SKY at level at height of m, surpassed the observation deck of Canton Tower, which was the highest observation deck back then. And there's also an outdoor part, thus became the highest observation deck of the world in both the indoor and outdoor category.
The price of the admission ticket is much higher than other skyscrapers around the world. As of , the standard ticket for accessing the observation decks on th and th floors cost UAE dirhams, approximately 37 dollars. The exception is dusk time, which starts at and ends at , it is the ideal time for sightseeing as the scenery is usually most beautiful by this time, and by the way visitors can view both the day views and night views in a single visit, a same visit by that time cost dirhams.
The admission tickets can be booked from here. The standard ticket for a visit to all three observation decks costs dirhams, approximately US dollars. For dusk times, it needs dirhams for a same visit. Note: There are more other options available, and the prices may subject to change, check the building's official website for more details and booking in advance on some third party sites will generally cost less. Popular Culture :. In the film, for tracing the exchange of the code between the lady killer Moreau and two other men, Ethan Hunt Tom Cruise jumps out from a upper floor around m high to scale on the glass cladding using a pair of special gloves, the destination is a computer service room, in the meanwhile, one of gloves got out of order, which makes him dropped about 30 foot before he steady himself to continues climb up using one arm with the left glove, and after climbed to a level at height of m, he breaks the glass and enters the computer room.
Besides the film, in the reality, the French climber Alain Robert who dubbed 'spider-man' as he had scaled numerous skyscrapers before, scaled Burj Khalifa on March 28th , it took him 6 hours to reach the top tip while a large crowd watching from below. American film Independence Day 2 : Burj Khalifa is used as a spear by alien to destroy London, it is seen in the film that Burj Khalifa soars out of the clouds in Dubai and ploughs to London, finally it crashes into the River Thames.
Information of Other Skyscrapers Around the World. Skip to content. Burj Khalifa looked up This page introduces some facts about the building and the related information.
Burj Khalifa seen along with other towers in Downtown Dubai. Burj Khalifa at sunset is commonly known as the number of Burj Khalifa's floors, but a foot building couldn't have only floors even when the spire is removed right? Burj Khalifa fireworks show. Adrian Smith, the Architect designed Burj Khalifa The tower is built on a shamrock-shaped footprint, making the tower seen like a letter 'Y' from above in the air, this shape derived from Hymenocallis, also known as desert lily, a local plant live in desert, the tower's cross section area reduces gradually as it rises.
Hymenocallis, a plant in Dubai which inspired the shape of footprint of Burj Khalifa Burj Khalifa seen from satellite, showing the Y-shape base and how it tapers gradually to the tip. Did you see the funny pictures they do of people climbing, falling off, etc?
Those were tempting but way too expensive — clever though. Wonder if we were there around the same time — week of March 14th? Hi Kay! No, we visited Dubai back in November on our way to the Maldives. We did see those funny pictures — what a clever souvenir! Amazing documentary Jen, congratulations. Qatar is planning to build a tower more high than Burj khalifa. If this fact will be true, will you be there? I want to see somethings there, but I would like to see you there in 8 years.
Hi guys! The height of the Burj Khalifa is m. And the tallest constructing building NOW is the Kingdom Tower, 1, m tall, 3, ft, floors, and the construction starts at the end of It will be completed on It is half height of the Mount Everest the tallest mountain in the world , in Nepal and Tibet.
And the tallest anything is the Space Elevator in Indonesia. It will be completed in , so I am already years old when , and now I am 7 years old. My birthday is Oct 25 And now, i forgot to say, X-Seed will be built in Tokyo, Japan.
And now, I forgot to say, the height of the Sky City in China in feet is 2, So thats all for now. Thanks for your comment Brandon, but Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world as the other buildings you mention are not complete. So until then, Burj Khalifa gets the distinction. Sky City was cancelled due to lack of design detail and doubts about its structural integrity.
I think you will find similar information about the other buildings you listed. I actually worked on the wood floors in the burg and it truely is an amazing buidind both inside and out. My neck still suffers due to trying to see the top lol. The circumference of the world is about feet a quarter of that is I was told that there is an almost constant mist near the top due to the height. Is that true? Even in the desert? If so, truly awesome! I just visited this spectacular building last week, so amazing facts I saw myself.
Thank you for sharing. Each manufacturer calls it something different. My Point? You can then view these yourself or share with friends. Then start taking some beautiful Photospheres around Dubai or anywhere worth capturing for that matter!
For example, UAE many iranians went there or Azerbaijan. Having worked on the documenting the building of the project, There were men working on it at the peak of it.
Just need that corrected. It is a must watch place. Thank you, Have a nice day. Yes, the tower is still standing. There are hotels, residential apartments and businesses located inside. And tourists can visit the top.
Amongst all the world records etc etc there was a bird a bit similar to a pigeon alive and well but sitting in the far corner of the observation deck. How did it ever fly that high? It must be an Emirati bird that has claimed yet another world record!!
Pricey to go all the way up as far as possible, but well worth it if you are able to do it. Last month I spent a few days in Dubai. It was my third trip to this Emirate and I have to say, the more I get to know it, the more enjoyable I find this place.
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