At an incredible height of 828 meters (2,717 feet), Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, is the tallest recorded building in the world.
What is the tallest building in the world?
It’s
three times as tall as the Eiffel Tower.
It
has hotels, residential apartments and shopping malls that cover 2km2. Upon its
completion in 2010, it broke several records, including the world's highest
restaurant and nightclub. It also has the most number of floors (163) of any
building ever constructed and the tallest elevator shaft in the world.
It
also has over 24,000 windows.
The
structure is built using reinforced concrete, aluminium and steel. It took more
than 110,000 tons of concrete, 55,000 tons of steel rebar, and 22 million
man-hours to complete the building. The total weight of aluminium used on the
Burj Khalifa is equivalent to that of five A380 aircraft.
The
tip of the spire of the Burj Khalifa can be seen from up to 95 kilometers away.
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