Burj Khalifa

Marina Andreou B5

Background Information
Khalifa

Tower", known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is the tallest man-made building ever built, at 828 m. Construction began on 21 September 2004, the exterior of the building was finished on 1 October 2009. The building finished and opened on the 4th of January 2010. It took overall 6 years to be finished!!

Architecture and Engineering

It

was performed by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill of Chicago, with Adrian Smith as chief architect, and Bill Baker as chief structural engineer.

Construction Labour

About

7,500 skilled workers were used for the construction of the building. http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=yNfpwdLV Z4c

The Design-History
The

design of Burj Khalifa is derived from patterning systems embodied in Islamic architecture. According to the structural engineer, Bill Baker, the building's design contains cultural and historical elements particular to the region. The Y-shaped plan is ideal for residential and hotel usage, with the wings allowing maximum outward views and inward natural light

The design architect, Adrian Smith, has said the triple-lobed footprint (base) of the building was inspired by the flower Hymenocallis!! During the design process, engineers rotated the building 120 degrees from its original layout to reduce stress from strong winds since it is very tall!

Features
More

than 4000 tones of steel were used and more than 1,000 pieces of art decorate the interiors of Burj Khalifa featuring 196 bronze and brass alloy symbols representing the 196 countries of the world. The outside part is made of glass! There are two swimming pools on the 43rd and 76th floors.

 The

building is expected to hold up to 35,000 people!! This shows the size and strength of the building. are 160 floors, 57 elevators and 8 escalators!!

There

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Residential Sky lobby Mechanical Armani Hotel suites Armani Residences Mechanical Armani Residences Armani Hotel Armani Hotel Armani Hotel

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Costs
The

total cost of the project was about $1.5 billions!!

The

Armani hotel that is found on the first floors of the building cost $37,500 per m2 and the rest of it cost $43,000 per m2 !

The Opening Day!!

The

opening day was held on 4th January 2010. The ceremony featured a display of 10,000 fireworks, light beams projected on and around the tower, and further sound, light and water effects!

Current Records
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At this moment the building in Dubai has 14 records!! Some of them are: Tallest structure ever built: 828 m Building with most floors: 160(the previous just 108) Worlds highest swimming pool (76th floor)

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Bibliography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa

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