Tallest Building of The World - A Miracle of Human Engineering

Tallest building of the world, 2722 ft high, with 163 floors, 24348 windows and costs USD $ 1.5 billion is the excellence of engineering.

Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is the tallest man-made building of the world. It is 829.8 m (2,722 ft) high. It was inaugurated on on January 4, 2010.

Salient features which make Burj Khalifa Outstanding

Height: 829.8 m (2,722 ft)
Cost: USD $ 1.5 billion
Floor count: 163 floors
Floor area: 309,473 m2 (3,331,100 sq ft)
Construction Material Used: 4,000 tonnes of structural steel to composed the spire of Burj Khalifa
142,000 m2 (1,528,000 sq ft) of reflective glazing, and aluminium and textured stainless steel spandrel panels with vertical tubular fins at the exterior cladding.
26,000 glass panels are used in the exterior cladding.
Accommodate Capacity: 35,000 people at any one time
Elevators: 57
Escalators: 8
Speed of Elevators: fastest rising and descending at up to 10 m/s (33 ft/s) for double-deck elevators
No. of Stairs: 2,909 stairs from the ground floor to the 160th floor
Plumbing Systems in Burj Khalifa: 946,000 L (250,000 US gal) water supply per day
100 km (62 mi) of pipes used in plumbing
213 km (132 mi) of piping serves the fire emergency system
34 km (21 mi) supplies chilled water for the air conditioning system
Air conditioning : the tower’s cooling is equivalent to that provided by 13,000 ton (29,000,000 lb) of melting ice in one day.
No. of Windows: 24,348 windows
The Residence: 900 Burj Khalifa residences
The Corporate Suites: 37 office floors
Armani Hotel Dubai: 160 guestrooms and suites
Armani Residences Dubai: 144 private residences
The Park: 11 hectares park

Records Pocketed by Burj Khalifa

Tallest existing structure
Tallest structure ever built
Tallest freestanding structure
Tallest skyscraper (to top of spire)
Tallest skyscraper to top of antenna
Building with most floors
Building with world’s highest occupied floor
World’s highest elevator installation (situated inside a rod at the very top of the building)
World’s longest travel distance elevators
Highest vertical concrete pumping (for a building)
World’s tallest structure that includes residential space
World’s second highest outdoor observation deck
World’s highest installation of an aluminium and glass facade
World’s highest nightclub
World’s highest restaurant (At.mosphere)
World’s highest New Year display of fireworks
World’s second highest swimming pool