The Burj Khalifa was developed by Emaar Properties and designed by architect Adrian Smith at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Construction started on January 6, 2004 and the building opened on January 4, 2010, making the total build time just over 6 years. The construction cost was USD 1.5 billion, with 12,000 workers on site at…
Yes, Tom Cruise really climbed the outside of the Burj Khalifa. The scene appears in Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, released in December 2011. Cruise climbed to approximately 518 metres above the ground with no stunt double, attached only by a safety harness drilled into the building. It remains one of the most famous practical stunts…
Yes, the Burj Khalifa has residential apartments. There are over 900 units across floors 19 to 108, plus 144 Armani Residences on floors 9 to 16. All units are freehold and available to foreign buyers. Prices start from around AED 1.54 million for a studio and reach AED 55 million or more for the top-tier…
The Burj Khalifa is at 1 Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard, Downtown Dubai, UAE. The nearest metro station is Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall on the Red Line. Observation deck visitors enter through the Lower Ground Floor of Dubai Mall, not from outside the building. The metro is the fastest and cheapest way to get there, taking…
The Armani Hotel Dubai is the only hotel inside the Burj Khalifa. It sits across 11 floors of the building, from the concourse level up to floor 8, plus floors 38 and 39. Giorgio Armani personally designed every room, restaurant, and public space inside the hotel. It has 160 guest rooms and suites, 7 restaurants,…
At.mosphere is the world’s highest restaurant, sitting on floor 122 of the Burj Khalifa at 442 metres above the ground. It has two sections on the same floor, a formal fine dining restaurant and a more relaxed lounge and bar. You do not need a Burj Khalifa observation deck ticket to visit. You enter through…
The Dubai Fountain runs daily on Burj Lake in Downtown Dubai, right below the Burj Khalifa. Afternoon shows run at 1:00 PM and 1:30 PM from Saturday to Thursday, and at 2:00 PM and 2:30 PM on Fridays. Evening shows run every 30 minutes from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM, and watching the show is…
At The Top is the observation deck experience inside the Burj Khalifa, spread across floors 124, 125 and 148. Floor 124 sits at 452 metres, floor 125 at 456 metres, and floor 148 at 555 metres above the ground. It is the highest publicly accessible observation deck in the world and has been open to…
The Burj Khalifa has 163 floors above ground and 2 basement levels below. Of those 163 floors, around 154 are habitable and the top 9 floors (155 to 163) are used for mechanical equipment. The building serves as a hotel, residential complex, office space, restaurant, and observation deck all in one. The highest floor open…
The Burj Khalifa stands 828 metres (2,717 ft) tall that is its official architectural height recognised by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and Guinness World Records. It has 163 floors, sits in Downtown Dubai, UAE, and has held the title of the world’s tallest building since it opened on 4 January…
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