Burj Khalifa, the tallest building of world with a height of about 829.8 metres, is situated in Dubai. Spire at the top of this building of height around 244 metres contributes a lot to remark this building as the tallest building of the world. It’s construction started in 2004 and ended up in 2009. It was officially opened in 2010. In the starting, during its construction it was known as burj dubai but later renamed as burj khalifa due to the fund provided by the ‘Shiekh khalifa’ for the construction of this building. The building is made up of reinforced cement concrete, steel, aluminium, and covered by glasses. The glasses prevent hight heat and wind to enter into the building. As we goes upward in the sky the temperature decreases, hence the temperature at the top of the building is less than the bottom. It takes a lot of time to clear the exterior of the building, the building is also installed with cleaning machines to clean the building.
This building has broken many records such as tallest building in the world, building with most number of floors i.e. 163, world’s highest nightclub, restaurant etc.
One of the reason to build this building was to bring the dubai in recognition and limelight. Burj khalifa consists of hotel, restaurant, offices, swimming pools
and residential apartments. Arman hotel of burj khalifa consists of 15 floors. The building has around 900 residential apartments. This building consist of 57 elevators and 8 escalators.
The buildings such as hotel restaurants near the Burj khalifa gain a lot of profit due to construction of burj khalifa but the burj khalifa itself gained very low profit.
In 2011, a man jumped form the building and committed suicide. Many times it is reported that people did suicide by jumping form the building, and many times it is reviewed as false news also.
Burj khalifa is a centre of attraction for tourists. Millions of people comes to visit Burj khalifa every year. This building is one of the vital example about statement ” Technology & skills both are getting upgraded with time”.
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