The tallest building in the world is known as the Burj Khalifa (known as the Burj Dubai before its inauguration on 4th Jan., 2010). It is located in Downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Burj Khalifa stands at 828 meters (2,716.5 feet) tall, soaring over Dubai. Its construction was started on September 21, 2004 and completed in 2009.

Facts & Figures About ‘Burj Khalifa’
Burj Khalifa originally known as Burj Dubai and was
renamed to Burj Khalifa in honor of UAE president
‘Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan’.
There are 900 apartments in Burj Khalifa.
It took nearly 6 years (2004-2009) to fully construct
and officially open Burj Khalifa.
Cost of project: $1.5 billon.
It’s height is 828 metres.
There are 162 floors and 309,473 m sq covered in
Burj Khalifa building.
Burj Khalifa has 37 office floors.
Office space pricing at Burj Khalifa is about $3000
to $5000 per square feet.
It has 11 hectares park area.
There are 6 mind blowing water features.
Burj Khalifa has 3000 underground parking spaces.
It has 4-storey fitness and recreation annex.
Burj Khalifa has world’s second highest outdoor
observation deck on 124 level at 452 m.
There is a dining restaurant at 122 level at 442 m
height.
World’s second highest swimming pool at 76 level.
It has 144 Armani private residences.
Burj Khalifa can accommodate 35,000 people at a
time.
It has 2909 stairs from ground floor to 160 level.
Burj Khalifa holds the record of 504 metres longest
travel distance elevator in the world.
Daily supply of water at Burj Khalifa is about
946,000 litres through 100 km of pipes.