Skyscraper above Burge Califa. Skyscraper "Burj Khalifa" - the most majestic building in the world

Just a couple of decades ago, camels were joyful here on the dunes, and now the former desert spieshs with glass towers of skyscrapers. Favorite brainchild Emir Dubai Mohammed Ibn Rashid Al-McTwum, a new business center of the city, 2 square kilometers of luxury offices, apartments, hotel rooms, shops and entertainment facilities. The symbol of the new fate of the capital of the Emirate, who wished to turn out of the gravity raw materials appendage to the capital of the world, was to become a skyscraper "Burj Dubai". Two years after the end of the construction of the height, it still remains only the personification of the monstrous bubble in the local real estate market, almost crushed his creators to the world. About the difficult fate of the highest building of the world tells the Darrius blogger.

Back in the 1960s, Dubai looked something like that, and, it seemed, nothing foreshadowed the transformation of the forgotten embarrassing settlement on the shore of the Persian Gulf in the trendy megalopolis.

They refuel the British imperialists in the capital, the British imperialists, electricity and telephone communications appeared here only in the 1950s, and the main content of the life of local inhabitants was hatred for neighboring, a little more successful Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Even pearls, in the extraction of which Dubai blew a few in the 1920s, was not needed anyone.

But in 1971 there were oil. And although in much smaller quantities than in the same dislike of Abu Dhabi, but this was enough that the population of Dubai from 1968 to 1975 increased more than 3 times to 1975, mainly due to the inflow of migrant workers from India and Pakistan. After the initial capital accumulation period, when suddenly rejected local camels were actively involved in the benefits of civilization and knew the world outside the native tent, in the 1990s Dubai began to grow rapidly as the economic center of the region, which was also promoted and overall tensions in the Persian Gulf, where Dubai remained an island Stability, and successful friendship with successfully selected world gendarmes. Ultimately, thanks to the grand opening of unknown bearded geologists with a guitar, just 40 years after him, Dubai began to look strong and thriving.

In 1998, Emaar Properties, shortly before the educated developer company, the main shareholder of which is the government of the Emirate of Dubai, launched work on its own ambitious project. On two square kilometers The deserts previously occupied by the military base began construction of the new Dubai Business Center, according to the American model of the downtown. For $ 20 billion, there was not a microdistrict from panel houses for those in need of improving housing conditions, and a number of residential complexes, business centers, high-rise hotels and, finally, the world's largest shopping and entertainment center Dubai Mall with a total area of \u200b\u200b1.2 million ( !) Square meters, of which 1200 stores have occupied only 350 thousand "squares". Thus looked "Downstown Dubai" on the layout made in the workshops of the Dubai-Affairs project institute.

Plan of the new center of Dubai. Massive building on the right side of the render - Dubai Mall.

The main hero of Dountown-Dubai was to become a skyscraper, designed on the peninsula in an artificial reservoir, where a huge fountain complex was arranged. The high-rise building, which was planned to place hundreds of thousands of square meters of offices, apartments, hotel rooms and public premises, on the idea of \u200b\u200binvestors should not only be necessary to be the highest in the world, but also reliably and with a reserve to surpass a record height of 509 meters, to Time for six years as held Taipei 101 tower in Taipei. Moreover, Dubai Sheikh decided to walk so much: the new symbol of Dubai was to be in principle to become the highest of events ever built on the planet, overtaking 646-meter Warsaw Radomach, collapsed, however, along with socialism back in 1991.

Psychoanalysts could say a lot of psychoanalytics about such a passionate desire to exceed the rivals in the length, say, the vertical dominant, but you can understand Dubai Sheikh in something. Their emirat ended the process of reorientation of the economy with oil and gas production to provide various kinds of services, and some well-known symbol of the new city of both financial, cultural, entertainment, finally tourist Center Not just regional, but a planetary scale was needed. Dubai now has only 2% of the gas production of the United Arab Emirates, its petroleum reserves, according to a generally accepted opinion, should be exhausted over the next 20 years. Emirate was still lucky that his government realized the size of an inevitable catastrophe in time and, while there are funds for this, measures took measures to prevent it.

To design a building-symbol that received a simple name "Burj Dubai" (translated from the Arab "Dubai Tower"), Emaar Properties bosses appealed to the American company SOM. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Once a relatively small Chicago bureau has now turned into a real architectural transnational corporation with hundreds of projects, offices around the world and thousands of employees. The main architect of the project was appointed a senior partner of the company EDRIAN Smith. He proposed an 830-meter building for construction at once, which is in terms of a shaded shaft, in which several volumes of different heights are combined around the central core.

According to Smith, the artistic image of Burj Dubai was inspired by him by the traditional Islamic architecture, and the plan in the form of the letter Y seemed to be reminded by the flower of Himenokalles - plants occurring in the vicinity of Dubai.

For comparison, the source of the inspiration of the architect.

Architectural experts, in turn, immediately drew attention to the external similarity "Burj Dubai" with the project "Illinois" (The Illinois) of the outstanding American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. This utopian mile height skyscraper (1600 meters) was conceived by Write back in 1956, but, of course, could not be realized at that time due to the lack of relevant impact of the ideas of construction technologies.

Legends legends, but a chart in the form of a tribal with a very simple structure allows the most effectively to fight with wind loads on the building representing a serious problem for such a height facilities. The reduction of them contributes to the addition of their decrease, the spiral magnitude of the skyscraper, the area of \u200b\u200bthe floors of which consistently decreases as the tower is moving upwards. In addition, the Y-form is ideal for the maximum number of indoors to have panoramic views of the Persian Bay and the city.

Dubai Building Construction site is still finished, only the foundation of the Dubai Tower is over. The main contractor of the works was the construction unit of the Korean corporation Samsung.

So, Samsung forces mostly Hindus and Pakistanis had to build an 830-meter building in 163 floors with a total area of \u200b\u200b310 thousand square meters. The first 39 floors "Burj Dubai", the largest in the area, were given under the rooms and apartments Armani Hotel, then private apartments, the top, the smallest levels were given under the offices, were turned up to 108 floors. These three large rooms of the premises were diluted with special technical floors, as well as public floors, where there is access to everyone: several sightseeings, restaurants, pool.

The diagram below is clearly visible, as the area of \u200b\u200bthe floor of the Dubai Tower decreases as it increases its floors. At the top of the model plan of the hotel floor, in the center - apartment, down - office. Three wings of the skyscraper are combined with a well-visible central hexagonal core, where there are stairs, elevators and other engineering.

And so the plan from the scheme above looked in real life. Next to the foundation of the future skyscraper, the Figurines of the builders are noticeable for which you can approximately present the overall scales of construction. Only 45 thousand cubic meters of concrete was flooded in the foundation, 192 piles were used, each diameter of 1.5 and 43 meters long.

Structurally, the building is a monolithic frame of reinforced concrete with a solid flickering with glass panels. In total, 330 thousand cubic meters of concrete, 55 thousand tons of reinforcement and 22 million (!) Human hours were spent on his construction. The last achievement, secured by the work of several thousand builders who were usually at the construction site at the same time, as well as a low assessment of this work by the Arab customers periodically caused revolutionary drilling workers in the environment.

At the same time, 3 tower cranes were worked on the construction of the building, licked on the top of the tower, with a carrying capacity of 25 tons each.

The glazing of the skyscraper, as is customary for such height, occurred in parallel with construction.

In total, it took more than 26 thousand glass panels (in the photo just the installation process of one of them) with a total area of \u200b\u200b142 thousand square meters. Danish and Nosno, this important task was performed 300 with experts discharged from the PRC.

Separate fragments of the building required not just facing with glass, but also popular in Belarus filling the walls with silicate blocks.

In a skyscraper with a set of height, the area of \u200b\u200bthe floors was sequentially decreased, and ultimately the upper levels, in fact, are only a central hexagonal kernel without a tribal petals. For the harmonious completion of the artistic image of the altitude, it was necessary to hoist the kernel and steel spire weighing 4 thousand tons. In the spiele, 46 additional technical floors are arranged. Thus, the general floors of the building reaches 209 (plus two underground parking levels).

The construction of "Burj Dubai" continued at exactly six years and ended with a solemn opening ceremony on January 4, 2010. Because of the crisis, the construction of the highest building in the world was delayed in Dubai in 2009. Ambitious projects of the leadership of the Emirate almost it (emirate) did not bode. Only "Burj Dubai" cost $ 1.5 billion, and if non-financial assistance from the neighboring Abu Dhabi, a saving $ 20 billion in a critical moment, dubia would threaten the financial collapse. One of the conditions for support was, apparently, a sufficiently humiliating renaming of the Dubai Tower in Burj Khalifa ("Calipa Tower") in honor of the ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Califa Bin Zaza al-Nahayan.

So the main high-altitude focus of Skylain Dubai, the pride of the Emirate and the symbol of his bright future, was named after Emir Abu Dhabi. Considering the long-standing traditions of the rivalry of the two Arab Emirates, the decision was probably gone, Dubai Sheikham was not easy.

Complex "Burj Khalifa" on situational plan. The numbers are indicated: 1 - the main entrance, 2 - the entrance of Armani Hotel, 3 - an entrance for the tenants of the skyscraper, 4 - sightseeing platform, 5 - walking embankment, 6 - gardens, 7 - fountains, 8 - children's playground, 9 - recreation area, 10 - technical zone, 11 - an entrance for working in the building.

The territory around the skyscraper looks like something. You can even forget about the fact that around the lifeless desert.

"Burj Khalifa" in all its glory.

Some grand "dancing" fountains cost owners of $ 200 million.

Maintain "Burj Khalifa" 57 elevators and 8 escalators. Each elevator accommodates 12-14 people and moves at a speed of up to 18 meters per second. On every fireman (literally) there is a staircase to the height of the 160th floor. Those who wish to walk around it will have to mask 2909 steps.

The lower 39 floors of the building occupy the rooms and apartments Armani Hotel, the first hotel, the design of which invented the famous Italian fashion designer. So minimalistly, for example, looks like a hotel corridor on the 39th floor.

Interior of one of the numbers.

• The construction of the skyscraper took 6 years (2004-2010).
• Burge Califa is about $ 1.5 billion.
• The final elevation of the building was maintained secret until the official opening.
• The total height of 828 meters, the last floor is at the level of 584 meters.

Construction history

Mohammed Ibn Rashid Al Maktuum - Sheikh Emirate Dubai, planned the construction of the largest building in the world in 2002, which announced publicly. Then the area surrounding the Tower today was at the development stage and should have become a new large-scale tourist attraction. Skyscraper Burj Khalifa in Arab Emirates Built by Emaar, who spent the developer and the main contractor in Samsung Engineering from South Korea.

The working title of the structure was "Burj Dubai", but by the time of the completion of the work, the financial crisis broke out, there was not enough money. Sheikh was forced to take the desired amount from the ruler of the neighboring Abu Dhabi. In grateful, he renamed the building in honor of his caliph.

Height

In the middle of the construction period, the Burj Khalifa in the United Arab Emirates the height of the tower exceeded a similar indicator of Taipei (509 m) - a skyscraper in China, which before that was considered an absolute record holder. In the same 2007, the erected tower became higher than the largest structure - Canadian CN Tower (555 m). However, office, residential and technical floors are located not to the very top - the last of them is 584 meters from the ground surface. Next, a smooth steel spire is built 244 meters, inside of which there is a communication equipment (antennas, transmitters). Basic viewpoint Burj Khalifa is the highest in the world, ahead of even the Shanghai World Financial Center. The new record holder for this parameter is not foreseen.

Viewing platforms

There are several viewing sites in the building. The bottom is located on the 124th floor and is called "AT The Top". Typically, tourists hold here no more than an hour - this time is quite enough to admire the luxurious view of city. Tickets are easy to purchase at the first floor checkout. The standard value of the visit is at least 125 dirhams, but the price varies depending on the time of day. These cashiers are going to large queues, stand in which they want to all. You can Milify the pillar of tourists by buying an express ticket at 300 dirhams.

Wanting how many floors in the Burj Khalifa, consider that you can also purchase ticket To the main platform of 148 floors, not going down, if you suddenly decided to visit it. The entrance to "AT The Top Sky" costs from 300 to 500 dirhams, depending on the time of day, which is visited.

Humanity has long wanted to scribble on the sky, and the sad fate of builders Babylonian tower It does not cool the fervor of their followers. From the moment when the construction of skyscrapers has become technically possible, different countries And cities are periodically competed, determining whose building above all. For 5 years (since 2010), the winner of the record is the Burj-Calipa Tower in Dubai: a 164-storey building with a height of 828 meters is a difficult sample for playback.

Grand Construction

However, the builders did not have time on time, and the solemn event had to be transferred to January 4 of the next year. Initially, the Burj-Khalifa tower was not uncomplicated simply "Dubai", but in the opening process, the UAE Prime Minister reported that he devotes her to the president, Sheih Khalifa Ibn Zaid An-Nahayan, and the name of which he was known today.

In the process of erection, the final height of the building was held in secret. The project developed by the American architect E. Smith allowed to vary the height of the spire, so the creators practically did not risk: if a competitor appeared, the Burj-Khalifa tower simply "grown" would be for several meters.

Expensive pleasure

The grandiose construction was carried out at one and a half billion American dollars - but the amount of this, apparently, could be much larger if the developers would have paid labor and ensured the safety of workers (brought mainly from South Asia).

Western press periodically raised noise: In 2006, the British "Gardian" published that workers earn up to 3 pounds per day (it can be imagined what horror it inspired the British), and the Air Force reported on the terrible conditions in which people employed in construction had to live .

The network you can find many articles about the unsightly truth that I hid for your sparkling facade of the Burj-Khalip Tower. The country and the city in which the construction took place, they look in them not too attractive.

Since the construction of the pyramids has changed little ...

There is evidence that workers worked 12 hours a day and earned about $ 200 per month (for comparison: average income UAE population - over $ 2000). Moreover, this money was not paid on time, took passports and in response to disturbances were only threatened by deportation. Despite this, almost all the time of construction workers bastardized and even organized the rebellion: in March 2006, the damage caused by the rebels was estimated at half a million pounds sterling.

According to HRW (Human Rights Watch), non-compliance with safety technicians led to numerous accidents, but only one fatal incident is officially confirmed, with which the Burj-Khalifa tower is connected: the country and the city, which are the birthplace of the giant building, only disgusting From accusations, not seeking to give these annoying details of attention. The result was above all, and the goal justified the funds.

Sweet fruits of bitter work

It must be said that the civilized world, "terribly experiencing" about the moral side of a specific Dubai business, demonstrated its true attitude to what is happening, voting, as they say, the dollar. After a year, the Burj-Khalifa tower paid off with interest - even in the process of the construction of its area, it was already purchased at a price of 40 thousand dollars per square meter.

An impressive investment was made by Armani: she belongs to 37 floors, from the first to thirty-ninth (excluding two technical 17th and 18th). The hotel, which is the name of the famous fashion house (to the design of the rooms, put the master Master - George Armani himself), and the company offices.

Also, almost all the upper floors are also given to businessmen, starting from the 111st, and a slightly lowering apartments that only millionaires can afford. It is known that one floor completely bought the Indian Tolstosum schutti.

In each group of premises (apartments, offices and hotel) - a separate entrance. It's funny that the first and last floors connect only one elevator, and that service. So if there is an intention to get to the top of the top, you will have to make transplants. There are many people: one of the two viewing platforms is the highest in the world, and the look from it is superb. Thanks to this fact, tourists have liked the Burj-Khalifa Tower: the city of Dubai, stretching down at the bottom, is a wonderful spectacle. At the site you can spend at least a whole day, time is not limited. But to get to it problematic, and experienced travelers advise to worry about tickets in advance.

Specificity Tower

The situation with elevators is due to the configuration of the building: reminding in shape in shape, it is stepped upward upward and ends with a 180-meter spire. During construction, of course, the climate of the place was taken into account, where the Burj-Khalify Tower is located: the local heat has greatly complicated the life of the workers. For the construction of the structure, a special concrete was used, able to withstand heating up to 50 degrees. Moreover, when pouring into the solution, it was necessary to lay the crushed ice and work exclusively at night, otherwise the strength of the finished product would be very far from optimal.

An interesting solution was found in relation to water supply. Collect rainwater and then use it for a variety of needs - the idea is not new, used for a long time. The problem was only that in the country where the Burj Khalip Tower is located, there is practically no precipitation. But (apparently, the designers decided) there will be a huge amount of condensate: the air cooling system "squeezes" water from the premises, which means it can be collected and thus saving the most valuable resource. The idea was very successful embodied. Now, at the expense of such economies, it is possible to collect about 40 million liters of water per year.

Air conditioners are not only cooled, but also flavored air in the building (the smell is designed specifically). But it would be difficult for them to cope if special windows did not reflect on the area they are equal to three and wash them constantly: you need three months to clean everything, and then work begins first.

Glitter and poverty UAE

Conditions are curious and indicative in which the Burj Khalif tower appeared. The country called United Arab Emirates is one of the richest in the world. The fabulous states of local shears have long become a parable in the towns, and the specified structure can be considered a peculiar symbol of the power of money.

Dubai City - the capital of the Emirates of the same name (states in the state) is the largest in the UAE and the most, perhaps, dynamically developing. It is already in the top three in the region (not least due to the beautiful place Ultra-modern sea Port.) And it is not going to stop there, seeking to conquer all new and new heights.

With all its magnificence Dubai (where the Burj Khalify Tower is towers) is not the capital of the country, giving this honor Abu Dhabi, the main city of the same name of the Emirate, the largest and rich of everyone. According to some sources, it provides about 70% of the GDP of the whole state as a whole.

Federal monarchy

It must be said that it is not easy to understand the device of the United Arab Emirates for Europeans, since it is some kind of a completely wild hybrid of democracy with an absolute monarchy, and on equality of federal units there are big questions. Thus, the main authority in the UAE is the Supreme Council, which consists of chapters (read: monarchs) of all seven Emirates. But his legitimate solutions, only if there are representatives of the most "cool": Abu Dhabi and Dubai. From the point of view of the celebration of democracy, this is very doubtful. But from the point of view of common sense - it is quite natural: these two emirates provide more than three-quarters of GDP. Who, how not to them, determine the state development vectors?

Rapid takeoff

Now the UAE is developing very quickly. This is associated with a favorable tax climate, the presence of free trade zones and the absence of bureaucracy.

Of course, initially the start of the economy gave oil production, but if strictly adhere to the facts, the state where the Burj-Khalip Tower is located, pays proper attention to other sources of income. To date, almost 30% of GDP is the field of services, including tourist, and oil provides less than ten.

Emirates traded, mined, buy the latest technologies and develop - rapidly and mercilessly (especially in relation to those who provide this development). About 5 million people live in the UAE. Not very much, but even this number should not be confused with the number of indigenous people - directly citizens who are less than a million.

Justice fallen victim efficiency

Do I need to say that the whole black work in the UAE performs the people from the poorest countries? It is they rushing like negros on plantations, they earn three pennies for local standards and they don't even have the opportunity to bring their families here: the state where the Burj-Khalip Tower is located, is a country for Arabs.

The privileges of the local are so great that they are not leaving from the UAE, because nowhere in the world there is no "greenhouse" conditions. Welfare is very high, thanks to (including) the specific policy of the state. In order to open an enterprise in the UAE, it is necessary to take in co-owners of a citizen of the country, and not just for a tick, but with a share of at least 50%. Given the high races economic Developmentwho wanted a lot - and now all subjects are perfectly arranged.

There can be no doubt that for the UAE tourists - a real paradise, where all the conditions for the beautiful, unforgettable rest. Separately, it should be noted that Dubai (by numerous reviews) is the most free city in the UAE, where many liberations are allowed for which in other, more traditional emirates can be easily climbing behind the grille. Chic hotels, beaches, shopping centers, entertainment industry - there is all the highest level. So mass of impressions, great service and other pleasures are guaranteed.

Large oil fields were found, the authorities of the country did everything possible to develop a tourist business here. The greatest number of amazing buildings, and luxury hotels was erected in Dubai. Perhaps the most important attraction of the city can be called the Tower of Burj Khalifa ( Burj Khalifa.).

Skyscoperaburge Khalifa is officially recognized as the most high building in the world. Externally, the tower resembles huge stalagmites. It has uneven lines, but it was done not to decorate, but in order to protect the building from the winds. It should also be noted that the skyscraper is built from high-strength materials that are resistant to any weather conditions.

Initially, it was planned to build a building that would accommodate office space, residential apartments, shops, hotels, restaurants. That is, it can be said that Burj Khalifa is whole cityin which there is absolutely everything necessary for life. In addition, the territory around is completely enlarged. There is a magnificent park, and shady Sad., and even who deserves separate attention.

The history of the construction of a skyscraper

The construction of the highest tower in the world lasted for almost 6 years. Several countries participated in design and construction. The chief architect was American Adrian Smith, who repeatedly designed similar skyscrapers. And the general contractor became the South Korean company Samsung. The Burj Khalipaya Tower began to build in 2004. Information about the height of the building was carefully hidden, and its values \u200b\u200bwere constantly changing. The opening of the skyscraper was planned for 2009, but because of problems with financing it had to be postponed. As a result, the opening of the tower took place a year later, in early January.

Photo: Around the tower during construction

Burj Khalifa on the map of Dubai

Address: 1 Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Blvd - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

How to get to Burj Khalifa

The skyscraper is located in the most prestigious district of Dubai - Down-Town. All roads lead to the main attraction of the city. Tourists can get to the tower to the subway, or take a taxi. On the subway it is necessary to get to the Burj Khalifa station of the same name. Taxi - more expensive vehicle movement, but it is faster transport. Given the magnificent road surface, and the lack of traffic jams a taxi drive will deliver you an incredible pleasure. In addition, all taxis cities are equipped with air conditioning, so during the trip you will not have to worry about the strong heat.

Photo: Metro Station Burj Khalifa from the height of the observation deck

Rules for visiting a skyscraper

Any excursion agency Dubai will offer tourists an unforgettable tour of the world's highest skyscraper. For tourists there is a private entrance. The tower is equipped with 57 elevators, but only one of them passes through all the floors. Tourists to get to the observation deck, for which they go to Burj Khalif, you need to make several transfers. Group excursions are held from 10.00 to 22.00 from Sundays on Wednesday, and from Thursday to Saturday, the time of operation of the observation deck increases for 2 hours.

Photo: through this entrance all guests and tourists fall into the building

Excursion to the Burj Khalifa Tower on video

The cost of excursion depends on many factors. For example, if you do not want to stand in the queue, you can pay 400 aed per ticket, and go to the observation platform out of turn. In other cases, an adult ticket costs 125 AED, the cost of a children's ticket (4 - 12 years old) is 95 AED, and you don't need to buy to the kids up to three years old.

Technical equipment

The tower is equipped with the latest technology. In its technical equipment, the most advanced technologies are used. First of all, you need to mention a unique air conditioning system. Thanks to special glazing, the building does not heat up, and does not miss dust. In the tower, the temperature is constantly holding at +18 degrees. At the same time, the air in the entire skyscraper is constantly refreshing with the help of specially installed membranes. It is worth noting that their own fragrance has been specifically designed for Burj Khalif.

With electricity tower itself provides yourself. On the facade of the building installed solar panels, and a huge turbine, rotating from the gusts of the wind. The length of this turbine is more than 60 meters.

Photo: inside the elevator lifting on the Burj Khalifa viewing area

Lifting on Burj Khalifa is ensured thanks to 57 elevators. The speed of their movement is 10 m / s. Interestingly, in emergency situations, the evacuation of people occurs in just 32 minutes, despite the impressive structure of the structure.

Burj Khalif inside

In the building there is almost everything you need a person for life: shops, restaurants, pools, nightclubs, viewing platforms, observatory, and much more. The first 39 floors of the Tower are occupied by the numbers of a luxury five-star hotel, which is considered one of the most prestigious hotels in the country. The offices are assigned 35 floors of the tower, and under residential premises - 59. The hundredth floor is owned by a billionaire from India. And on the 122nd floor there is a chic restaurant with the speaking name "atmosphere", which can accommodate about 80 guests at the same time. The main observation deck is located on the 148th floor. Her height is striking imagination, and delivers a lot of unforgettable emotions.

Photo: Internal interiors
Photo: Interiors inside the highest skyscraper in the world
Photo: One of the apartments in Burj Khalifa. You can also buy)

Viewing platforms

There are two viewing platforms in the tower. One of them is at an altitude of 148 floors, and the other on the 124th floor. Tickets can be purchased at the ticket office at the entrance to the tower, but it is often not possible, since those who want to inspect Dubai from the aerial view of the bird's eye do absolutely all tourists dream. That is why it is better to buy tickets for an online internet online. You can see the city through a huge window from which it is incredible beautiful view Dubai and its main attractions.

Facts about the skyscraper

• The height of the unique skyscraper - 828 meters
• In the building of 163 floors
• Spire height - 180 meters
• $ 1.5 billion was spent on construction
• In the building there are 900 residential apartments
• The height of the observation deck - 555 meters
• Movement on floors provide 57 elevators
• 12 thousand workers took part in the construction of the tower.

The largest city in the UAE is Dubai. Burj Khalifa is a building located in this city and recognized as the highest in the world. The design height of the structure was carefully hidden during construction. What for? Because this tower initially planned to be built as the highest facilities. And in the event that somewhere in the world, it will be decided to build a building with great indicators, the plan for the construction of the Burj Khalifa would be changed.

Construction history

What is planned to build the most ambitious building on the planet building was announced by the official local sheikh Mohammed Rashid Al Maktumom fourteen years ago. The tower was designed as a key building in a new area of \u200b\u200bthe city, which might attract tourist flow here.

At first, it was called "Burj Dubai" (which sounds like a "Dubai Tower"), but the final stage of its construction coincided with the crisis. As a result, the lack of financial resources for help appealed to Shahih Abu Dhabi. Billiona support made it possible to continue construction, but the building was renamed. The Skyscraper of Burj Khalifa in Dubai is named after the ruler Abu Dhabi. He is the applicable President of the UAE (since 2004).

Burj Khalifa height in Dubai

As a result, the data was hidden until the opening of the tower. The height of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai is eight hundred twenty-eight meters! In these indicators it is difficult to believe, but it is. The height of the most uppermost floor falls on the level of five hundred eighty-four meters. The building thanks to this feature towers over the whole city and is a real symbol that Dubai can be proud of.

Burj Khalifa, the observation deck of which is located at the level of four hundred and fifty meters, exceeds the height of many other buildings, including the financial center in Shanghai. However, the last building has its own advantages. So, despite the fact that general Burj Khalifa higher than the financial center, the Shanghai observation deck is still at a higher level, if compared with the playground in Dubai.

What is inside Burj Khalif

The tower in Dubai Burj Khalifa is a kind of city that is located at a huge height. The location of the floors is made in the form of blocks, each of which has a special function. The building is approximately nine hundred and residential apartments, as well as a huge hotel and many office space. And the three-storey parking complex is designed for three thousand cars.

In addition, there are a large number of shopping centers in the tower. Burj Khalifa provides for the presence of three separate inputs. They are designed for the hotel, personal apartments and offices. In addition, there is sport complexes With pools, training halls and spa. At the level of one hundred and twenty-second floor there is a restaurant, which is considered to be a venue of this kind, located on the highest height All over the planet.

Burj Khalifa has special equipment, coolant and flavoring air inside the structure. At the same time, the smell was created exclusively for this building. The glass in the tower does not let dust particles and can repel the solar radiation, which ensures support for stable temperature indicators.

Also, especially for this building developed a special brand of concrete. He is able to withstand the heat of about 50 degrees. The mixture of this material was laid exclusively at night, and a certain amount of ice was added to it.

Financial expenses

The Tower in Dubai Burj Khalifa was built with attracting funds in the amount of one and a half billion dollars. Moreover, this complex is also the record holder because the costs of its construction paid off during the year after it was opened. This fact is related to the fact that the tower is extremely popular as the highest in the world.

Even before the construction of the construction work, the developer in the distant already 2009 was announced that one square meter in Burj Khalifa costs forty thousand dollars. Imagine that the popularity of the tower is also due to the presence of the observation platform, to record on the visit of which begin for a few days before the expected visit.

Records of Burj Khalifa

Western world is known what the building is the most famous Dubai. Burj Khalifa was officially recognized as a record building, which, in addition to the above dignity, has the largest number of floors and elevators moving at the speed of eighteen meters per second. In addition, there is a restaurant at the biggest point on Earth - the institution is located one hundred and twenty-second floor in the tower.

But why is the viewing platform of the Burj Khalifa inferior at the height of the Shanghai playground? If the Chinese tower is equipped with a room at four hundred seventy meters, then in the Arab Emirates it is located at four hundred fifty meters. What caused such a feature? This is due to the fact that the tower is narrowed at the top of the facilities, so the very top of the design can not place people.

Who lives upstairs in the Burj Khalifa Tower

Provisional real estate policy in Dubai is much more affordable than, for example, the cost in cities such as Moscow, London or New York. However, only real rich can buy their apartment in this tower. The developers do not open names, but many of the buyers independently talk about it. For example, today we can confidently say that the hundredth and a hundred first floors were acquired for personal use of the billionaire from India Shetti. The cost of this purchase is estimated at twenty-five million dollars.

Gold Machines

Obviously, another feature described by the tower is connected with this. So, in automata in shopping centersAs a rule, sell drinks or snacks. But this does not apply to Burj Khalifa. Today there are several automatic machines that sell the most real gold. Those who can afford to spend a lot of money buy ingots that weigh from two and a half to thirty grams. On these gold products, the image of the tower is knocked down.

Burge Caliph Fountains

Near the skyscraper is another attraction, which Dubai is rightly proud of. Burj Khalifa boasts the unique, most powerful on the planet fountain, spewing a water flow to the level that reaches a hundred meters. At the same time, it is equipped with a device that can force it to write bizarre figures, moving to the music. In the evenings, the present show of the famous fountain begins, which "dances" under beautiful melodies, and everyone can admire this action.