Burj Khalifa; World's Tallest Building

Burj Khalifa, named after the ruler of UAE Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is world’s tallest building with 828.8m height and 160 stories. Decision to build world’s largest building was made by the ruler as their economy was based on oil refinery and the ruler decided to build something unique in order to grab world’s attention; moreover, break all the world records.

The cost for mega structure project was $1.5 billion dollars and the construction was started in 2004 and was completed in 2009. Burj Khalifa was inaugurated in 2010 as the centerpiece of downtown Dubai which included 30,000 homes, nine hotels, parkland, Dubai mall and Burj Khalifa Lake and fountain.

Burj Khalifa has 160 story and some stories are for hotels, some stories are residential, and some stories are for mechanical purposes. Every residential apartment was sold for $ 1 million plus dollars depending on the floor and other facilities.

Burj Khalifa has high security and every resident has a security code and special cards and they are asked about code and card while entering the place. Burj Khalifa’s parking lot is considered as the most worthy and expensive parking lot in the world because all the cars that are parked in the parking lot at least worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

People of any age can visit Burj Khalifa after booking tickets some days earlier of their visit. It depends on the story and time that one wants to visit and price of the tickets also changes accordingly. The highest price for ticket is 500 AED (Arab Emirate Dirham).

Burj Khalifa has won many awards for its structure and millions of tourists visits this place annually. This mega structure project shows of human’s ability and will to be unique.





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