10 Unbelievable, Stunning Facts About the Burj Khalifa!

Now get ready to witness the biggest building to be ever built , The Burj Khalifa. One of the definite things that you must add in your bucket list is standing on the top most floor of the tallest building to ever be constructed. It will stand out as one of the best feelings you’ll ever experience. Not only did it break its record for tallest but it has astounded us in other aspects! What are you waiting for? Read the article fully to know some of the most unbelievable facts about this majestic beauty. However , remember to book your tickets well in advance to see this. 

 

Vertical City

The most obvious one out there , is Burj Khalifa is the tallest building out there. It soars across the entire country of Dubai with it’s tremendous height of 2716.5 feet. If you’ve ever visited the Eiffel Tower , you can estimate the height of Burj Khalifa as it is approximately thrice its length. The people there say that if you lay the pieces , i.e , end to end you can cover the entire world. It is also known as ‘ Vertical City ‘ and a ‘ Living Wonder ‘.

 

How Burj khalifa made

The materials used to construct this gem will blow your mind out. The amount of concrete used is equal to 10,000 elephants. We all know how much an A380 aircraft weighs , imagine 5 of them being used for it’s aluminum content for the building.  

 

Breaking records

Apart from breaking the well known record , it also additionally beats 6 more such records. It is the tallest freestanding structure in the world , highest number of stories , most occupied building , tallest service elevator , highest observation deck and also the longest distance an elevator works. Surprising isn’t it? 

 

Fastest elevator

Now let’s talk more about the elevator here. What will surprise you the most will be the fastest elevator in the world but also the math behind it. With a magnanimous 140 floors and almost 10 meters per second , do the math! To reach the observation deck which is on the 124th deck for the tourists , it would only take  a minute! Mind blown right?

 

How to visit Burj khalifa

So say you go to Dubai and unfortunately you can’t visit Burj Khalifa , we got you covered. This building isn’t only for the view upstairs at the observation deck. You can see the place from a distance also , say 20 -30 kms away? NO , you can see the pinnacle of the Burj Khalifa with a sphere that can be seen almost 95 kms away. 

 

Floor of Burj khalifa 

This entire building is inspired by the intricate and elegant Hymenocallis flower. With its core spiraling outside and the well carved exteriors this is definitely a beauty. 

 

History

The employment during Burj Khalifa bloomed till its fullest. At the peak of construction , when things were going super fast and productive it employed almost 12,000 workers on the building per day. That’s like the amount of population in a small town / city. 

 

Time to build Burj khalifa

Many think that once they reach the observation deck it’s the end but that’s where everyone goes wrong. There are many more stories beyond that for other purposes but aren’t open to visitors. The working hours , materials used are a great statistic to amaze you. With almost 22 million man hours , 110,000 tons of concrete and 55,000 tons of steel this is built strong. It used 103,000 square meters of glass. 

 

World tallest building

To construct such a gigantic building , we would all assume at least a decade or so. But we went wrong here too , it started its construction somewhere around January 2004 and the final masterpiece was completely done by January 2010. Just 6 years to complete this. 

 

Water usage

We all talk about sustainability and imagine the amount of resources it would take to construct such a mammoth of a building. But surprisingly enough , this place conserves and reuses 15 million gallons of water. It uses this for various purposes such as supplying to the Dubai Fountain , irrigation for the plants and garden and also the cooling system. 

 

Apart from this it’s home to some of the most high end restaurants , food courts , apartments and many more. Armani Hotel is extremely famous among the high class people for accommodation. At.mosphere is the highest restaurant in the world. Burj Khalifa is beautiful on the interior side with almost 1000 pieces of art by eminent artists.