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World’s Tallest Tower Opens in Dubai

Dubai was in celebratory mood when the world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa, was officially opened on Jan. 4. As lasers and fireworks lit up the night sky, the official height of the tower, a closely guarded secret throughout construction, was flashed onto a giant screen on the tower. At 828 metres (2,716.5 feet), Burj Khalifa is 320 metres taller than Taipei 101, which at 508 metres (1,667 feet) had held the record for the world’s tallest building measured to the architectural top since 2004, the year the project was announced.

The tower also beats the 31-year-old record of CN Tower, which at 553.33 metres (1,815.5 feet) had been the world’s tallest freestanding structure on land since 1976.

“Burj Khalifa is an example of collaboration on a global scale, and the tremendous positive energy that can be generated when people from all over the world come together to work toward a common goal. Thousands of professionals and skilled workers from around the world worked on this once-in-a-lifetime project,” said Mohamed Alabbar, chairman, Emaar Properties.

“More than 60 of the world’s leading consultants, including South Korea’s Samsung Corporation and New York-based Turner Construction International, realised the design for Burj Khalifa of Chicago-based Skidmore, Owings and Merrill,” he said.

Along with extensive residential and office space, Burj Khalida will house the Armani Hotel Dubai, scheduled to open on March 18. Armani Hotel Dubai is the first of a series of hotels, resorts and residences designed by Giorgio Armani slated to open around the world.

 

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