The tallest and largest tower in the world.

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What is the tallest and largest tower in the world?

The tallest and largest tower in the world is Burj Khalifa, also known as Burj Khalifa or Burj Khalifa. It is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with a total of 162 floors and a total height of 828 meters. It is the tallest building and man-made structure in the world at present, with a cost of1500 million dollars. It was built by South Korea's Samsung Company and started construction on September 2, 20041. 2010 65438+/kloc-0 was completed and put into use on October 4th, and it was officially renamed Burj Dubai.

Brief introduction of Burj Khalifa

Burj Khalifa project, by American architect Adrian of Chicago Company? Designed by adrian smith, it was jointly implemented by SOM, the American architectural engineering company, Besix, the largest Belgian builder, Arabtec, the largest local Arab architectural engineering company, and Samsung, South Korea. The landscape part was designed by SWA in the United States, and the civil construction was contracted by Liu Jian Group Company in Nantong, Jiangsu, China. Curtain walls are contracted by Hong Kong Far East, Shanghai Lijin and Shaanxi Hengyuan respectively. The architectural design adopts a challenging single structure, consisting of tubular multi-towers, which has the appearance of space age style.

Burj Khalifa, together with surrounding supporting projects, has a total investment of more than 7 billion US dollars. The Burj Dubai below the 37th floor is covered with hotels, restaurants and other public service facilities. The world's first Armani Hotel is also located in the Burj Dubai, located on the1-8th floor and the 38th-39th floor respectively. In addition, floors 45 to 108 are apartments. 123rd floor is an observation deck overlooking the whole city of Dubai.

Burj Dubai is not only amazing in height, but also great in building materials and equipment? Full weight? . Burj Khalifa used 330,000 cubic meters of concrete, 39,000 tons of steel and 6,543,800 square meters of glass. This building is so high that it certainly needs advanced transportation equipment. There are 56 elevators in the building, the maximum speed is 17.4m/s, and there are also double-deck sightseeing elevators, which can carry up to 42 people at a time.

In addition, Burj Khalifa has turned a new page for architectural technology. In order to strengthen the building structure, the building used more than 365,438+/kloc-0,000 cubic meters of reinforced concrete and 62,000 tons of steel bars, and pumped more than 606 meters of concrete vertically, breaking the record of 492 meters when Shanghai World Financial Center Building was built.

The completed Burj Dubai Tower is over160th floor, with 56 elevators, with the highest speed of 17.4m/s, making it the fastest and longest elevator in the world. Naman, the sales manager of Elma Real Estate Company? Attalla said? This design touched the peak that technology failed to reach. It was impossible to build such a tall building before. People have to develop new elevators that can adapt to this height. ?

On the evening of June 4, 2065438+00 local time, Sheikh Mohammed, Dubai Chief? Ben. Rashid? Allermark Tum published the so-called. The tallest building in the world? what's up Burj Khalifa? The curtain on the monument announced the official completion of this famous building and renamed it? Burj Khalifa? .

The Burj Dubai itself cost at least10 billion US dollars, not including the construction cost of its large shopping center, lake and slightly shorter tower. In order to build Burj Khalifa, * * * mobilized about 4000 workers and 100 cranes. When completed, it is not only the tallest building in the world, but also the tallest building in the world.

Burj Dubai, 828 meters high, was built in 2004 and was not officially opened until 20 10. As of 20 14, Burj Dubai is the tallest building in the world.

At that time, one of the purposes of the Burj Dubai was to put? The tallest building in the world? The title was brought back to the Middle East. The Egyptian pyramid of khufu was the tallest building in the world for nearly 4000 years, until 13 1 1 was surpassed by Lincoln Cathedral in England.

Burj Dubai is the center of a large-scale complex development plan, with 30,000 families and 9 hotels. The plan includes UAE Shopping Center, hotels and service apartments on Lake Khalifa, 65,438+09 residential buildings, 2.5 hectares (6.2 acres) of parks and 65,438+02 hectares of Lake Khalifa, with a total area of 200 hectares (500 acres).

The concrete building with super transparent glass on this tower makes the Middle East the tallest building in the world again, the tallest building in the past? 13 1 1 year, the Egyptian great pyramid of giza was replaced by160m high Lincoln Cathedral. However, in the16th century, the center of Lincoln Cathedral collapsed, and the highest record returned to the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Giza (of course, it also collapsed, but it was still146.6m) until the Eiffel Tower appeared.

The decision-maker of this plan to build skyscrapers such as Burj Khalifa is the government. As a service and sightseeing outside the trade economy (domestic dependence on oil trade), Dubai has a population of 2.26 million, and most of the land is desert (covering more than 90% of the land) or sparsely populated. Jacqui Josephson, a VIP visitor to Nakhir Real Estate, said that the plan to build the world's tallest building is one of the important ways to enhance Dubai and the country's international reputation. Muhammad? Ben. Rashid? Allermark Toum (UAE Vice President, Dubai's new chief) wants to put Dubai on the map with sensational elements? .

In 1950s, Dubai was a simple seaside town in Arabian Gulf. After the 1990s, Dubai experienced a complete transformation. Rows of skyscrapers miraculously stand on the banks of the Hall River, making people feel like they are in new york. Like other cities in the Middle East, Dubai is rich in oil. But for an ambitious new city, if you want to show your talents in the new century, oil is definitely not all. It opened the door and vigorously developed tourism. Due to its high-quality environment and rich culture (because 80% of the population are foreigners), most tourists to Dubai are high-income classes such as models, artists and businessmen.

Dubai indirectly received more than 5.4 million tourists in 2004, an increase of 9% over 2003. By 20 10, the number of tourists is expected to triple. Therefore, building such a tallest hotel in the world can not only attract more tourists, but also accommodate more and more tourists from all over the world.

The origin of Burj Khalifa's name

Burj Khalifa, formerly known as Burj Khalifa, was changed to Burj Khalifa as its official name after its completion.

What was Khalifa in the ancient Arab world? Supreme leader of the Islamic world? Italy is also the title of ruler of the Arab Empire in history. Dubai's UAE president is also the chief of Abu Dhabi, whose name happens to be Khalifa. The reason why it was temporarily changed to? Khalifa? The Burj Khalifa was renamed to pay tribute to the financial assistance provided by Burj Khalifa in fire fighting, which helped Dubai survive the debt crisis in late 2009.

Architectural design of Burj Khalifa

Burj Dubai is designed by SOM, which is famous for its super-high-rise projects such as Sears Tower and Freedom Tower in new york.

Burj Khalifa is designed in Islamic architectural style, with one floor? y？ The zigzag pattern gradually connects the three building parts into a core, rising from the desert. The spiral pattern reduces the cross section of the building and makes it go straight into the sky. At the top, the central core is transformed into a minaret one by one. The Y-shaped floor also gives Burj Khalifa a wider view.

George's interior design? According to Armani's design, an Armani hotel is located on the floor below the 37th floor, and there will be as many as 700 rooms from the 45th floor to 108 floor (according to the developer, these apartments will be sold out within 8 hours after sale), a swimming pool is located on the 76th floor, and the floors above 106 floor are offices and conference rooms, and the observation deck is expected to be designed at108.

Luxury apartment in the building 1000, and the surrounding supporting projects include: Dragon City, Dubai Mall and supporting hotels, houses, apartments, business centers and other projects.

The Burj Dubai also includes the world's fastest elevator made by ThyssenKrupp, with a speed of17.5m/s (1050m/min, 63.0km/39. 1mph). Prior to this, the fastest elevator in the world was in Taibei, Taiwan Province Province, China, with a speed of 10 1.

The design style of Burj Khalifa

Burj Khalifa also has other facilities, such as luxury apartments, clothing stores, swimming pools, hot spring clubs, senior personal executive suites and a viewing platform overlooking Dubai on the124th floor, while Italian fashion designer Giorgio? Armani also built the first Armani hotel in the building. It' Hotel has become the flagship store of Armani Hotel's global chain, and all interior decoration and furniture design have followed the style of Armani brand.

Armani Hotel includes 175 VIP rooms and suites, covering an area of 40,000 square meters except restaurants and hot springs. There is a 144 luxury apartment next to the hotel. Armani personally designs everything from furniture to other products.