Burj Khalifa
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Drag Turn
- ←→ Turn 15°, with Shift 90°
- Space Lift the tiers apart
- 1–4 Light a tier, or point at it
- Esc Clear
Tiers
- 01Podium and lower tower (148 m)0–150 m
- 02Middle tower (394 m)150–396 m
- 03Upper tower (585 m)396–588 m
- 04Spire (828 m)588–830 m
About
SOM's 828 m tower has three wings around a hexagonal core. Scalloped curtain walls and clockwise setbacks narrow toward the steel spire. The model shows repeated facade bays, raised terrace rails, projecting entry canopies, arrival courts and a stepped spiral garden.
- Location
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Height
- 828 m architectural height; highest occupied floor approximately 585 m
- Floors
- 163 above ground
- Built
- 2004–2009; opened on 4 January 2010
- Visitors
- 1.87 million to the At the Top observation deck in 2013 (Emaar)