בורג 'ח'ליפה, המכונה בורג' דובאי לפני שהוצג בשנת 2010, הוא גורד שחקים בדובאי, איחוד האמירויות הערביות. עם קומה מלאה של 829.8 מ '(2,722 רגל, רק מעל חלק גדול של מייל) וגובה הגג (לא כולל אנטנה, אך כולל צריח של 244 מ' של 828 מ '(2,717 רגל), הבורג' ח'ליפה היה העיצוב הגבוה ביותר ונבנה בעולם מאז הקמתו בשנת 2009.
Architecture & Design:
Burj Khalifa planned by Adrian Smith, Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, whose firm designed the Willis Tower and One World Trade Center. Hyder Consulting picked to be the administering engineer with NORR Group Consultants International Limited to oversee the project’s design. The plan derived from the Islamic method of the region, for example, in the Great Mosque of Samarra.
A 304-room Armani Hotel, the first of four by Armani, involves 15 of the lower 39 stories. The hotel was supposed to be open on 18 March 2010, but after a few delays, it opened to general society on 27 April 2010. The office expected to open from March onwards, yet the lodging and perception deck stayed the open structure’s solitary pieces in April 2010.
The sky halls on the 43rd and 76th floors house pools. Through to 108 have 900 private residential apartments—an open-air zero-entry pool situated on the 76th floor of the tower. Corporate offices and suites fill most of the excess feet, aside from the 122nd, 123rd, and 124th. The Atmospheres restaurant, sky lobby, and an indoor and open-air perception deck located individually. In January 2010, arranged that Burj Khalifa would get its first residents from February 2010.
מִבְנֶה:
Samsung C&T built the tower from South Korea, which likewise took care of the Petronas Twin Towers and Taipei 101. Samsung C&T constructed the pinnacle in a joint endeavor with BESIX from Belgium and Arabtec from the UAE. Turner was the venture director on the entire development contract. Hong Kong-based Far East Aluminum consolidated to give the outside cladding to Burj Khalifa.
The project worker and the specialist of record were Hyder Consulting. Under UAE law, the worker for hire and the architect of record is mutually and severally responsible for Burj Khalifa’s presentation.
The actual construction is strengthened cement. Putzmeister made another excessively high-pressure trailer solid siphon, the BSA 14000 SHP-D, for this venture. Burj Khalifa’s development utilized 330,000 m3 of concrete and 55,000 tons (61,000 short tons; 54,000 huge long loads) of steel rebar, and the story took 22 million worker hours. In May 2008, Putzmeister siphoned concrete with more than 21 MPA extreme compressive strength of rock to outperform the 600 meters weight of the prosperous region of every segment from the establishment to the following fourth level. The rest was by metal sections jacketed or covered with cement to a then-world record conveyance stature of 606 m (1,988 ft), the 156th floor—three pinnacle cranes the development of the highest levels, each fit for lifting a 25-ton load. The remaining design above was built of lighter steel.
גוֹבַה:
There are unverified reports of a few arranged stature increments since its origin. Initially proposed as a virtual clone of the 560 m Grollo Tower proposition for Melbourne, Australia’s Docklands waterfront improvement, the pinnacle was updated by Skidmore. Owings and Merrill Marshall Strabala, a Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill modeler who dealt with the task until 2006, said in late 2008 that Burj Khalifa intended to be 808 m (2,651 ft) tall.
The engineer who planned it, Adrian Smith, felt that the structure’s highest segment didn’t come full circle carefully with the remainder of the design, so he looked for and got endorsement to build its height.[citation needed] It expressed that this change didn’t add any floors, which fit Smith’s endeavors to make the crown thinner. The structure opened on 4 January 2010.
מזרקת דובאי:
Outside, WET Enterprises planned a fountain system at the expense of Dh 800 million. Enlightened by 6,600 lights and 50 colored projectors, it is 270 m (900 ft) long and shoots water 150 m (500 ft) into the air, joined by a scope of traditional to contemporary Arabic and other music. It is the world’s second-biggest arranged fountain. On 26 October 2008, Emaar declared that the fountain would be known as the Dubai Fountain, dependent on aftereffects of a naming challenge.
Burj Khalifa Park:
Burj Khalifa is encircled by an 11 ha park designed by landscape architects SWA Group. Like the tower, the park designed depended on the flowers of the Hymenocallis, a desert plant. At the park’s focal point are the water room, a progression of pools, and a water stream fountain. Seats and signs join pictures of Burj Khalifa and the Hymenocallis flowers.
The plants watered by water gathered from the structure’s cooling system. The system gives 68,000,000 L (15,000,000 pixie lady) every year. WET Enterprises, who also built up the Dubai Fountain, built up the recreation center’s six water highlights.
On the higher floors, the sun can see for a few minutes after set at ground level. It has driven Dubai circles to decide that those living over the 80th floor should stand by two extra minutes to break their Ramadan quick, and those living over the 150th floor, 3 minutes.
מרפסת התצפית:
An outdoor perception deck, named At the Top, opened on 5 January 2010 on the 124th floor. At 452 m, it was the most elevated outside perception deck on the planet when it opened. Although it was outperformed in December 2011 by Cloud Top 488 on the Canton Tower, Guangzhou at 488 m Burj Khalifa opened the 148th-floor SKY level at 555 m giving it the most noteworthy perception deck on the planet on 15 October 2014.
Until the Shanghai Tower opened in June 2016 with a perception deck at a tallness of 561 meters. The 124th-floor perception deck likewise includes the electronic telescope, an enlarged reality gadget created by Gsmprjct° of Montréal, which allows guests to see the encompassing scene progressively see recently saved pictures, for example, those required at various occasions of day or under different climate conditions. To decrease tourists’ day-by-day surge, the executives permit guests to buy tickets ahead of time for a particular date and time, at a 75% markdown on tickets purchased on the spot.
On 8 February 2010, the perception deck was closed to general society for a very long time after force supply issues made a lift become stuck between floors, catching a gathering of sightseers for 45 minutes.