It's so tall that people on the top and bottom of the building have a different read of time. The building "transcends the earth's local temperature and climate," author Stefan Al wrote in his new ...

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Burj Khalifa was built as Dubai's centrepiece to attract business, tourism, and investment opportunities ...

Architect Adrian Smith, who designed the building while at the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, attended the opening. Smith left SOM in 2006 to start his own firm, Adrian Smith+Gordon ...

January 4, 2010 (CHICAGO) The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is 160 stories high. The exact height-- 2,717 feet (828 meters)-- was revealed at the opening ceremonies on Monday. The Dubai building is more than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During a recent trip to Dubai, I visited the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. At 2,716.5 feet, the building ...

The world’s tallest building opened yesterday, with a number of surprises including a new name. The 828-meter Burj Khalifa after UAE President Khalifa Bin Zayed, now holds a raft of world records ...

Construction on what could be the world's second-tallest building has been greenlit in Dubai. The Burj Azizi, if completed in time, would be just over 300 feet shorter than the Burj Khalifa, which is ...

Standing at 2,716.5 feet, Dubai's Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. It's so tall that people on the top and bottom of the building have a different read of time. The building ...