BURJ KHALIFA

( WORLD TALLEST BUILDING )

The tower was designed by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM)

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Burj Khalifa is surrounded by an eleven-hectare (27-acre) park designed by landscape architects SWA Group

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21 September 2004: Emaar contractors begin construction.

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Excellence in Structural Engineering: Most Innovative Structure from SEAOI.

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BURJ KHALIFA

The tower was designed by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM)

Burj Khalifa is surrounded by an eleven-hectare (27-acre) park designed by landscape architects SWA Group

21 September 2004: Emaar contractors begin construction.

Excellence in Structural Engineering: Most Innovative Structure from SEAOI.

AWARDS:

Total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, just over half a mile)