برج خلیفه آسمانخراشی است که در شهر دبی در امارات متحدهٔ عربی قرار دارد. این برج با ۱۶۰ طبقه و ارتفاع ۸۲۸ متر، در حال حاضر عنوان بلندترین سازه ساخته شده به دست بشر را به خود اختصاص دادهاست. برج خلیفه در روز چهارم ژانویهٔ ۲۰۱۰ گشایش یافت.
شروع ساخت: ژانویه 2004
پایان ساخت: ژانویه 2010
خرج این بنا: یک و نیم بیلیون دلار! 1.5billion$
معمار: Adrian Smith
مهندس سازه: Bill Baker
پیمانکار: Samsung C&T ,Besix و Arabtec
رکوردهای این برج
Tallest skyscraper to top of spire: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously Taipei 101 – 509.2 m/1,671 ft)
Tallest structure ever built: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously Warsaw radio mast – 646.38 m/2,121 ft)
Tallest extant structure: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously KVLY-TV mast – 628.8 m/2,063 ft)
Tallest freestanding structure: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously CN Tower – 553.3 m/1,815 ft)
Building with most floors: 160 (previously Willis Tower – 108)[18]
World's highest elevator installation, situated inside a rod at the very top of the building[19][20]
World's fastest elevators at speed of 64 km/h (40 mph) or 18 m/s (59 ft/s)[20] (previously Taipei 101 – 16.83 m/s)
Highest vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 606 m (1,988 ft)[21] (previously Taipei 101 – 449.2 m/1,474 ft)
Highest vertical concrete pumping (for any construction): 606 m (1,988 ft)[21] (previously Riva del Garda Hydroelectric Power Plant – 532 m/1,745 ft[22])
The first world's tallest structure in history to include residential space[23]
Highest outdoor observation deck in the world (124th floor) at 442 m (1,450 ft)[24] [25][26]
World's highest mosque (located on the 158th floor)[27][28]
World's highest installation of an aluminium and glass façade, at a height of 512 m (1,680 ft)[29]
World's highest swimming pool (76th floor)[27] (previously Shanghai World Financial Center – 85th floor)
