ବୁର୍ଜ ଖଲିଫା, ଦୁବାଇ

ବୁର୍ଜ ଖାଲିଫାର ଡିଜାଇନ ଆଡ୍ରିଆନ ସ୍ମିଥ ନାମକ ସ୍ଥାପତ୍ୟଙ୍କଦ୍ୱାରା କରାଯାଇ  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) ନାମକ ପ୍ରଖ୍ୟାତ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନଦ୍ୱାରା କାର୍ଯ୍ୟକାରୀ ହେଇଥିଲା । ସେମାନେ ଆଗରୁ willis center ତଥା one world trade center ପରି ବିଶାଳ ଅଟ୍ଟାଳିକା ନିର୍ମାଣ କରିଥିଲେ। ଏହାର ସ୍ଥାପତ୍ୟରେ ପୁରାତନ ସ୍ଲାମିକ ସ୍ଥାପତ୍ୟ କଳାର ମଧ୍ୟ ପ୍ରୟୋଗ କରା ଯାଇଥିବାର ଦେଖା ଯାଏ । ଦୁବାଇ ସହରର ଉତ୍ତାପକୁ ସମ୍ଭାଳିବା ପାଇଁ ଏହାର ଡିଜାଇନରେ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟାପ୍ତ ବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥା ରହିଛି । ଏହି ଉତ୍ଛ ମହଲକୁ ଯାତାୟତ ପାଇଁ ୫୭ଟି ଲିଫ୍ଟ ତଥା ୮ଟି ଏସ୍କେଲେଟର ଖଞ୍ଜା ଯାଇଛି । 

ବୁର୍ଜ ଦୁବାଇରେ ୩୦,୦୦୦ ବାସଗୃହ , ୯ଟି ହୋଟେଲ , ୩ ହେକ୍ଟର ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ପାର୍କ ,ବାଣିଜ୍ୟ କେନ୍ଦ୍ର , ଏକ କୁତ୍ରିମ ହ୍ରଦ ପାଇଁ ବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥା କରାଯାଇଛି । ଏହାକୁ ଏକ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟଟକ ସ୍ଥଳ ଭାବରେ ଦୁବାଇକୁ ଅଧିକ ଆକର୍ଷଣୀୟ କରିବାକୁ ବ୍ୟବହାର କରାଯାଉଛି । 

• Tallest existing structure: 829.8 m (2,722 ft) (previously KVLY-TV mast – 628.8 m or 2,063 ft)
• Tallest structure ever built: 829.8 m (2,722 ft) (previously Warsaw radio mast – 646.38 m or 2,121 ft)
• Tallest freestanding structure: 829.8 m (2,722 ft) (previously CN Tower – 553.3 m or 1,815 ft)
• Tallest skyscraper (to top of spire): 829.8 m (2,722 ft) (previously Taipei 101 – 509.2 m or 1,671 ft)
• Tallest skyscraper to top of antenna: 829.8 m (2,722 ft) (previously the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower – 527 m or 1,729 ft)
• Building with most floors: 163 (previously World Trade Center – 110)
• Building with world's highest occupied floor: 584.5 m (1,918 ft)
• World's highest elevator installation (situated inside a rod at the very top of the building)
• World's longest travel distance elevators: 504 m (1,654 ft)
• Highest vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 606 m (1,988 ft)
• World's tallest structure that includes residential space
• World's highest observation deck: 148th floor at 555 m (1,821 ft)
• World's highest outdoor observation deck: 124th floor at 452 m (1,483 ft)
• World's highest installation of an aluminium and glass façade: 512 m (1,680 ft)
• World's highest nightclub: 144th floor
• World's highest restaurant (At.mosphere): 122nd floor at 442 m (1,450 ft) (previously 360, at a height of 350 m (1,148 ft) in CN Tower)
• World's highest New Year display of fireworks.
• World's second highest swimming pool: 76th floor (world's highest swimming pool is located on 118th floor of Ritz-Carlton Hotel at International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong).

ଉତ୍ଛ ନିର୍ମାଣ ସବୁର ଇତିହାସ 

The Dubai Fountain

Observation deck

Milestones

• January 2004: Excavation commences.
• February 2004: Piling starts.
• 21 September 2004: Emaar contractors begin construction.
• March 2005: Structure of Burj Khalifa starts rising.
• June 2006: Level 50 is reached.
• February 2007: Surpasses the Sears Tower as the building with the most floors.
• 13 May 2007: Sets record for vertical concrete pumping on any building at 452 m (1,483 ft), surpassing the 449.2 m (1,474 ft) to which concrete was pumped during the construction of Taipei 101, while Burj Khalifa reached the 130th floor.
• 21 July 2007: Surpasses Taipei 101, whose height of 509.2 m (1,671 ft) made it the world's tallest building, and level 141 reached.
• 12 August 2007: Surpasses the Sears Tower antenna, which stands 527 m (1,729 ft).
• 12 September 2007: At 555.3 m (1,822 ft), becomes the world's tallest freestanding structure, surpassing the CN Tower in Toronto, and level 150 reached.
• 7 April 2008: At 629 m (2,064 ft), surpasses the KVLY-TV Mast to become the tallest man-made structure, level 160 reached.
• 17 June 2008: Emaar announces that Burj Khalifa's height is over 636 m (2,087 ft) and that its final height will not be given until it is completed in September 2009.
• 1 September 2008: Height tops 688 m (2,257 ft), making it the tallest man-made structure ever built, surpassing the previous record-holder, the Warsaw Radio Mast in Konstantynów, Poland.
• 17 January 2009: Topped out at 829.8 m (2,722 ft).
• 1 October 2009: Emaar announces that the exterior of the building is completed.
• 4 January 2010: Burj Khalifa's official launch ceremony is held and Burj Khalifa is opened. Burj Dubai renamed Burj Khalifa in honour of the President of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan.
• 10 March 2010 Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) certifies Burj Khalifa as world's tallest building.

ପୁରସ୍କାର 

ଜୁନ ୨୦୧୦ରେ ବୁର୍ଜ ଖାଲିଫ " ମଧ୍ୟ ପ୍ରାଚ୍ୟ ଓ ଆଫ୍ରିକାର ସର୍ବୋକୃଷ୍ଟ ଉଟ୍ଚ ମହଲ' ହିସାବ ରେସିଟିବିଇଉଏଚଦ୍ୱାରା ପୁରସ୍କୃତ ହେଇଥିଲା 

• Official website
• Building the Burj Khalifa Archived 11 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
• 360 degree view from the world's tallest building in Dubai by the Daily Telegraph
• World's Tallest Building (By Far) Archived 27 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine. – slideshow by Life magazine
• The Burj Dubai Tower Wind Engineering Archived 30 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine. PDF (597 KB); Wind Tunnel Testing Archived 14 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine. PDF (620 KB) (Irwin et al., Structure magazine, June and November 2006)
• Wind and Other Studies Archived 3 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine. performed by RWDI
• BBC reports: Burj Khalifa opening, with video and links; Maintaining the world's tallest building
• World's Tallest Tower Opens Archived 26 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine. – slideshow by The First Post
• A 45 Gigapixel zoom and pannable photo from Gigapan Archived 20 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
• 4K video, JetMen flying around Khalifa with Yves Rossy and Vince Reffet
• 3D View of Burj Khalifa Archived 20 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine.