Fifteen years after it officially opened on 4 January 2010, the 160-storey Emirati megatall tower has comfortably maintained its ranking, highlighting the landmark's enduring significance on the ...

From the base of the building to the very top—which includes a spire and antenna—the Burj Khalifa is 2,722 feet, or a little over a half of a mile. Still, this wasn’t always the case.

a towering spire of glass and concrete officially claimed its place in history. Standing at 828 metres, the Burj Khalifa became Dubai’s bold declaration of ambition—an architectural triumph ...

and one of the trails he undertook was all the way to the top of Burj Khalifa. Harnessed to its spire, 828 metres high, Sheikh Hamdan took a video clip and shared it with his social media fans.

According to The Sun report (2024), it is also the sixth-tallest freestanding structure on Earth, ranked just behind the Burj Khalifa in Dubai ... of the building. The spire features an ...

This morning, the spire went up at One World Trade Center ... That title still belongs to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. We looked at buildings that have already been completed, and those that are ...