When the world’s tallest building was inaugurated on January 4, 2010, the record books braced themselves to receive a flood of new entries.
At over 800 meters and with more than 160 floors, here are some of the essential numbers associated with the world’s tallest building:
95 – the distance in kilometers at which Burj Dubai’s spire can still be seen
124 – the floor location of "At The Top, Burj Dubai", the world’s highest and only publicly accessible observation deck with an outdoor terrace
160 – the number of luxury hotel rooms and suites
605 – the vertical height in meters to which concrete was pumped in the construction of Burj Dubai, a world record for concrete pumping
504 – the distance traveled, or ‘rise’ in meters of Burj Dubai’s main service lift, the most of any elevator
49 – the number of office floors, including the 12-floor annex
57 – the number of elevators
1,044 – the total number of residential apartments inside Burj Dubai
3,000 – the number of underground parking spaces
5,500 – the capacity in kilograms of the tower’s service lift
31,400 – the amount of steel rebar in metric tonnes used in the structure of Burj Dubai
28,261– the number of glass cladding panels making up the exterior of tower and its two annexes
15,000 – the amount of water in liters collected from the tower’s cooling equipment that will be used for landscaping irrigation
900 – the length in feet of the world’s tallest performing fountain, The Dubai Fountain, that lies at the foot of the tower
19 – the number of hectares of lush green landscaping that envelops the foot of the tower
12,000 – the numbers of workers on site during peak of construction
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