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January 4, with fantastic fireworks, the tallest building
in the world opened to the public in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates
(UAE). It is called the Burj Khalifa. “Burj” means “tower” in Arabic.
“Khalifa” is the name of the President of the UAE. So, how tall is
the world’s tallest building?
The Burj Khalifa is 828 meters tall and has 162 floors. It is 320 meters
taller than Taipei 101, the previous record holder. The world’s
tallest building is twice as tall as the Empire
State Building in New York City and its top can be seen from 100 kilometers
away!
What’s more amazing is the fact that
the tallest building on Earth was built in cooperation with a Korean
construction company! The
construction began in February, 2005 by Samsung along with some other
companies. It took about 5 years to build the tower. The tower’s original name was Burj Dubai.
But the name was changed to pay respects to the president.
Luxury hotels are located
from the first floor to the 39th floor. From the 40th to the 108th
floors are luxury apartments. Offices will occupy between the 109th
to the 160th floors. An observatory is located on
the 124th floor. Surprisingly, you can get
to the observatory in less than a minute! This
is because the Burj Khalifa also has the fastest elevators in
the world and it takes less than 60 seconds
to go up to the 124th floor. Isn’t this amazing?
But, here is a question. How can they clean the windows of the building?
The building has a total of 24,000 windows! According to an ABC news
report, Australian workers will do the job. The workers will clean
the windows by hanging on the walls. They will also use
special window-cleaning machines.
If you have a chance to visit Dubai, make sure to visit the world’s
tallest building! |
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