What is the tallest tower in the world

Burj Khalifa

Burj Khalifa in the United Arab Emirates is the tallest man-made structure in the world,

The building was inaugurated on January 9, 2010 and is the world's tallest self-supporting building formerly known as the Burj Dubai, initially built of steel and concrete, according to the design of the Owings Architecture Company in Chicago, Skidmore and Merrill LLP, which designed the World Trade Center and the Wells Tower. The government's goal of building the tower was to promote tourism, diversify the economy, its economy depends on the oil industry, the tower has about 30,000 homes, a 30-acre lake, With 7 acres, 9 hotels, shopping center and 19 residential towers.

Tower Engineering

The building is unified in construction and is shaped in English so that the shape of the building is changed in each layer in order to reduce the force of the wind on the tower and its six central axes supported by a series of wings, each with its own columns and concrete vents. Of concrete reinforced with a thickness of four meters, has been cast from the outside by aluminum and stainless steel, in addition to more than twenty-eight thousand plates of glass.

The tallest building in the world

This is a list of the top ten buildings around the world, according to the Skyscrapers Center:

Burj Khalifa in Dubai, with a height of 828 meters.

Shanghai Tower Shanghai, with a height of 632 meters.

Clock tower in Mecca, with a height of 601 meters.

The Ping An Financial Center in Shenzhen, with a height of 599 meters.

Seoul's world tower Lot, with a height of 554.5 meters.

The World Trade Center in New York City, with a height of 541.3 meters.

Guangzhou Finance Center in Guangzhou, with a height of 530 meters.

Taipei 101 in Taipei, with a height of 508 meters.

Shanghai International Financial Center in Shanghai, with a height of 492 meters.

The International Trade Center in Hong Kong, with a height of 484 meters.