Next in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series we examine SOM's Burj Khalifa – the most significant building completed in 2010 and still the world's tallest skyscraper.

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai saw home sales of AED467.1m ($127.2m) in 2024 alone, according to data analysis by Knight Frank. It comes as the iconic Emaar tower, the world’s tallest building, celebrates ...

Within a three-week period, Adrian Smith sketched out the original designs that would eventually become the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa. In the early 2000s, he was approached ...

What if there was a coaster that went as high as the tallest building on Earth, the Burj Khalifa? Well, it's a good thing we don't, because strapping in to a ride like that might be the last thing ...

However, there’s one expressway in the country that is so special that it surpasses even the iconic Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the Eiffel Tower in Paris in terms of its design and structure.

Construction on a massive one-kilometre-tall tower to rival Dubai’s Burj Khalifa has officially resumed. The Jeddah Tower, currently officially called the Jeddah Economic Company Tower, in Saudi ...

The Burj Khalifa celebrated its 15th birthday on Saturday January 4 2025, and since it’s really getting all grown-up now, it’s time to turn back the clock and look at how it became the world’s tallest ...

Whenever the world’s tallest building is mentioned, one name inevitably comes to mind Burj Khalifa. Located in Dubai, UAE, this iconic skyscraper rises to a staggering height of 828 meters and ...

The Burj Khalifa’s story began in 2003 when Emaar Properties, led by Mohamed Alabbar, approached SOM with an audacious vision: to create the tallest building in the world. Reflecting on his init ...

Rising 2,716.5 feet above the city (that's a whopping 160 stories), Burj Khalifa proudly holds the title of "world's tallest building." But that's not the only title this tower's got under its belt.