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  2. Burj Khalifa - Wikipedia

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    The Burj Khalifa [a] (known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration) is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and the world's tallest structure.With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, or just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding antenna, but including a 242.6 m spire) [2] of 828 m (2,717 ft), the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world since ...

  3. List of skyscrapers by floor area - Wikipedia

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    This list of skyscrapers by floor area includes the largest skyscrapers in the world, measured in square meters (m 2) and square feet (sq ft). To qualify as a skyscraper, a structure must be self-supporting, without relying on tension cables or external supports for stability, and must reach a minimum height of 150 meters (492 feet).

  4. List of tallest buildings in the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    Burj Azizi: 725 metres (2,379 ft) 132 2027 Dubai 2 Burj Binghatti Jacob & Co Residences: 557 metres (1,827 ft) 105 2026 Dubai 3 Tiger Sky Tower: 532 metres (1,745 ft) 116 2028 Dubai 4 Six Senses Residences Dubai Marina: 517 metres (1,696 ft) 122 2028 Dubai Would become tallest all-residential building in the world if completed. [160] [161] 5 ...

  5. Vanity height - Wikipedia

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    Without this vanity height, the Burj Khalifa would still be the tallest building in the world, but only exceeding the Shanghai Tower's highest usable floor by 2 meters. [1] [3] The next potentially tallest building, the Jeddah Tower, could be over 1,000 meters tall, but its highest floor is planned to be 630m above ground. The top 370m ...

  6. List of tallest buildings - Wikipedia

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    The 828-metre (2,717 ft) tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai has been the tallest building since 2010. [1] The Burj Khalifa has been classified as megatall. [2] A diagram showing the tallest buildings as of 2024. This is a list of the tallest buildings.

  7. Skyscraper - Wikipedia

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    For example, when moving from 1.5 meters to 284 meters, the dry bulb temperature decreased by 1.85 °C while the wind speeds increased from 2.46 meters per seconds to 7.75 meters per second, which led to a 2.4% decrease in summer cooling in reference to the Freedom Tower in New York City. However, for the same building it was found that the ...

  8. List of tallest structures - Wikipedia

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    The tallest structure in the world is the Burj Khalifa skyscraper at 828 m (2,717 ft). Listed are guyed masts (such as telecommunication masts), self-supporting towers (such as the CN Tower ), skyscrapers (such as the Willis Tower ), oil platforms , electricity transmission towers, and bridge support towers.

  9. List of visionary tall buildings and structures - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of buildings and other structures that have been envisioned. The X-Seed 4000 is one of the tallest structures ever conceived. Shown in this image is the Burj Khalifa (828 m (2,717 ft)), tallest structure in the world at the time of completion in 2010 to this year (2025), and the X-Seed 4000 project (4,000 m (13,000 ft)).