The collector’s item gifted by the Alyafi IP Group in 2013 was the Burj Khalifa, which is better known as Burj Dubai. Standing at 829.8m it is currently the tallest man-made structure in the world.
The construction of the Burj Dubai took around five years to finish, from 21 September 2004, to 1 October 2009. The building officially was opened on the 4th of January 2010. The total cost of the Burj Dubai is estimated at US$1.5 billion. Burj Dubai has 163 floors, 49 of which are office space.
Burj Dubai houses 1044 residential apartments.
Burj Dubai has a floor area of 334,000 square meters.
Burj Dubai has 57 lifts in the tower.
Burj Dubai has 28,261 of glass-panels on the exterior of the tower.
Burj Dubai’s top spire can be seen from 95km afar.
Burj Dubai’s architecture features a triple-lobed footprint, an abstraction of the Hymenocallis flower.
Burj Dubai’s Y-shaped floor plan aims to maximize views of the Gulf.
Burj Dubai and its surrounding environment houses over 1,000 pieces of art from prominent Middle Eastern and international artists.
