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The Tallest Building On Earth : BURJ KHALIFA transcript
Astrolabe · @Astrolabe_Science
Published June 28, 20164:1961.4K views
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2010. So, what does it take to build and maintain a vertical city? A lot of materials, money, and technology. 829.7 m, the Burj Khalifa's total height from the
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world's first mile-high skyscraper, called Sky Mile Tower. The $1.2 billion-dollar building would dominate the Tokyo skyline at a height of 1,600 m, 5,249 ft.
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Dubai's Burj Khalifa maintains the world record as it has since it opened in 2010. So, what does it take to build and maintain a vertical city? A lot of materials, money, and technology.
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The tallest building on Earth, the Burj Khalifa. Dubai's Burj Khalifa maintains the world record as it has since it opened in 2010. So, what does it take to build and maintain a vertical city? A lot of materials, money, and technology. 829.7 m, the Burj
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| Sentences | 33 |
| Average words per sentence | 12.1 |
| Longest sentence | 26 words |
| Questions asked | 1 |
| Sentences containing a number | 24 |
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The tallest building on Earth, the Burj Khalifa. Dubai's Burj Khalifa maintains the world record as it has since it opened in 2010. So, what does it take to build and maintain a vertical city? A lot of materials, money, and technology. 829.7 m, the Burj Khalifa's total height from the ground floor to the top of its spire. That's 2,722 ft, making it the tallest building on planet Earth. 163 floors. It holds the world record for the number of floors.
It also has the world's highest observation deck on the 148th floor, nightclub on the 144th floor, and restaurant on the 122nd floor. 35,000 people, the number of people that can be accommodated in the building dubbed the vertical city at any given time. 95 km, the maximum distance from which the Burj Khalifa's iconic spire can be seen. That's about 60 mi, the distance between New York City and Trenton, New Jersey. 57 elevators.
Each of the Burj Khalifa's high-tech elevators can travel nearly 10 m, 32.8 ft, per second, allowing them to reach the top in about 60 seconds. 28,261 panels, the number of architectural glass panels on the Burj Khalifa. The pioneering glass provides anti-glare, solar, and thermal protection against Dubai's intense desert sun. 137,000 L, the volume of water that Burj Khalifa's condensate collection system accumulates each day.
That equates to 20 Olympic swimming pools every year. 11,800 metric tons. The amount of ice needed to cool the Burj Khalifa in Dubai's blistering heat. That's roughly 13,000 US tons, all contained within an innovative thermal storage system. $16.3 million dollars. The cost of the Burj Khalifa's most expensive apartment until 2017, when a $32 million apartment in the Palm Jumeirah is completed. $1.5 billion dollars. The estimated cost of the Burj Khalifa, which includes nearly 22 million man-hours and nearly 100,000 metric tons of concrete. $43,000.
The cost of office space per square meter within the Burj Khalifa. That's about $4,000 per square foot. Three times higher than New York City's average. $135,000. The cost of an At the Top Sky ticket, which will grant you access to the Burj Khalifa's 148th floor during prime hours. Japan made headlines recently when an ambitious proposal was revealed for the world's first mile-high skyscraper, called Sky Mile Tower. The $1.2 billion-dollar building would dominate the Tokyo skyline at a height of 1,600 m, 5,249 ft.
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