burj dubai was the old name of burj khalifa.
burj dubai was the old name of burj khalifa.
what is the old name of burj khalifa?
burj dubai
bullet::::- 4 january 2010: burj khalifa's official launch ceremony is held and burj khalifa is opened. burj dubai renamed burj khalifa in honour of the president of the uae and ruler of abu dhabi, sheikh khalifa bin zayed al nahyan.









































bullet::::- 10 march 2010: council on tall buildings and urban habitat certifies burj khalifa as world's tallest building.









































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burj khalifa
the tower was designed by skidmore, owings and merrill (som), which also designed the willis tower (formerly the sears tower) in chicago and the one world trade center in new york city. burj khalifa uses the bundled tube design of the willis tower, invented by fazlur rahman khan. due to its tubular system, proportionally only half the amount of steel was used in the construction, compared to the empire state building. khan's contributions to the design of tall buildings have had a profound impact on architecture and engineering. it would be difficult to find any worldwide practices in the design of tall buildings that have not been directly or indirectly influenced by his work. the design is reminiscent of frank lloyd wright's vision for the illinois, a mile-high skyscraper designed for chicago, as well as chicago's lake point tower. when adrian smith was conceiving the project at som, he looked out his office window toward lake point tower's curved three wing layout, "there's the prototype", he said. according to strabala, burj khalifa was designed based on the 73 floor tower palace three, an all-residential building in seoul. in its early planning, burj khalifa was intended to be entirely residential.
burj khalifa