Burj Khalifa Floors: 163 Floor’s Purpose

✔ Did you know that the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE, is the tallest free-standing structure ever built, with an impressive height of 829.8 meters?

✔ It boasts an astonishing 163 stories and has set 14 world records. The total cost of constructing this remarkable structure was $1.5 billion.

1. Burj Khalifa Floors Details  

✔ Altogether, there are 163 floors in Burj Khalifa. B1-B2 ( basements ), Concourse, and the ground floor are also provided.

✔ The floor 1-8 floors are occupied for the Armani Hotel. Also, 9-16 floors are occupied by them for Armani Residences.

✔ Floors 17-18, 40-42, 73-75, 109-110, 136-138, 155 and 160-163  are utilized for mechanical operation.

✔ Floors 19–37, 44–72, and 77–108 are utilized for residential purposes.

✔ Floors 38–39 are occupied for Armani Hotel Suites. Staying in the world’s tallest building at Georgio Armani’s hotel is costly. Rooms usually begin at around $600 per night, and suites can cost multiple times that.

✔ The sky lobby is provided on the 43, 76, and 123 floors. The sky lobbies have been developed based on Middle Eastern themes and local heritage, much like the rest of the interior design of Burj Khalifa. The motifs and design concepts utilized are Arabesque.

✔ On floors 111-121, 125-135, 139-147, and 149-154, corporate suites are provided, consisting of 33 rooms for its use.

✔ On floor 122, the restaurant named Atmosphere is located.

✔ On floors 124 and 148, the top observatory is provided.

✔ On floors 156-159, communication and broadcast are provided.

✔ To set up a promotional advertisement or a message on the Burj Khalifa, One has to pay a cost of AED250,000 ($68,073) for a single three-minute display, according to the marketing agency that handles the lighting displays.

2. Burj Khalifa Floors Plan

✔ On top floors, the sun can still be observed for a few minutes after it has set at ground level. This has directed Dubai clerics to rule that those living further on the 80th floor should wait 2 minutes to break their Ramadan fast, and those living above the 150th floor should wait 3 minutes to break their Ramadan fast.

3. Burj Khalifa Details  

Name	Burj Khalifa
Image
Height	The height of Burj Khalifa is 2722.44 feet (829.8 m).
Floor	It consists of 163 stories.
No. of Piles	Burj Khalifa has 192 piles.
Construction Started	2004 AD
Construction Finished	2009 AD
Opened	2010 AD
Construction Cost	The total cost of construction is $1.5 billion.
Owner	The owner of Burj Khalifa is Emaar Properties Real Estate Development Company.
Location	Burj Khalifa is located in Dubai (UAE).
Floor Area	The Floor area of the tower is 309,473 m².
Elevators	There are 57 elevators and eight escalators in Burj Khalifa.
Records	Tallest free-standing structure in the world.
Led Designer	Adrian Smith
Designer Company	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Top Floor Height	605 m (1,985 ft)
Primary Structure	Reinforced Concrete
Tip Structure	Structural Steel
Total Workers Involved In Construction	10,000 – 12,000
Worker Dead During Construction	1
Parking Spaces	2,957
Apartments In The Building	900
Total Hotel Rooms In The Building	304
Total Work Hours to Construct	22 crore hours
Average Monthly Worker Paid For Construction	US$190

4. Jeddah Tower Vs Burj Khalifa  

Here is our comparison between Jeddah Tower and Burj Khalifa.

Parameter	Jeddah Tower	Burj Khalifa
1. Image
2. Present Status	On hold.	Completed.
3. Location	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.	Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
4. Height	It will be at least 1000 m or 3,280 ft, or 1 Km high.	The height of Burj Khalifa is 2722.44 feet.
5. Number of Floors	167 (If completed as planned, the number of floors will be 167).	163 floors
6. Construction Started	April 1, 2013.	January 6, 2004.
7. Construction Completed	Not revealed.	October 1, 2009.
8. Construction Opened	Not revealed.	January 4, 2010.
9. Top floor height	The top floor height will be 668 m or, 2,192 ft (If completed as planned).	605 m (1,985 ft)
10. Observatory	It will be 652 m or 2,139 ft (If completed as planned).	555.7 m or 1,823 ft.
11. Lifts/elevators	59	57
12. Architectural style	Neo-futurism.	Neo-futurism.
13. Owner	Jeddah Economic Company; Kingdom Real Estate Development.	Emaar Properties.
14. Cost	USD 1.23 Billion	USD 1.5 Billion.
15. Main contractor	Saudi Binladin Group.	Samsung C&T.
16. Structural engineer	Thornton Tomasetti.	Bill Baker.
17. Old name or Alternative name	Kingdom Tower.	Burj Dubai or Khalifa Tower.
18. Country	Saudi Arabia.	The United Arab Emirates.