It's so tall that people on the top and bottom of the building have a different read of time. The building "transcends the earth's local temperature and climate," author Stefan Al wrote in his new ...

The Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai boasts several world records. In addition to being the world’s tallest building, the massive structure also holds records for tallest elevator in a building, most ...

The Oz-like Burj Khalifa in Dubai officially opened today, succeeding Taipei 101 as the world’s tallest building. There is no disputing its preposterous height: At 169 stories, or 2,717 feet, the $1.5 ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Dubai opened the world's tallest skyscraper Monday in a blaze of fireworks, then added a final flourish: It renamed the half-mile-high tower for the head of neighboring ...

Standing at 2,716.5 feet, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest building in the world. According to Insider, the building so tall that people on the upper floors of the Burj Khalifa perceive time ...

The Burj Dubai, or as it was renamed during its opening Monday, the Burj Khalifa, has been likened to the Tower of Babel, or in the words of Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne, “a ...

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Dubai opened the world’s tallest skyscraper Monday, and in a surprise move renamed the gleaming glass-and-metal tower Burj Khalifa in a nod to the leader of neighboring Abu Dhabi — the oil-rich ...