Top 10 Tallest Buildings in Asia... .. 1 Burj Khalifa | Dubai:- Burj Khalifa, known prior to its inauguration as Burj Dubai, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is the tallest man-made structure in the world with its humongous 2,722 feet height. The construction started on 21 September 2004, and the building was officially opened on 4 January 2010. The tower’s architecture and engineering were done by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago. Adrian Smith was the chief architect, and Bill Baker was the chief structural engineer of this project. It consists of 163 floors, plus 46 maintenance levels in the spire, and 2 parking levels in the basement. The highest residential floor in this mega structure is level 109. A major plot of Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol was filmed here.
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