The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower, dominates the Dubai skyline.MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP via Getty Images Standing at 2,716.5 feet, Dubai's Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. It's ...

Rise Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Is set to be even taller than Burj Khalifa in Dubai and architecture firm HKS has revealed ...

Only the observation deck had been operational so far–a ride to the top cost $27. Question is, how long before debilitating problems for the Burj make it an inescapable symbol of an over-inflated ...

When it comes to iconic skyscrapers, Burj Khalifa in Dubai immediately comes to mind. Standing tall at 2,717 feet (828 meters) with 163 floors, it has captured the imagination of millions. Tourists ...

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 ...

Burj Khalifa: Standing tall at a staggering 2,716.5 feet (828 meters), the Burj Khalifa is more than just an engineering ...

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 ...

Recently, architects Gordon Gill and Adrian Smith sat down with Bloomberg Business Week to talk about designing the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, in Dubai. The duo also discussed the ...

Hollywood actor Tom Cruise has returned to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai for further filming on Mission: Impossible IV – taking his seat on top of the world. Having already been captured clambering up the ...

(DUBAI, UAE) -- Not only is it the world's tallest building at 828 meters (2720 ft), but the Burj Khalifa can't help setting more records two days after it was officially opened on January 4, 2010.