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The Burj Khalifa

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The Burj Khalifa

Mixed-use facility

1 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd

Dubai, 00000, Downtown Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Mixed-use facility

1 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd

Dubai, 00000, Downtown Dubai

United Arab Emirates

This is a very rare capture of burj khalifa and downtown dubai city in the first light morning with the fountain lights.

The iconic Burj Khalifa is the world’s tallest building at 828 meters or 2,650 feet high. Featuring more than 1.8 million square feet (174,000 square meters) of Guardian SunGuard Solar Silver 20 and Guardian ClimaGuard NLT Low-E.

Together these Guardian products offer very high solar and thermal performance. The glass helps reduce glare reflect the solar energy to help prevent the interior from overheating. It also has to withstand extreme desert temperature swings and strong winds. 

Design and supply team

Emaar Properties, Dubai

Developer

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architects, Chicago

Architect

Arabian Aluminum, Dubai; Far East Aluminum and Arab Aluminum, Hong Kong

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