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The Burj Khalifa is 828 metres tall

It has held the tallest building record since 2010

The tower in Dubai opened in 2010 at 828 metres with 163 floors, and its spire reaches higher than any structure before it. Its stepped, tapered shape reduces wind loads, and the concrete and steel system was designed to be built one floor at a time with a self-climbing formwork. Visitors can reach an observation deck on the 148th floor.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: It has held the tallest building record since 2010. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.