Burj Khalifa
828-metre skyscraper that held the world-tallest title when it opened in 2010, with an observation deck above the clouds.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Burj Khalifa opens on its January 2010 unveiling, when Dubai's ruler took the stage after six years of construction and changed the tower's planned name on the spot. It reaches back three weeks earlier to a quiet financial rescue from Abu Dhabi, and asks what a name on a building can really mean. Listen for the story behind the tower's Y-shaped floor plan, borrowed from a desert flower to keep it steady in the wind.
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