A GIANT skyscraper in China that has stood unfinished for nearly a decade is finally set to resume construction. Work on ...

The ambitious project was intended to be a beacon of modernity, with 128 floors soaring into the heavens—117 floors dedicated ... second only to Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. But fate had other ...

Within a three-week period, Adrian Smith sketched out the original designs that would eventually become the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa. In the early 2000s, he was approached ...

It stands at a height of 828 meters (2,717 feet). Completed in 2010, the Burj Khalifa has 163 floors, luxurious residences, offices, restaurants, the world’s highest observation deck and the ...

Though the Burj Khalifa penthouse is the tallest residence in the building, there are 50 additional floors above it. A number of these stories hold maintenance facilities and corporate offices, though ...