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World Records
set by Burj Khalifa

Highest structure ever built

Warsaw Radio Tower

Highest building

Taipei 101 (Taiwan)

Highest freestanding structure

CN Tower (Canada)

Most floors

160 are habitable (that number is the one to use for the record). In addition, there are inhabitable floors used for mechanical purposes (such as air conditioning equipment). If you count those, there are 206 floors.

Highest observation deck

The Khalifa Observatory is on the 124th floor, giving you a 100-kilometer (60-mile) view on a crystal clear day.

Highest restaurant

Prices in the 122nd floor Atmosphere restaurant are sky high, too.

Fastest elevator

It takes just 60 seconds to reach the 124th-floor observatory - and the ride is virtually silent. Besides speed, the elevators travel the greatest vertical distance in a building.

Other highest world records include swimming pool, mosque, living space, office space, and broadcast station.

Burj Khalifa
floor functions

Basement 1 & 2 Parking and mechanical
Ground Hotel and Concourse
1–8 Hotel
9–16 Residential
17–18 Mechanical
19–37 Residential
38–39 Hotel suites
40–42 Mechanical
43 Sky Lobby
44–72 Residential
76 Sky Lobby
77–108 Residential
109–110 Mechanical
111–121 Corporate Suites
122 Restaurant
123 Sky Lobby
124 Observatory
125–135 Corporate Suites
136–138 Mechanical
139–154 Corporate Suites
155 Mechanical
156–159 Communication and Broadcast
160–206 Mechanical

All the approximately 1000 apartments are luxury class, as are the many rooms and suites in the hotel. The spa, restaurants and stores are upscale. And the office floors are state of the art.