Next in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series we examine SOM's Burj Khalifa – the most ... surpassing Taiwan's 508-metre-tall Taipei 101, which formerly held the title ...

At 2,722 feet from base to tip, the Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. When construction finished in 2010, it claimed the record from Taipei 101, a mixed-use building in Taipei ...

At 508 metres, Taipei 101 was long the World’s tallest skyscraper, before being dethroned by the Burj Khalifa in 2009. Designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners, this building was inspired by the shape of ...