LEGO Architecture Burj Khalifa Building Instructions page 3

39,000 tons of steel reinforcement; 103,000 square meters

(1.1 million square feet) of glass; and 15,500 square meters

(167,000 square feet) of embossed stainless steel. The tower

took 22 million man-hours to build.

With a total built-up area of 526,000 square

meters (5.67 million square feet), Burj Khalifa features

170,000 square meters (1.85 million square feet)

of residential space, over 28,000 square meters

(300,000 square feet) of office space, with remaining area

occupied by a luxury hotel.

In 2003, as a result of an international design competition,

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) was selected from

a group of five international competitors to carry out the

architecture and engineering of the Burj Khalifa.

With famous architecture in the Haj Terminal at Jeddah

Airport and National Commercial Bank, SOM is no stranger

to Middle Eastern design. SOM incorporated patterns and