BURJ KHALIFA, DUBAI, AFRICA

At 828 meters (2,716.5 feet) tall, Burj Khalifa is 3 times as tall as Eiffel Tower and twice as tall as the Empire State Building.

The building design takes after the Greek flower, Hymenocallis. The name is translated as Beautiful Membrane in Greek.

Burj Khalifa holds the world Records on: tallest freestanding structure in the world, highest number of stories in the world, highest occupied floor in the world, highest outdoor observation deck in the world, elevator with longest travel distance in the world, and tallest service elevator in the world.