Burj Khalifa
About Burj Khalifa
The Burj Khalifa is a megatall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it is the world's tallest structure, with a total height of 829.8 m and a roof height of 828 m (2,717 ft). It has also been the tallest building in the world since its topping out in 2009, surpassing Taipei 101, which had held the record since 2004.
On the show — 3 mentions total
The main company that does Burj Khalifa, which is the highest building — if you want to get a job there, they show you a video nasty before you are allowed to apply. They show you really awful examples of people who almost fell and stuff.
from 465: No Such Thing As An Itching Powder Guild, 2023-02-10 at 00:24:48 · read transcript
Other times Burj Khalifa came up
So on the fjords, the deepest fjord, this one was actually also said to me by White Black, the deepest fjord is so deep that if you got to the deepest point of the deepest one, you know the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. You could strap the Empire State Building to the top of the Burj Khalifa and drop the whole thing into the deepest fjord.
171: No Such Thing As A Half-Ape Vampire, 2017-06-30 · listen
James, if while there you had laid it on its side. I would have been arrested. It would be longer than Vatican City. Oh, and I went to Vatican City in the same year as I went to Burj Khalifa. That does surprise me actually, because I remember crossing the border into Vatican and walking all the way up to wherever the pope lives. His house. It's quite a walk.
530: No Such Thing As A Throbberthrob, 2024-05-09 · listen
Coordinates: 25.1972, 55.2742