About Emirati Burj Khalifa Sapphire (2010)
Burj Khalifa rose from the Dubai desert in 2010 as an 828-meter sapphire shard — the world's tallest structure, designed by SOM's Adrian Smith on a tripartite Y-plan abstracted from the Hymenocallis flower. Its curtain wall reads cobalt-to-steel at dusk while the Dubai Fountain throws aged-gold LED light across the lake below.
This design system captures the view from the observation deck at blue hour: deep sapphire glass, steel-blue sky, jet-black night, and gold refractions. Typography pairs luxury serif display with clean software-product body text, and every surface carries the precision of parametric engineering.
Learn more about the Emirati Burj Khalifa Sapphire (2010) style
- Origin
- Downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Era
- 2004 groundbreaking; 2010 opening; current visual ~2010–2024
- Key figures
- Adrian Smith · Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum · Mohamed Alabbar · William F. Baker
- Movements
- Gulf supertall architecture · post-oil emirate identity-building · parametric tower design
Emirati Burj Khalifa Sapphire (2010) design spec
Colors
Typography
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