%0 Journal Article
%T Burj Khalife as a model example of smart building: an edifice of tomorrow, or of the present?
%A Biskup, Kamil
%J Housing Environment
%V 2017
%R 10.4467/25438700SM.17.065.7922
%N 21/2017
%P 32-38
%K smartbuliding, architecture, accessibility, ecology, energy efficiency, future building
%@ 1731-2442
%D 2018
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/srodowisko-mieszkaniowe/article/burj-khalife-as-a-model-example-of-smart-building-an-edifice-of-tomorrow-or-of-the-present
%X 
	The notion of ‘smart building’ was taking shape over the last twenty or thirty years of the past century. Initially, the term was used with respect to the advancement of the technologies installed in the building. With the development of information socjety and new forms of labour, new requirements appear with respect to buildings, which – apart from technological quality – extended to the quality of man’s life and work.”

	The high requirements as regards the building’s technological quality and high standard, quality of the space of life and work have all been met by the world’s tallest building named Burj Khalifa, erected in Dubai. The building is a model example of the smart building concept that “apart from technological quality, extends to the quality of man’s life and work”. The solutions applied correlate with one another, drawing upon the principles crucial for innovative combination of what is economical, ecological, flexible, and aesthetic in modern design trends.