The Structural Systems oF Tall Buildings - Tall Buildings: Structural Systems and Aerodynamic Form - page 42

Nose column

Perimeter
shear wall
(60cm
in thickness)

Hammerhead
shear wall

Corridor
shear wall
(60cm
in thickness)

Reinforced
concrete
outrigger

Reinforced concrete
core shear wall
(varying in thickness
130-50cm
from bottom to

i top)

-17m

Outrigger application

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Floor 19

Figure 3.30 Burj Khalifa, Dubai, U.A.E, 2010
(photo courtesy of Adrian Peret, [e-mail])