The Kingdom Tower, is a skyscraper under construction that will finished building in 2019.
The project was announced on August 2, 2011 and is aimedby American architect Adrian Smith.
This will be located in Saudi Arabia, in the city of Jeddah, and will have the record of the tallest
building on the planet earth, measuring about 1,007 m (3304 ft)
Before being announced this project, the record high skyscraper else Burj Khalifa held the city of
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, measuring 828 m (2716 ft)
The Kingdom Tower would initially have 1,600 meters high, but May 2008 the data obtained from
ground investigations revealed that not be possible, so it fell to 1,007 m (3304 ft)
The tower will have a huge triangular base, like a tripod, in order to better support the forces
exerted by wind and gravity.
Site preparation began in January 2012, while its Construction began on June 24, 2013.
The total cost of this tower, US$ 1.230.000.000.
Interested ..... Some videos.
Kingdom Tower, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Worlds Tallest Tower.
[youtube]t90zu387Rzs?rel=0[/youtube]
The worlds new tallest buildings: Kingdom Tower or Sky City? ( China )
[youtube]Gxl0UpYfgFw?rel=0[/youtube]
Regards.
The project was announced on August 2, 2011 and is aimedby American architect Adrian Smith.
This will be located in Saudi Arabia, in the city of Jeddah, and will have the record of the tallest
building on the planet earth, measuring about 1,007 m (3304 ft)
Before being announced this project, the record high skyscraper else Burj Khalifa held the city of
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, measuring 828 m (2716 ft)
The Kingdom Tower would initially have 1,600 meters high, but May 2008 the data obtained from
ground investigations revealed that not be possible, so it fell to 1,007 m (3304 ft)
The tower will have a huge triangular base, like a tripod, in order to better support the forces
exerted by wind and gravity.
Site preparation began in January 2012, while its Construction began on June 24, 2013.
The total cost of this tower, US$ 1.230.000.000.
Interested ..... Some videos.
Kingdom Tower, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Worlds Tallest Tower.
[youtube]t90zu387Rzs?rel=0[/youtube]
The worlds new tallest buildings: Kingdom Tower or Sky City? ( China )
[youtube]Gxl0UpYfgFw?rel=0[/youtube]
Regards.
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