Not far from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), construction has begun on the tallest skyscraper in the world - "Kingdom Tower", the height of which, according to the project, should exceed 1 km.

At the moment, the tallest existing building is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the height of this giant skyscraper is 828 meters. The height of the Kingdom Tower should be 1,007 meters, which is 179 more than the height of the Burj Khalifa.

Construction of the Kingdom Tower skyscraper began in May this year, 32 km north of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Around the building there will be a small town, where up to 80 thousand residents will be able to live and which will consist mainly of luxury housing, hotels and business centers.

The project developer is the British company Hyder Consulting, the architectural project will be carried out by Omrania & Associates from Saudi Arabia. You can already admire the photographs of the still "virtual" building and estimate the scale of the project.

In April 2011, news agencies announced that the construction plan had been accepted and the total cost of the construction was about $ 30 billion, although the initial planned amount was no more than $ 10 billion. For comparison, the construction cost of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest skyscraper at the moment, is $ 1.5 billion. . USA.

Although the shape of the building resembles a needle, which becomes thinner towards the top, the architects decided to add a small element - a round observation deck. Let's just hope that at such a height the wind will not be able to blow anyone away from this site.

Opened in 2010, the 828-meter Burj Khalifa in Dubai has become the tallest building on the planet, a symbol of the triumph of engineering genius. But she is not destined to be a record holder for long. In different parts of the Earth, preparations are already underway for the construction of even more tall and complex skyscrapers, each of which has a height at least a kilometer.

Sky City. China

The Sky City tower, although it will have a height of a little less than a kilometer, but this project is likely to be the first to break the record of the Burj Khalifa with its 828 meters from the base to the top of the spire. The project provides for the construction of a stepped 838-meter tower in the Chinese city of Changsha, on the 202 floors of which there will be residential apartments, hotels, educational institutions, hospitals, offices, shops.

But it is not so much the record height of Sky City that is interesting, but the incredibly fast pace of construction of this building. The company Broad Sustainable Building, which will build it, is known all over the world for erecting high-rise buildings in just a few days. She plans to build this skyscraper in just 90 days plus 120 days of site preparation for construction.

The construction of this skyscraper was supposed to begin in the summer of 2013, but has so far been postponed. True, preparatory work on the site at the site where Sky City will grow is gradually proceeding.

Azerbaijan Tower. Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan also wants to build the world's tallest skyscraper. The growing revenues from the sale of oil and gas make it possible to implement very large social and infrastructural objects in this country, for example, the construction of the Khazar Islands artificial archipelago, the high-rise of which will be the 1050-meter Azerbaijan Tower.

The construction of the archipelago began several years ago. Now the first public, residential and office buildings have been built on it, and the construction of the Azerbaijan Tower itself will begin, as expected, in 2015.

Investors of the project promise to commission the Azerbaijan Tower building in 2019, and complete the entire artificial archipelago by 2020.

Kingdom Tower. Saudi Arabia

Still, most of the projects of ultra-tall buildings are planned to be implemented in wealthy Arab countries. For example, Saudi Arabia lives on the idea of ​​building the tallest building in the world - the Burj Khalifa haunts them in the neighboring United Arab Emirates.

Construction of the Kingdom Tower skyscraper began in 2013 in the city of Jeddah. The height of this 167-storey building will be just over 1000 meters. The exact data are still unknown - they will appear only after the facility is put into operation. Investors are afraid to publish them, fearing that someone will build a structure just a few meters higher and break the record.

Kingdom Tower will become the centerpiece of the multi-functional Kingdom Center, an entire city of residential, office, hotel, retail and entertainment facilities with a total value of $ 20 billion.

Madinat al-Hareer. Kuwait

They want to build a kilometer-long skyscraper in Kuwait. In June 2014, the project of a building called Madinat al-Hareer was finally approved, the height of which will be 1001 meters.

The name "Madinat al-Hareer" translates as "Silk City", which hints at the glorious history of Kuwait during the days when it was one of the world's centers of silk trade. It was originally planned that this skyscraper will be erected by 2016, but, apparently, this period will be postponed by at least two years.

Dubai City Tower. United Arab Emirates

Dubai looks at the projects listed above with apprehension - in the very near future they may break the high-altitude record of the Burj Dubai skyscraper. But, on the other hand, they don't sit with folded hands in this city either. There, work is in full swing on the design of the world's first two-kilometer building.

The Eiffel Tower was taken as the basis for the construction of Dubai City Tower. But the dimensions of this Arab skyscraper will be seven and a half times larger than that of the French prototype. The height of the future tower will be 2,400 meters.

The 400 floors of the Dubai City Tower will be interconnected not only by elevators, but also by a vertical train that can travel at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour and deliver people from the lower floor to the upper one in a matter of seconds.

- this is the name of a skyscraper that is planned to be built in the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and whose height will be more than 1000 meters. The building will have 200 floors, and the total area of ​​its premises will be 530,000 square meters! Undoubtedly, this skyscraper will become a new wonder of the world and will attract even more tourists from all over the world to Saudi Arabia. Three years ago, Saudi billionaire Prince Al Waleed bin Talal announced that he intends to build the world's tallest building in Jeddah to compete with Dubai and its Burj Khalifa skyscraper. But Kingdom Tower will be 173 meters taller than Burj Khalifa! A whole district will be built around the skyscraper - Kingdom city.

Saudi Arabia to build a 1000-meter skyscraper

Construction began at the end of 2013 and it is planned that the building will be commissioned in 2018. Kingdom Tower was designed by architects Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill and has an initial cost of $ 1.23 billion. It will take about 80,000 tons of steel to build a record-high building! The total estimated cost of the entire Kingdom City project is expected to be around $ 20 billion.

Comparison of the height of the Kingdom Tower skyscraper with the tallest buildings on the planet:

Kingdom Tower is 173 meters taller than Burj Khalifa in Dubai

[: RU] A joint venture between EC Harris and Mays has won a contract to build the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, which will be the tallest building in the world. Actually, such a super skyscraper was supposed to be built in Dubai (Al Burj) last year, but due to the outbreak of the global financial crisis in 2009, the project was frozen. However, the vain desire to be the first to overcome the 1000-meter line turned out to be so great that the construction of an ultra-high tower nevertheless began in Saudi Arabia, 50 km from the city of Jeddah.

The planned completion date is 2018, the construction cost is estimated at $ 1.2 billion. Kingdom Tower will be the tallest building in the world and will be 180 meters taller than the Burj Khalifa. Construction is scheduled to begin this year.

This will be the central part of the Royal City, which will be located north of Jeddah, overlooking the Red Sea. The Royal City will include residential, commercial, hotels, offices, shopping, educational and commercial centers.

Walid Abdul Jalil Butterjee, CEO of JEC, said that the idea of ​​building the world's tallest tower in Jeddah belongs to His Royal Highness, Prince Al-Walid bin Talal. In addition, the project will help create hundreds of jobs for Saudi Arabians.
An architectural team led by Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill (AS + GG), based in Chicago, designed the Kingdom Tower.


Kingdom Tower will be an architectural monument that will clearly demonstrate the ambitions of Saudi Arabia in the world.
Mark Reynolds, Mays Construction Team Leader, said: “Kingdom Tower is an international project and we are delighted to be part of a joint venture. We look forward to realizing the vision of His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed bin Talal that will provide international recognition for the Kingdom's economic and cultural status. "

With a total construction area of ​​more than 500,000 m2, the multifunctional structure of the building will include a luxury five-star Four Seasons hotel, apartments, first-class office space, luxury condominiums and an observatory that will be taller than existing observation decks in the world.

Progress does not stand still: in March of this year, the construction of the first skyscraper in the history of mankind with a height of more than 1 km began! In fact, such a giant (Al Burj) should have already been built in Dubai back in 2012, but due to the global financial crisis, the project was canceled in 2009.

But the temptation to be the first to overcome the 1,000-meter line was very great. Kingdom Tower is the tallest building project in the world, which is planned to be built 32 km north of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The height of the structure should be 1,007 meters, which will surpass the record (828 m) by almost 200 meters. A small town will be located around the building, where up to 80 thousand inhabitants will be able to live.

Comparison with existing skyscrapers and:

The project developer is the British company Hyder Consulting, the architectural project will be carried out by Omrania & Associates from Saudi Arabia.

In April 2011, several news outlets reported that the construction plan had been adopted and the total cost of the construction would be about $ 30 billion.

The construction of the tower is planned in the Arabian desert. The construction will be extremely difficult: due to the height of the tower, the building materials will have to be lifted with the help of.

The total cost of the project, including the satellite city, is estimated to be US $ 20 billion (for comparison: the cost of building the currently tallest skyscraper "" is US $ 1.5 billion), however, the amount was originally planned to be no more than US $ 10 billion.

From the top of the tower, an area within a radius of about 140 km will be visible. It is assumed that the satellite city will consist mainly of luxury housing, hotels and business centers.

An architectural highlight will be a saucer balcony:

Life at a kilometer height ...