The ever-taller story of multi storeyed skyscrapers is due to reach a new milestone in 2018 – or rather, kilometre-stone. On completion, the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah will rise at least 1,000 metres (1 km) into the Saudi Arabian sky, thus stealing the coveted crown of world’s tallest building from Dubai’s 828m-tall Burj Khalifa.
The Kingdom Tower promises to house 121 serviced apartments, 360 residential apartments, a 200-room Four Seasons hotel and class A office space to boot, grossing to a total of 200 floors. Its top 85 floors will go unoccupied as they are too narrow for apartments or offices The Tower will also have the world’s highest observatory.
The Kingdom Tower, estimated to cost $1.23 billion, will cover 50-hectare (120-acre) plot with surrounding buildings. Its core rests on 247 concrete pillars in its triangular base which covers 12 hectares!
It’s construction will require about 5.7 million square feet of concrete and 80,000 tons of steel, according to the Saudi Gazette.
The project’s official construction estimates that the project will get finished by 2018.
Reference Links:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Tower
2. http://time.com/3951439/kingdom-tower-looks-to-set-a-record/Reference Links:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Tower
3. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/17/world/meast/saudi-arabia-to-build-tallest-building-ever/
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