World’s Tallest Skyscraper

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© Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

Over 1,000 meters (that’s 3,280 feet!) with a total construction area of 530,000 sqm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture are currently in design development phase for . Slated to surpass Burj Khalifa by 173 meters (coincidently which Adrian Smith also designed while at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) Kingdom Tower is the centerpiece of the $20 billion dollar Kingdom City Development, with the tower itself expected to cost $1.2 billion dollars. Featuring a luxury hotel, office space, serviced apartments, luxury condominiums and the world’s highest observatory the tower’s foundation drawings are complete with the piling currently being tendered.

More renderings of the world’s largest tower which will be located near the Red Sea in , Saudi Arabia following the break.

© Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

© Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

© Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

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ale gaddor says:

please stop of making this kind of project,,, there’s nothing up there,, why u archinepts continue with this nonesense,,, in this case, tall is not a reason,,, it’s a whim.

 
# August 2, 2011 at 19:42
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    cl says:

    certainly it wasn’t the idea of the architect to come up with a kilometer high tower.
    Mostly the client (investor/developer) asked the architect to design this.

     
    # August 3, 2011 at 04:31
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      Charles Detilleux says:

      Oh then it’s cool, the architect’s good … only the client is a bored 12 years old.

       
      # August 3, 2011 at 05:24
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iikka K says:

Looks like somebody has discovered Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Illinois” plans… Just switched the height from a mile to a kilometer.

 
# August 2, 2011 at 20:39
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    Kev says:

    Thank you im glad someone caught the steal.

     
    # August 9, 2011 at 17:17
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It’s futile yes, but it’s beautiful. Just like the pyramids of Giza.

 
# August 2, 2011 at 22:17
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    Pierre says:

    Oh burn!

     
    # August 6, 2011 at 23:02
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punkt says:

LOL

 
# August 3, 2011 at 03:15
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Marco Balzani says:

F.L.Wright Docet

 
# August 3, 2011 at 04:11
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H-J says:

Pointy but pointless…

 
# August 3, 2011 at 07:05
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RHG says:

The challenge should no longer be about building the worlds tallest, architects should now be focused on building the world’s greenest buildings. Green is the new height.

 
# August 3, 2011 at 07:58
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    DeBraido says:

    Would be amazing to see a totally self-sustainable building somewhere!

     
    # August 3, 2011 at 08:13
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    AY says:

    It’s like telling people to stop competing in p**** size and shift all their attention to the density of bushery. Never gonna happen.

     
    # August 3, 2011 at 10:53
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fred says:

THE REAL CORE OF THE ISSUE HERE–

Demonstrates the world cultures problem of distinguishing want vs. need.

 
# August 3, 2011 at 10:10
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sina pakand says:

Cool…but this type projects are gonna be so usual in arabic countries!
and it’s the worst thing that every project can face with that…

 
# August 3, 2011 at 10:31
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nacho says:

FL Wright squirming in his grave….

 
# August 3, 2011 at 10:37
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Hugo says:

Time to revenge?

Sorry, i’m just kidding…

 
# August 4, 2011 at 20:16
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anon says:

…someday i will make a tower that goes all the way to the sun! yay!

 
# August 5, 2011 at 05:34
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mehdi danesh says:

in arabian zone they just think about the tallest building not the conceptual building.
at last the oil will be finish

 
# August 6, 2011 at 02:37
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archi says:

Paid for by our dependence on oil.

 
# August 8, 2011 at 00:16
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sarah faour says:

when i see those kind of “tallest towers” buildings i just remember what we took about the French people and how they used to hate Eiffel tower and they described it as the monster because of its scale compared to the surrounding buildings,,, yet will those tallest buildings have there value praised in the future as the Eiffel tower now?
more over a German team via studies proved that after each tallest tower a financial crisis occurs,,, so isn’t it the time for us to think how will we be solving those financial crisis we are causing when building these kinds of towers?????
sooo many questions and little answers ;)

 
# October 10, 2011 at 11:29
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    wpgmb says:

    Perhaps it’s the other way around: on the cusp of a financial crisis, we build magnificent towers to vainly hide the fact that all is not right in the kingdom…

     
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