CONSTRUCTION
DATE SET FOR THE WORLD’S TALLEST TOWER
Construction
work on the world’s first 1km-high building, the Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia,
is set to begin on April 27.
The $1.2
billion project has been plagued by setbacks since it was first proposed in
2011, but above-ground work on the Jeddah super skyscraper will commence next
month, Building reports.
Stretching
at least 1,000m, the slender structure will be more than three times bigger
than Europe’s tallest building, The Shard, and will overtake the 828m Burj
Khalifa in Dubai to become the tallest building in the world.
The
skyscraper will be a mixed-use building featuring a luxury hotel, office space,
luxury apartments and the world’s highest observatory. The complex will contain
59 elevators, including five double-deck elevators.
Designed by
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, the tower is slated to reach
completion over a timescale of 63 months. Foundation work began in December
2013.
The
original design was for the building to reach 1.6 km — just under one mile.
However, the plans have since been revised and though the client, Jeddah
Economic Company, has yet to confirm the exact measurement, it is likely to be
closer to 1 km, according to Building.
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