Jeddah Tower

Jeddah Tower
برج جدة
Jeddah Tower in August 2019
General information
Status	Under construction[1]
Type	Mixed-use: office, hotel, residential, apartments, observation, retail
Architectural style	Neo-futurism
Location	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Coordinates	21°44′03″N 39°04′58″E / 21.734063°N 39.082758°E / 21.734063; 39.082758
Construction started	1 April 2013 (2013-04-01)
Estimated completion	Unknown
Cost	SR10 billion (US$10.23 billion)[2] (preliminary)
Owner	Jeddah Economic Company; Kingdom Real Estate Development
Management	CBRE Group
Height
Architectural	At least 1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Roof	At least 1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Top floor	668 m (2,192 ft) (if completed as planned)
Observatory	652 m (2,139 ft)
Technical details
Structural system	Reinforced concrete and steel, all-glass façade
Floor count	252 [3]
Floor area	243,866 m2 (2,624,950 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	59 (55 single deck and 4 double deck),[4][6] made by KONE[7]
Design and construction
Architect	Adrian D. Smith, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Developer	Jeddah Economic Company (JEC)[9]
Engineer	Langan International (sub-grade and transportation planning)[8]
Structural engineer	Thornton Tomasetti
Main contractor	Saudi Binladin Group
References
[4][5]

Jeddah Tower, or Kingdom Tower is a paused skyscraper construction project in Jeddah, a major port city on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. If completed according to plan, the Kingdom Tower would be the tallest building in the world, a title currently held by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Kingdom Tower is planned to be approximately 1 km (3,300 ft) high, which is significantly taller than the current Guinness World Record holder, the Burj Khalifa which stands 828 m (2,717 ft) high.

Kingdom Tower is the first stage in the Kingdom City project, a planned suburb of Jeddah intended to become a new city entirely. Plans for Kingdom Tower have been circulating since 2008, when it was originally named the "Mile-High Tower." However, the foundation where the Kingdom Holding Company wanted to build the tower was not stable enough to support a mile-high structure. Instead, the company settled for the kilometer-high title, where on August 2, 2011, Kingdom Holding announced that construction would commence shortly. The idea of Kingdom Tower is credited to the Prince of Saudi Arabia, Al-Waleed bin Talal, who is also the owner of Kingdom Holding Company. As one of the wealthiest men in the world, the Saudi prince is the main contributor to the project.

1. ↑ "Owner May Ramp up Construction of Jeddah Tower, Planned to be over 1 km | 2019-11-06 | Engineering News-Record".
2. ↑ Summer Said (3 August 2011). "Saudis Plan World's Tallest Tower". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
3. ↑ "Travel to the Luxurious Jeddah City". Luxury Travel Magazine.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Jeddah Tower – The Skyscraper Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
5. ↑ "Mile-High Tower". SkyscraperPage. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
6. ↑ "Kingdom Tower Jeddah, Saudi Arabia" (PDF). Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture LLP. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
7. ↑ "KONE wins order for Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Tower, the world's tallest building". KONE Corporation. Archived from the original on 2017-08-23. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
8. ↑ "Langan Website". Langan International. 2011. Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
9. ↑ Nambiar, Sona (2 August 2011). "Kingdom Tower to pip reigning champ Burj Khalifa by 173m". Emirates 24/7. Dubai Media Incorporated. Retrieved 3 August 2011.