In Saudi Arabia they project the Jeddah Towerwhich will seek to dethrone the world’s tallest Burj Khalifa of Dubai. It promises to be more than a kilometer high, and to open in 2028 (it could last until 2030), in this way it would surpass the giant located in United Arab Emirates.
Formerly known as the Kingdom Tower and originally the Mile-High Towerthe Jeddah Tower It is a building in Saudi Arabia that, when it opens, will be the tallest building in the world.
Located in the middle of the desert, it will be part of the Jeddah Citya complex with which Arabia intends to put Jeddah on the map. This is the second largest city in the country and is located on the coast of the Red Sea.
What will the Jeddah Tower be like?
The last thing that is known about this project is that, after years of having been stopped for several years, the construction It was officially reactivated in 2025with significant advances reported. It is a milestone and a challenge for modern architecture. It was announced in August 2011 and the initial investment was $2.2 billion.
The prince Alwaleed Bin Talais the person behind this work. The design of the tower is in charge of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. The designers They were inspired by the leaves of native desert plantswhich sprout upward from the ground as a single shape, and then separate from each other at the top.
The idea is to make an analogy of nature fused with technology. Initially the construction It was projected at 1600 meters highbut in 2008 the data obtained from soil studies revealed that it would not be possible, so it was reduced to 1001 meters.
The initial tower alone required 80,000 tons of steel and 500,000 cubic meters of concrete. The foundations reach 60 meters deep and are designed to withstand the salt water of the ocean. Jeddah Tower will have 252 floors and there will be 58 elevatorswhich will take 15 minutes to reach the top.
Its design will be triangular in plan, with the aim of better supporting the forces exerted by the winds. Announced in 2011the preparation of the land began in January 2012 and its construction in 2013. Then it was stopped in 2018 due to financing and administrative problems.
It will occupy a total area of 243,866 square meters and will have within him a Hotel Four Seasonsan area of company apartments, office spaces, luxury apartments and the world’s highest observation deck (at 800 meters high).
