Several buildings with a height of over 1,000 m continue one after another, the Middle Eastern hyperbuilding plan beyond "Burj Khalifa" Various

Today, the tallest building in the world is a skyscraper in DubaiBurj Khalifa(The name under construction is Burj Dubai.) The height is 828 m and the interior is 160 stories high, the hotel and condominium enter by the 108th floor, the office and the observation deck are in the upper part.

However, since it can not change the height any longer once it has been built, if the higher building is completed later, the world's best will be handed over to that. In the Middle East, there are plans for the construction of a 1000 m-class hyperbuilding (super high-rise building) that exceeds this Burj Khalifa.

For details on what kind of things are going to be made, please see below.
◆Burj Khalifa

ByRomán Emin

Burj Khalifa is the world's top skyscraper at the moment. It is in Dubai, its height (spire height) is 828 m. Burju means the tower in Arabic, and it was called "Burj Dubai (Dubai Tower)" during construction, but in 2009Dubai ShockAt the time of being in danger of financing due to financial difficulties, he is the chief of Abu Dhabi Emirate and President of the United Arab EmiratesHarry Hwa Bin = Zaed Earl-NahyanAs Mr. issued a rescue ship, the name was changed to Burj Khalifa (Tower of Halifax) at completion.

◆Burj-Mubarak Al-Kabir

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In Kuwait, Madinat al-Hareer (Madina-al-Haire) area is being built as a secondary city center, but Burj-Mubarak Al-Kabir is going to be built in the center. The height is 1001 m. The estimate is expected to be about 7.37 billion dollars (about 627.5 billion yen), the planned completion is 2016. It is estimated that it will take about 25 years to complete the entire district.

◆Muljan Tower
It is planned to construct in Manama, the capital city of Bahrain, 1022 meters high, 200-story Muljan Tower. It is said to be planned by a company in Denmark, but a large anti-government demonstration that occurred in Egypt in January 2011 (Egypt riot in 2011), An anti-government demonstration occurred in February even in Bahrain (Bahrain mayhem in 2011). The F1 world championship Bahrain GP is going to be held and it is unknown whether the plan will progress smoothly as it is.

◆Nakir Tower

ByZerochamp

This is also a skyscraper with a height of 1400 m, which is built in Dubai. Construction began in 2008 and foundation construction was underway, but the construction plan has been frozen by Dubai Shock 2009. By the way, "Nikil" is the name of the real estate company that is building the tower, and Dubai Shock began to embark on the Dubai Government's request for payment for Nabil and its holding company, Dubai World It is.

◆Kingdom Tower


A tower with a height of 1,600 m, which is scheduled to be built in Saudi Arabia's second city Jeddah. It originally boasts a height of about 1 mile (1600 m) as it was the name "Mile-High Tower", but it seems there is a possibility that it can be reduced to 1100 m due to ground problems. There seems to be some voices calling for construction due to the influence of the global financial crisis that has continued since 2007, but Kingdom Holding Company, the main body of the project, is kicking this out. Although planning is stopped as of March 2011, it is scheduled to restart in the second quarter. By the way, the capital city of Saudi Arabia Riyadh already has the same tower, but the height of this is 302 m.

◆Dubai City Tower


A project with an alias of Vertical City (vertical city), the six buildings are designed to form one structure, and it is unprecedented that the number of floors is 400 and the height is 2400 m at the time of completion It is going to be.

The above hyperbuilding is based on the plans made when the Middle East with abundant oil money was a booming economy, so it was frozen after the world financial crisis in 2007 and the Dubai shock of 2009 There is also, it is unknown whether everything will be completed.

By the way, in Japan as well, several similar projects are considered during the bubble period, some of which have a height of 10,000 meters (10 km)Tokyo Babel TowerThere was even what it was.Active Galactic: 11 dimensions and natural science and torture everydayAccording to the article, it seems that the construction cost was 3000 trillion yen, the construction period was 150 years, that is, the unexpected plan that the budget of 20 trillion yen per year is needed.


Anime"Shangri-La"The same ultra-huge building and laminated city atlas will appear like this.


YouTube - "Shangri-La" opening movie


In science fiction movies etc., it is unusual scenery that skyscrapers are lining up side by side, but I feel like seeing it for a while, but in fact Burj KhalifaTenants and tenants are hard to get in and vacancies are fullIt is said that it is. Fiction and reality seem to be quite different ...