To "Kingdom Tower" construction which exceeds 1,000 meters in height in the world

In Jeddah of Saudi Arabia from April 2014, "1000 meters high"Kingdom TowerIt was revealed that the building of the building called "building started."

Work to start on 1 km tall Kingdom Tower | News | Building Design
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Construction on the world's tallest building will reported reported on April 27th | The Verge
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Contractors' contractors in December 2013Saudi BauerFinished the foundation construction of the site planned for construction of Kingdom Tower and said that he dugged more than 270 piles up to 110 meters underground and finally the building began construction from April 27,EC HarrisYaMaceIt is said that international construction companies such as the project will manage the project. The construction cost is estimated at about 1.2 billion dollars (about 120 billion yen).


Completion of the Kingdom Tower is scheduled to be completed in June, 2019 five years and three months, and if this is completed, it is now the world's tallest building with the highest building in the world, Dubai's Burj Khalifa (height 828 m) .


Kingdom Tower is the architectJeddah Economic Company(JEC) has not confirmed the exact height of the building yet, it seems to be certain that this will exceed 1000 meters.

Kingdom Tower Construction project plannerAdrian Smith + Gordon Gill ArchitectureAnd construction isSaudi · Bin Laden · Group, Structural engineersThornton Tomasetti,IntegrationIsOmnium International, Conductors and consultantsDar GroupI am in charge.

The Kingdom Tower is said to be a "symbol of the city" located at the center of the complex city "Kingdom City" to be built in the north of Jeddah (a large city costing more than $ 20 billion in construction).


Furthermore, once Kingdom Tower is completed, it is the tallest building in the EU areaThe ShardIt is three times as high as the height (308 m).