![]() ![]() Reception of the proposal has been highly polarized, receiving high praise from some as a culturally significant icon that will symbolize the nation's wealth and power, while others question its socioeconomic motives, and forecast that it will actually have negative financial consequences. formerly known as the Kingdom Tower, is being built in Jeddah by Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal and will stand 1-kilometer (0.62 mi. Talal is the chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), the largest company in Saudi Arabia, which is a partner in Jeddah Economic Company (JEC), which was formed in 2009 for the development of Kingdom Tower and City. The creator and leader of the project is Saudi Arabian Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, the wealthiest Arab in the Middle East, and nephew of King Abdullah. The design, created by architect Adrian Smith, incorporates many unique structural and aesthetic features. The tower was initially planned to be 1.6-kilometre (1 mi) high however, the geography of the area proved unsuitable for a tower of that height. ![]() If completed as planned, the tower will reach unprecedented heights, becoming the tallest building in the World, as well as the first structure to reach the one-kilometer mark. It will be the centerpiece and first phase of a SR75 billion (US$20 billion) proposed development known as Kingdom City that will be located along the Red Sea on the north side of Jeddah. ![]() The tower was designed by Chicago firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. Kingdom Tower, previously known as Mile-High Tower, is a supertall skyscraper approved for construction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at a preliminary cost of SR4.6 billion (US$1.23 billion). Jeddah Tower also Known as Kingdom Tower and Mile-High Tower is a skyscraper under construction in Jeddah, city in Saudi Arabia at a preliminary cost of. With a structure that evokes a bundle of leaves shooting up from the ground, the Kingdom Jeddah Tower will surpass by nearly 200 metres the Burj Khalifa, which has held the title as the world’s tallest free-standing structure since it opened in Dubai in 2010. Kingdom Tower is an office building, apartment building and hotel that was begun in 2013 and which is to be completed in 2019. ![]()
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