Mile High Tower in Saudi Arabia
Commercial Construction, Miscellaneous March 31st, 2008
The owner of the Savoy Hotel in London, Prince al-Walid bin Talal, is proposing a Mile High Tower in a sea port town near Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. This building, if it is even possible, would be more than twice the height of its nearest competitor.
Estimated to cost approximately $10 Billion dollars to construct, this building will likely put all engineering theories to the test. I can’t even begin to think how the engineers will handle issues such as counterweights and building systems.
On a personal level, I think this is as just excessive and completely unneccessary. I wonder what the carbon footprint of this thing is. I’d hate to have to calculate that too.
Tags: Jeddah, Mile High Tower, Saudi Arabia, Skyscraper
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April 20th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Despite the fact that this is not really possible / feasable - it’s just another step by Prince al-Walid bin Talal in the “mines bigger than yours” skyscraper race.