Mile High Tower in Saudi Arabia
March 31, 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.
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Tags: Jeddah, Mile High Tower, Saudi Arabia, Skyscraper
Tags: Jeddah, Mile High Tower, Saudi Arabia, Skyscraper
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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.
This may be old news, and the building has already had its proposed height revised down, but it is is not excessive in the least.
This is about progress.
The old sad thing is a bunch of North East Asians and White Men will be engineering this marvel in the heart of Islam. If the Saudis actually worked an honest day in their lives imagine how wealthy they would be …