![]() ‘While the design is contextual to Saudi Arabia, it also represents an evolution and a refinement of an architectural continuum of skyscraper design. At level 157, a sky terrace will be open to the public and will be the world’s highest observatory. The tower’s elevator system will be one of the most sophisticated in the world, with elevators traveling up to ten meters per second. The result is an elegant, cost-efficient, and highly constructible design that is both grounded in tradition and forward-looking, incorporating innovative thinking about technology, building materials, life-cycle considerations, and energy conservation. Its three-petal footprint optimizes residential space, while its tapering wings create an aerodynamic shape that reduces wind loading. Merging technology, tradition & sophistication in saudi arabiaĪs construction progresses for the Jeddah Economic City project, the tower’s sleek structural form will gradually emerge, boasting a synergy between the technological and the organic. The tower will span 1,000+ meters | image by S.Nitzold, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The project’s expected completion date remains undisclosed. The deadline for bids is set for the end of this year. With the piling and foundational works already completed (constituting 1/3 of the building progress), the latest on-site images reveal that construction has reached level 50 out of 157. That being said, Jeddah Economic City (JEC) has issued a tender for contractors to bid on the contract to complete the 1,000+ meter-high Jeddah Tower. The latest report by MEE confirms that SGB has stepped down as a contractor while the AS + GG teamremains onboard as the lead architecture firm, with the Lebanese company Dar al-Handasah joining as an engineering consultant. Read designboom’s previous coverage of the tower here.Ĭonstruction progress | image by Ammar Shaker, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped)Īdrian Smith + Gordon Gill teams up with dar al-handasahĪs reported on September 13, 20203, by the Middle East Business Intelligence (MEED), a local company known as Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) initially joined the Jeddah Tower project as the leading contractor, working closely with the German firm Bauerto complete the foundations and piling works back in the early 2010s. An overall cost of $20 billion USD is estimated for the project, with approximately $1.2 billion USD assigned solely for the tower. ![]() The mixed-use tower will accommodate a Four Season hotel, apartments, office space, luxury condominiums and the world’s highest observatory overlooking the adjacent Red Sea. Chicago-based practice Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill ( AS + GG) Architecture took on the lead, envisioning a slender form conceptually derived from the fronds of a native flower emerging from the arid desert sand. This project is described as the ‘centerpiece’ of the Jeddah Economic City (JEC) development, an ambitious project intended to revive Jeddah’s urban core. Beating the UAE’s Burj Khalifa by about 172 meters, the Jeddah Tower will be over 1,000 meters height and span 1.5 square kilometers in its first phase of growth. 1,000+ meter-high jeddah tower construction is back in motionĬonstruction on the world’s tallest building has officially resumed in Saudi Arabia.
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