With 200 floors, the Jeddah Tower will reach 1008 meters, becoming the first building to ever pass the one kilometer mark.
Taking its place is Jeddah Tower, or Kingdom Tower, now under construction in Saudi Arabia.ĭesign for the skyscraper comes from Chicago’s Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architectures - the same studio that designed the Burj Khalifa - and is a masterpiece of structural engineering featuring avant-garde glass to keep interiors cool and elevators using carbon fiber to go higher than ever before. But today, in 2020, the Burj Khalifa of Dubai (828 meters divided across 163 floors) will give up its title as tallest skyscraper in the world. Since the ‘90s, the tallest buildings in the world have been constructed in the East. Over a century ago, New York and Chicago demonstrated that the skyscraper is - fundamentally - a solution to an economic problem: to allow hundreds of people and companies in the same place at the same time is an efficient approach to promoting urban density, offering a competitive advantage to the city.
After all, a majestic skyline is the sign of a city open to business and trusting in future growth. The skyscraper was born in the United States, but raised in Asia, where tall buildings seem to have become the only way to make a mark on the international scene.
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