Saudi's OK mile high tower

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http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/18346/denial-by-architecture-saudis-ok-mile-high-tower/


Here are some facts: “Kingdom Tower” will be one mile high. It will contain almost 12 million cubic feet of space. It will be part of a larger urban development built to house about 80,000 people, at a cost of almost 30 billion dollars. Using your average elevator, it would take 12 minutes to reach the zenith.

The Saudis have tapped Emaar, the developer who controls most of the UAE’s construction industry, to handle the project. They’ve also selected an alumni of the Burj Khalifa project, ex-SOM staffer Adrien Smith (of Adrien Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture), to design the tower.

Is this one of those sad, cinematic moments in which someone who’s undergone a trauma tries to cling onto the remainder of what they once had in an attempt to fend off reality?
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I'm battling to find any official documents relating to "kingdom tower".

Its still just a proposal from what I can gather.
 
For that things' base not to crumble like powder the top 3/4 will have to be polystyrene.

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B.O.F.H. said:
I'm battling to find any official documents relating to "kingdom tower".

Its still just a proposal from what I can gather.
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King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques unveiled and inaugurated the two colossal projects of Kingdom City in Jeddah and Kingdom Tower in Jeddah in the presence of HRH Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz, HRH Prince Khaled Alfaisal Governor of Makkah Province, HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) and Eng. Adel Muhammad Faqih, Mayor of Jeddah and other members of the royal family.
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It was a proposal, now its been given the go ahead
 
Its still a proposal from what I can gather.

That "unveiling" was over 2 years ago and nothing more concrete has been seen since from what I can find.
 
Meanwhile, the "islands of the world" are sinking back into the sea....
 
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