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New Tallest Building - the Jeddah Building
« on: August 03, 2011, 12:50:10 AM »
The hotel will have a gym I'm sure, so its bodybuilding related

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=311043



RIYADH: Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal yesterday unveiled plans to build the world's tallest tower in Jeddah, signing a 4.6 billion riyal (BD463 million, $1.23bn) contract with Bin Laden Group. The proposed tower, which will rise more than 1,000 metres and take just over five years to complete, is the centrepiece of the planned Kingdom City development being built outside Jeddah by Prince Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding.

When completed, it would replace Dubai's 828-metre Burj Khalifa as the tallest tower in the world.

The Jeddah tower, which is to include a hotel, serviced apartments, luxury condominiums and offices, will be designed by US architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill.
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2011, 12:53:44 AM »
Religion of peace ::)
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2011, 12:53:52 AM »
I am impressed with those tall towers. Has anyone here been to see the Burj Khalifa? Sydney's tallest tower is about 300m high so it is hard to imagine a tower more than 3 times that height.
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2011, 01:07:36 AM »
Eureka Tower (7 Riverside Quay) melbourne 297m
sydney tower 309 metres
Q1 323 m gold coast



cancelled projects in sydney

CBD-1 445m
Sky Tower 421m
Bond Building 381m
City Tower 305m
Park Plaza Tower 303m
Greater Union Centre 275m

cancelled projects in melbourne

Grollo Tower 678 m then 560 m
Melbourne Plaza 338 m
Church Place 302 m then 274 m
SAMA Project 300 m


they dont want to build any huge buildings, but whatever, skyscraper are only cool from a distance
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2011, 02:30:50 AM »
Architect who was a member at the same gym told me that buildings higher than 85 stories are economically nonviable...
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2011, 02:33:43 AM »
Quote from: sync pulse on August 03, 2011, 02:30:50 AM
Architect who was a member at the same gym told me that buildings higher than 85 stories are economically nonviable...
When you are an Arab billionair you don't care if it's viable..
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2011, 06:52:29 AM »
Shrewd. The Burj Khalifa vacancy rate remains, what, 75%, and these clowns want to build another vanity tower, in a continuing recession!? More money than brains.   ::) 
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2011, 06:56:38 AM »
Imagine how easy it will be for Americanos to spread sum' democracy to that tower when oil gets tight  :D
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2011, 07:00:52 AM »
Quote from: mass243 on August 03, 2011, 06:56:38 AM
Imagine how easy it will be for Americanos to spread sum' democracy to that tower when oil gets tight  :D
;D
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2011, 07:08:11 AM »
I've seen Burj Khalifa upclose - never been up though!  


It looks really incredible when you're flying in and you can see how it dwarfs all the other buildings and pierces through the clouds!


I worked with a company who supplied a number of the AC products for that tower, so they took us on a tour of the towers machine room! Never went up though!
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2011, 07:14:48 AM »
disgusting Western decadence
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2011, 07:18:53 AM »
The 'Freedom Tower' is starting to get up there.... if you guys haven't been to NYC, the next time you go you'll see its progress.
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2011, 08:52:01 AM »
Quote from: jaejonna on August 03, 2011, 07:18:53 AM
The 'Freedom Tower' is starting to get up there.... if you guys haven't been to NYC, the next time you go you'll see its progress.

500-something meters vs. 1000+  ::)
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2011, 09:31:15 AM »
Quote from: bigbobs on August 03, 2011, 08:52:01 AM
500-something meters vs. 1000+  ::)

But it's in US  ::)
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2011, 10:40:26 AM »
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #15 on: August 03, 2011, 11:12:54 AM »
Why Europe must suck in tall buildings  >:(

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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #16 on: August 03, 2011, 11:14:46 AM »
Quote from: dr.chimps on August 03, 2011, 06:52:29 AM
Shrewd. The Burj Khalifa vacancy rate remains, what, 75%, and these clowns want to build another vanity tower, in a continuing recession!? More money than brains.   ::) 

My specwriter wrote the entire Khalifa specification for doors and hardware. SEVEN years, it took him. What a colossal failure that thing is so far.
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #17 on: August 03, 2011, 03:47:28 PM »
Quote from: dutchguy on August 03, 2011, 02:33:43 AM
When you are an Arab billionair you don't care if it's viable..

Build enough money losing buildings and you won't be a billionaire any longer.
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #18 on: August 03, 2011, 03:51:48 PM »
Look at me, my tower is biggest! Who the fuck cares?
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #19 on: August 03, 2011, 07:53:06 PM »
Sears tower is tall efuckinnough.

and actually uses all the space, some tall shit just seems like it's for a height gimmick
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #20 on: August 03, 2011, 08:07:31 PM »
Quote from: BIG ACH on August 03, 2011, 07:08:11 AM
I've seen Burj Khalifa upclose - never been up though!  


It looks really incredible when you're flying in and you can see how it dwarfs all the other buildings and pierces through the clouds!


I worked with a company who supplied a number of the AC products for that tower, so they took us on a tour of the towers machine room! Never went up though!

Do you have any pictures from that trip? I am always pretty fascinated by that area, the people and buildings and such.
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #21 on: August 03, 2011, 08:33:44 PM »
Quote from: Methyl Mike on August 03, 2011, 08:07:31 PM
Do you have any pictures from that trip? I am always pretty fascinated by that area, the people and buildings and such.

Yeah not very good ones though... but here, 2 of Burj Khalifa (From far away - it wasn't complete yet and was still towering over all the other buildings as you can see)...

and 2 of Burj Al Arab!

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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #22 on: August 03, 2011, 08:50:58 PM »
These tall buildings being built by Arab countries are meant as a dig to America, with the loss of WTC.  They've even got the Bin Laden organization producing this one.  Funny fucking world, it is.  ::)
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #23 on: August 03, 2011, 09:22:16 PM »
Quote from: Jack T. Cross on August 03, 2011, 08:50:58 PM
These tall buildings being built by Arab countries are meant as a dig to America, with the loss of WTC.  They've even got the Bin Laden organization producing this one.  Funny fucking world, it is.  ::)

Not a dig at the US - many of those buildings were being planned long before the attack on the Twin Towers!


Also, Do no confuse the Bin Laden Corporation wtih Osama - The Bin Laden Family (who run the corporation), one of the wealthiest families in the middle east, has long disowned their crazy ass son, and cut off all ties with him.  I gaurantee you, they would've given him that bullet to his head if they could've found him before the US did!  They are completely ashamed of what he has done and now their family name is tainted because he climbed to the #1 most wanted list.  They run an honest business and they are very good at it!
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Re: New Tallest Building!
« Reply #24 on: August 03, 2011, 09:28:31 PM »
Quote from: BIG ACH on August 03, 2011, 08:33:44 PM
Yeah not very good ones though... but here, 2 of Burj Khalifa (From far away - it wasn't complete yet and was still towering over all the other buildings as you can see)...

and 2 of Burj Al Arab!



Great pictures!

How are the women out there? I definitely have a thing for Persian women. I think all Arab women are from the same bloodlines no?
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