Saudi Arabia plans to build world’s largest buildings in NEOM



Saudi Arabia is planning to build the world’s largest buildings in its megacity project NEOM.

Plan to built two skyscrapers around 500 meters tall

The brainchild of Saudi Crown Prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman plans for two skyscrapers around 500 meters tall that extend horizontally for tens of miles which would stretch from the Red Sea coast inland towards the desert and would house a mix of residential, retail, and office space.

They would be larger than the world’s current biggest buildings, which are mostly factories or malls. The world’s current tallest man-made structure is the 828-metre-tall (2,717 ft) Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Designers have been asked to work on a half mile-long prototype.

Crown Prince intends NEOM to be a futuristic

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced NEOM in 2017 as part of the Kingdom’s effort to diversify its oil-dependent economy. The Crown Prince intends NEOM to be a futuristic, sustainable community joined together by The Line – a 170 kilometer stretched of car-free communities linked by public transport.

The gigantic structures would be “various heights as you go,” responding to the landscape, with engineering concerns and terrain determining their final scale, he added.

Jeddah tower to be the tallest building in the world

Saudi Arabia has started construction of the Jeddah Tower in 2013, which will be taller than Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, which is now the world’s tallest building.

The Abraj al-Bait clock tower hotel in Mecca, which is 601 metres tall, is now the world’s fourth tallest structure.

“When people talk about The Line, they see a futuristic Hyperloop, Star Wars type of entity,” said Ali Shihabi, a member of NEOM’s advisory board told. “But when The Line was presented to the board, I saw a highly intelligent, well thought-out sustainable modern city that will accommodate from laborers to billionaires and that will be built in stages, so it will follow demand.”

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Dr. Kirti Sisodhia

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