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The ancient Arabian port of Jeddah sits along the Red Sea, waiting patie\"Jeddah_tower\"ntly for barges and cruise ships. Meanwhile, just a few miles north, desert dust rises up in bursts as new Jeddah City rises up from the amber dunes spread out along the Arabian Peninsula.<\/p>\n

While the new Jeddah City\u2019s horizon may currently play host to construction cranes and scaffolding, in just under five years a modern oasis will shine amongst the desert sands, greeting tourists, international businessmen and pilgrims on their way to Mecca. In an effort to revitalize this important entry point into Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom City, Jeddah<\/a> project will include 5.3 million square feet of shops, restaurants, offices, residential apartments unfurling at the base of Jeddah Tower, a 1-kilometer edifice set to seize the mantle of \u201ctallest building in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previously known as Kingdom Tower<\/a> and initially designed to be one-mile high, the revamped and slightly scaled-down Jeddah Tower will house a 200-room Four Seasons Hotel, over 300 apartments, and the world\u2019s highest observatory platform jutting out 200 feet above the mouth the city\u2019s man-made harbor. The sleek, futuristic, minaret with a completion date of 2020, will also include several viewing decks and a 250-meter spire striking out into the clouds. The tower is expected to cost about $1billion, with the entire project estimated to sit somewhere in the ballpark of $20 billion.<\/p>\n

Indoor environment will be controlled via design and technology. Large notches along the exterior will allow for shaded terraces. Cool air at the tower\u2019s peak will enable natural cooling, and the tower\u2019s orientation guarantees no significant surface area will directly face the sun. The structure will also be energy and water efficient, with low-conductivity glass controlling cooling costs and thermal loads, and air conditioning condensate reused for irrigation and other water-related demands.<\/p>\n

In order to account for wind load in the upper reaches of the troposphere, a triangular footprint and sloped exterior will reduce and redistribute wind load. By shifting shape at regular intervals, the tower\u2019s fa\u00e7ade redirects gusts and gales, twisting and turning the wind\u2019s powerful embrace. With 59 elevators, including five double-deckers, 12 escalators three sky lobbies, visitors will travel 33 feet per second, a speed that will help occupants adjust to changing air pressure as they ascend to the tower\u2019s uppermost levels.<\/p>\n

There are other sky scraping high-rises scattered across the planet, including China\u2019s Shanghai Tower in China, the International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong and New York\u2019s own One World Trade Centre. What makes Jeddah Tower stand out is its organic, innovative design. Architect Adrian Smith of Chicago-based Smith+Gordon Gill Architecture admits he found inspiration in the folded fronds of young desert plant growth.<\/p>\n

“[Jeddah Tower] evokes a bundle of leaves shooting up from the ground\u2013a burst of new life that heralds more growth all around it,\u201d Smith told Industry Leaders Magazine<\/a> back in 2011.<\/p>\n

Sitting on a 120-acre waterfront lot and located 12 miles north of the original port city of Jeddah, the development of the new Kingdom City is anticipated to reach new heights of prominence as the country\u2019s \u201cgateway to Mecca.\u201d The creators of Jeddah Tower see it as an opportunity to deliver a symbol to the world of Saudi Arabia\u2019s wealth and power. The project\u2019s creator and leader Saudi Arabian Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, known as \u201cthe wealthiest man in the Middle East,\u201d strongly believes in Kingdom City and its iconic tower.<\/p>\n

“Building this tower in Jeddah sends a financial and economic message that should not be ignored,\u201d the Prince told the Wall Street Journal<\/a> in 2011. \u201cIt has a political depth to it to tell the world that we Saudis invest in our country.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will fulfil the company\u2019s objective of creating a world-class urban centre that offers an advanced lifestyle so that Jeddah may have a new iconic landmark that attracts people from all walks of society.\u201d added Mounib Hammoud, the chief executive of Jeddah Economic Company, recently in a statement about the project.<\/p>\n

The Jeddah Tower was initially planned as a 1.6km tower before the area\u2019s geology proved unsuitable for a structure of that height. While current construction technologies may not have yet advanced enough to push human ambition beyond Jeddah Tower\u2019s highest reaches, most believe it\u2019s only a matter of time before another \u201ctallest building\u201d follows. After all, conquering the horizon may be one of humanities most primal desires.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe horizon is an incredible thing,\u201d architect Eric Parry eloquently mused in a recent interview<\/a> about the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe live with it but can never get over it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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