At a kilometer high — that’s 3,280 feet — The Kingdom Tower will top the current tallest building, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, by 568 feet. Its 5.7 million sq. ft. interior will house a Four Seasons hotel, apartments, and the world’s highest observation deck.
World's Tallest Skyscrapers:
| 1 |
Kingdom Tower |
1000 m |
Jeddah |
| 2 |
Burj Khalifa |
828 m |
Dubai |
| 3 |
Taipei 101 |
509 m |
Taipei |
| 4 |
Shanghai World Financial Center |
492 m |
Shanghai |
| 5 |
International Commerce Centre |
484 m |
Hong Kong |
| 6 |
Petronas Tower 1 |
452 m |
Kuala Lumpur |
| 7 |
Petronas Tower 2 |
452 m |
Kuala Lumpur |
| 8 |
Nanjing Greenland Financial Center |
450 m |
Nanjing |
| 9 |
Willis Tower |
442 m |
Chicago |
| 10 |
Guangzhou International Finance Center |
438 m |
Guangzhou |
| 11 |
Jin Mao Tower |
421 m |
Shanghai |
| 12 |
Two International Finance Centre |
415 m |
Hong Kong |
| 13 |
Trump International Hotel & Tower |
415 m |
Chicago |
| 14 |
CITIC Plaza |
391 m |
Guangzhou |
| 15 |
Shun Hing Square |
384 m |
Shenzhen |
| 16 |
Empire State Building |
381 m |
New York City |
"The Kingdom Tower's numbers are impressive. The building itself will take a staggering $1.2 billion to build, "while the cost of the entire Kingdom City project is anticipated to be $20 billion," said AS+GG. The massive 3,280-foot spire will house a 5.7 million square feet (530,000 square meters) space and will beat the Burj by "at least 568 feet" (173 meter). It will have a Four Seasons hotel, a Four Seasons apartment area, office space, luxury condos and the world's highest observatory."