Kingdom Centre
Skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kingdom Centre (Arabic: مركز المملكة), formerly Kingdom Tower, is a 99-story, 302.3 m (992 ft) skyscraper in the al-Olaya district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. When completed in 2002, it overtook the 267-meter (876 ft) Faisaliyah Tower as the tallest tower in Saudi Arabia. It has since been surpassed and, as of 2021[update], is the fifth-tallest skyscraper in the country, whose tallest two buildings are the Abraj Al Bait Towers and the Capital Market Authority Tower. It is the world's third-tallest building with a hole after the Shanghai World Financial Center and the 85 Sky Tower in Taiwan.
Kingdom Center | |
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مركز المملكة | |
Alternative names | Riyadh City Center |
Record height | |
Tallest in Saudi Arabia from 2002 to 2012[I] | |
Preceded by | Al Faisaliyah Center |
Surpassed by | Abraj Al Bait |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Commercial offices Residential condominiums Hotel |
Architectural style | Modernism |
Location | King Fahad Road Saudi Arabia |
Coordinates | 24.7113°N 46.6744°E / 24.7113; 46.6744 |
Construction started | 1999 |
Completed | 2002 |
Cost | SR 1.7 billion (US$453 million) |
Height | |
Architectural | 302.3 m (991.80 ft) |
Top floor | 290.4 m (952.76 ft) |
Observatory | 290.4 m (952.76 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 41 |
Floor area | 185,000 m2 (1,991,323 sq ft) |
Lifts/elevators | 45 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Ellerbe Becket<_engineer = Arup |
Developer | Kingdom Holding Company |
Main contractor | EL-Seif Engineering Contracting & Salini Impregilo (Webuild) |
References | |
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The tower was developed by Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal,[5] and designed by the team of Ellerbe Becket and Omrania, who were selected through an international design competition.[6] It is situated on a 100,000–square-metre site and houses the 57,000-square-meter Al-Mamlaka shopping mall, offices, the Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh,[7] and luxury apartments. There is a 65m skybridge atop the skyscraper.[8][9]
The upper third of the tower features an inverted parabolic arch topped by a public sky bridge.[9] The sky bridge is a 300-ton steel structure, taking the form of an enclosed corridor with windows on both sides. After paying the admission fees, visitors take two elevators to reach that level.[10]