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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5s6ZF3NtWpYW4cGnrs6zSpNeuNDqH3YPOg6py8xgQgphyKNUzKNJEQ-hBkP-q04hfxVGKF3x1Mb-pttl01gNCbkwDC3ZUsGYo5QO42Mbts7JHPOARb7EsqpPgiAcClbmO9rkHiQWjEE/s1600/kingdomtower-passion4luxury.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5s6ZF3NtWpYW4cGnrs6zSpNeuNDqH3YPOg6py8xgQgphyKNUzKNJEQ-hBkP-q04hfxVGKF3x1Mb-pttl01gNCbkwDC3ZUsGYo5QO42Mbts7JHPOARb7EsqpPgiAcClbmO9rkHiQWjEE/s1600/kingdomtower-passion4luxury.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><a name="more"></a><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">CONSTRUCTION DATE SET FOR THE WORLD’S TALLEST TOWER</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Construction work on the world’s first 1km-high building, the Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia, is set to begin on April 27.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The $1.2 billion project has been plagued by setbacks since it was first proposed in 2011, but above-ground work on the Jeddah super skyscraper will commence next month, Building reports.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Stretching at least 1,000m, the slender structure will be more than three times bigger than Europe’s tallest building, The Shard, and will overtake the 828m Burj Khalifa in Dubai to become the tallest building in the world.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The skyscraper will be a mixed-use building featuring a luxury hotel, office space, luxury apartments and the world’s highest observatory. The complex will contain 59 elevators, including five double-deck elevators.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, the tower is slated to reach completion over a timescale of 63 months. Foundation work began in December 2013.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The original design was for the building to reach 1.6 km — just under one mile. However, the plans have since been revised and though the client, Jeddah Economic Company, has yet to confirm the exact measurement, it is likely to be closer to 1 km, according to Building.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>

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