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TOWERS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Installation view.
KINGDOM TOWER
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
1,000+ m/ 3,281+ ft/ 167 floors
Developer: Jeddah Economic Company;
Kingdom Holding Company
Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
These three towers, all in the early stages of construction, were designed by the architectural firm, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill.
The Kingdom Tower, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, will be the world’s next record breaker. Although its precise projected height has not been disclosed, it will rise at least 1,000 meters (a kilometer). The “Y” base of the structure recalls the Burj Khalifa, for which Adrian Smith was the design partner when he was at SOM; when the firm designed the Burj Khalifa; the structure, however, is designed by Thornton Tomasetti. At an estimated cost of $1.2 billion, the Kingdom Tower will consist of a five-star Four Seasons Hotel, luxury apartments, office space, and the world’s highest observatory at level 157. This outdoor sky terrace, roughly 30 meters in diameter, will be accessed by the penthouse floor.
From left: Kingdom Tower, Wuhan Greenland Center, Chengdu Greenland Tower. Renderings of full tower designs courtesy of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill.
WUHAN GREENLAND CENTER
Wuhan, China
anticipated completion 2017
636 m/ 2,087 ft/ 125 floors
Developer: Greenland Group
Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
G.F.A: 3.3 million sq ft
CHENGDU GREENLAND TOWER
Chengdu, China
468 m/ 1,535 ft/ 110 floors
Developer: Greenland Group
Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
From left: Kingdom Tower, Wuhan Greenland Cetner, Chengdu Greenland Tower. Renderings courtesy of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill.
This video includes a fly-through of Wuhan Greenland Center’s structural system by Thornton Tomasetti
and a slideshow of architectural renderings by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill. Please expand to full screen.
