World's Tallest Blog Post

Today's big architectural news is so big it even made it onto the national broadcast news. Of course this is because the news all about the next contender for the tallest building in the world: Kingdom Tower would surpass the Burj Khalifa by at least 173 meters (567 feet). Designed by Chicago's Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia would be over 1 kilometer tall...not yet a mile but pretty tall nevertheless. More big numbers and other details can be found in AS+GG's press release.


[image © Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture]
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  1. AnonymousTuesday, August 02, 2011 9:24:00 PM

    Ha! As I was scrolling (and scrolling and scrolling) to reach the bottom of this image, I couldn't help but thinking that visiting the completed building would also mean standing at its base and having an equally limited view of the structure, albeit in a completely different way and from a totally different angle.

    Surprisingly humorous for such a monumental design!

    Thanks for posting.

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  2. John HillTuesday, August 02, 2011 9:34:00 PM

    Just found what I think is a better rendering sitting in my inbox. Not quite as tall as the previous image, but the same idea.

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  3. Lynn BeckerTuesday, August 02, 2011 10:44:00 PM

    How did someone already throw a frisbie that high?

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  4. John HillTuesday, August 02, 2011 11:22:00 PM

    Hmm...I thought USS Enterprise was docked there.

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  5. Joe MaffeiWednesday, August 03, 2011 12:36:00 AM

    Why?

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  6. s.cWednesday, August 03, 2011 4:06:00 PM

    Well,what money can do

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  7. Ian R RapsonThursday, August 04, 2011 2:43:00 PM

    Bigger is better right? Other than engineering, it looks boring. Give me well designed close to the earth buildings any day. Why not be truly innovative? Make the worlds deepest building. Artistic modern architecture built on a human scale: Rapson Architects

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  8. UnknownThursday, August 04, 2011 6:30:00 PM

    *slurp* a nice refreshing [tall] glass of oil money. refreshing!

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  9. sbondFriday, August 05, 2011 12:32:00 AM

    Kingdom? As in... Kingdom Hall (JWs)?

    p.s. I too thought that was the starship Enterprise, docked part-way up.

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  10. Alex - The Interior DIYerSaturday, August 06, 2011 1:09:00 PM

    I'm having heart palpitations just looking at the picture.

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  11. MervinMonday, August 08, 2011 11:43:00 AM

    wow 173 meters, that's a really huge gap

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  12. Fb -ArchitectureMonday, August 08, 2011 6:44:00 PM

    That's the tallest building now? pfff... wow it's huge, but not that pretty. it is a shame that they only look for an award that it will be the tallest and it can't be nice at the same time!

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  13. berctonTuesday, August 09, 2011 8:10:00 AM

    Skyline for the record book interesting!

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