In the past century, some cities in North America and Asia have experienced economic prosperity, and the Middle East, which has become a hot economic development in the 21st century, is eager to show its success and vitality to the world. Landmark buildings represented by skyscrapers have risen from the ground in Dubai, Doha, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and other cities, ranking the forefront of the world’s super high-rise rankings; and the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel, built in 2012, has a 601 The height of meters becomes the third tallest building in the world, making the Middle East occupy two of the world's top three super skyscrapers.
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The Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel is the world's tallest building built in 2012
The Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel is one A complex building located in the holy city of Mecca in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The building has a height of 601 meters and a total of 120 floors. The whole building started in 2004 and completed in 2012. The height ranks third in the world, second in the Middle East, and first in Saudi Arabia.
The Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel is composed of many buildings, the tallest of which is used as a hotel and is the tallest hotel building in the world (Beyond the Emirates Park Tower Hotel); The entire complex will have a floor area of 1.5 million square meters, the largest in the world.
Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel by Dar al-Handas SLah & Partners + Designed by Rasch and contracted by Saudi Bin Laden Group, the largest construction company in Saudi Arabia. Unlike most other skyscrapers, this building has an Islamic style.
There is a large clock tower at the top of the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel complex. It is 601 meters high. The highest point is a crescent made of gold. A four-sided clock is installed 400 meters away from the hotel, and each dial has a diameter of 40 meters. The big bell facing the Forbidden Temple is 80 meters high and 65 meters wide, 6 times larger than the famous "Big Ben" on top of the Houses of Parliament in London, England.
There is also a gold-clad meniscus at the top of the clock tower. This has become a landmark symbol of Saudi Arabia, which can be seen from 25 kilometers away. According to reports, the Royal Clock Tower was jointly designed by German and Swiss engineers, and the entire project cost 800 million US dollars.
The detail of the crescent moon at the top
The big clock tower structure
The Makkah Royal Clock Tower not only cost a lot of money, but also when building the Royal Clock Tower Hotel, In order to harmonize the surrounding environment with the building, the Mecca city government levelled a nearby mountain.
At present, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel has the world's tallest hotel, the world's tallest clock tower, the world's largest clock face, and the world's largest floor area.
The Mecca Royal Clock Tower Hotel in the lens
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Saudi Arabia's ambitions are not limited to the highest. The country is planning to build the world's largest hotel in Mecca, the Abraj Kudai Hotel. According to the plan and design, it will be a city in a city. The hotel has a total of 10,000 rooms, 70 restaurants, multiple food courts, a bus station, shopping center, conference center and banquet hall, and five floors dedicated to Used by the Saudi royal family; all of these will be placed in a twelve-story tower on a ten-story platform with a large dome in the center.
Abraj Kudai Hotel rendering
What other countries envy is that Saudi Arabia has enough financial resources to support the completion of these super projects. On December 5, 2019, Saudi Aramco issued shares at a price of 32 riyals per share and raised US$25.6 billion, making it the largest IPO in history. The company’s valuation reached US$1.7 trillion, surpassing Microsoft and Apple. Become the listed company with the highest market capitalization.
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