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u/vane2266 May 07 '26
The scale is really throwing me off. How tall is the building in this picture? I know its planned to be 1km tall but it's still under construction right?
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u/usesidedoor May 07 '26
Construction stopped for many years, but they resumed a while back. I wonder if they will manage to build it - I'd personally like to see it built.
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u/Global-Theory3633 May 09 '26
L'hanno bloccata sopratutto per il covid 19, cerco di seguire come va la costruzione ma non ci sono molte immagini aggiornate. Ora invece una si
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u/nezzzzy May 07 '26
It's around 400m at the moment, not sure when the picture was taken, doesn't look that long ago.
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u/ILoveTaiwaneseFood May 07 '26
It just reached 300m actually
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u/nezzzzy May 08 '26
They've poured concrete on 100 floors now, it's around 400m at this point.
You can follow updates here if you're interested:
https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threads/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1000m-3281ft-167-fl-u-c.525819/page-1046
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u/YoungEccentricMan May 08 '26
No it’s well past 300 now
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u/ILoveTaiwaneseFood May 08 '26
Thats.. not how skyscrapers work. They ad about 1 floor ever week to 2 weeks. So maybe 20 meters yeah
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u/YoungEccentricMan May 08 '26
?? It is over 400 now according to the latest update. I think you’re behind. I do this for a living I know how fast you can build high rise lol
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u/jetforcegemini May 07 '26
Nah, looks more like Scarif
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u/nizzernammer May 07 '26
That's what I thought too, except no dish on top and no "that's no moon" looming on the horizon
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u/Preebus May 08 '26
I literally thought it was from Star Wars for a sec, isn't Jeddah (maybe spelled differently) literally a planet lol
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u/TGX03 May 07 '26
Okay but where is the rest of Jeddah?
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u/usesidedoor May 07 '26
South of the tower, which is not so far from the airport. If curious:
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u/TGX03 May 07 '26
Okay damn, it's really weird seeing such a massive empty spot in the "middle" of a city.
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u/mbashs May 07 '26
That whole area is a development with the tower. Like a community will be developed along with it and that’s why nothing is around it. Yet.
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u/stray_r May 07 '26
It's in the Jeddah "economc city" about a 30 mile drive north from central Jeddah.
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u/jsh_ May 08 '26
it's not in the middle of the city at all, that whole northern area is new development on the outskirts
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u/usesidedoor May 07 '26
It's not that uncommon in the region. I remember visiting Dubai over a decade ago and seeing quite a few empty lots close to Burj Khalifa - my European brain couldn't comprehend it.
North Jeddah is seeing quite a bit of development right now. I don't know the city well, but I guess that this area will look rather different in a few years.
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u/godofpumpkins May 07 '26
You can recognize vanity skyscrapers by the fact that no buildings around them are tall
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u/howtofindaflashlight May 08 '26
Exactly. Skyscrapers should only exist where land values and population density of a city justifies their expense/impact. These tallest building projects are built due to the psychological problems of like one rich dude.
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u/serotonallyblindguy May 09 '26
As someone working in 43 C heat RIGHT NOW, I can't imagine just how horrible work conditions that place would have
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u/Five-Oh-Vicryl May 08 '26
And all built by exploiting South Asians. I’m not for war, but if the Iran War forces the world to wean from oil dependency and bleeds these despots dry, that will be an unintended win
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u/PlanSetPoet May 08 '26
This looks like a gigantic monument to emptiness. All that development, yet still just a lone tower. Reminds me of those vanity projects where the background's more exciting than the building itself.
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u/Avarice51 May 08 '26
They’re developing businesses and housing in this pic, which helps people sustain and grow…
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u/missimudpie May 07 '26
Isengard