Projects of skyscrapers of the future. Incredible skyscrapers of the future. Concrete jungle of the future
The 2011 Skyscraper Competition is an attempt to promote the vision of the infrastructure of our future by architects who have put a lot of effort and soul into their projects. Projects received awards based on the following criteria: use of new technologies, materials, programs; aesthetics and spatial organization; taking into account globalization and the digital revolution; adaptability and adaptability. The event was organized by eVolo Magazine. The competition jury selected among the participants those projects in which architectural and natural features were most successfully taken into account.
1. First place: LO2P, recycling center in Delhi (Atelier CMJNb Julien Combs, Gael Brule)
The LO2P skyscraper was designed specifically for New Delhi, the capital of India, which is characterized by high levels of pollution. This structure, reminiscent of the London Eye, is built from building material obtained from recycling old cars. Large-scale greenhouses of this design will serve as air filters. LO2P is also equipped with a filter system that absorbs suspended particles from the air, and waste heat and carbon dioxide from the processing center are used to grow plants, from which, in turn, biofuels are made.
2. Second place: Flat Tower (Johann Meskam, Paul-Eric Schirr-Bonnans, Xavier Schirr-Bonnans)
The Flat Tower is a high-density building shaped like a dome with pass-through skylights. The extensive surface of the dome is ideal for collecting solar energy and rainwater. At the lower level of the building there are places for recreation and entertainment, offices and living quarters are located in the upper compartments. The automated transport system provides communication between compartments of various shapes. This project was developed specifically for the industrial area of the French city of Rennes, but can also be adapted to any other area.
3. Third place: New Hoover Dam (Wuhe-Shen Chua)
Today you can visit the Hoover Dam and enjoy the beauty from the observation deck, bridge or gallery, but one problem: all these places are located quite far from each other. The designer of this project combines all the main points of the dam in one structure, and also equips it with a vertical aquarium, which will finally win the hearts of tourists.
Honorary awards also received the following projects:
NoeTax: 3D Urban Network (Studio DMTW, Marc Antoine Damen, René Lierschaft and Anna-Maria Wiedekind)
This is a project of a three-dimensional urban network consisting of vertical and horizontal compartments. The building was built using a modular system, where each module represents a separate block or area.
PoroCity: Rehabilitation Mumbai (Khushalani Associates: Rajeev Khushalani, Thomas Kariat, Mihir Sangani)
Dharavi is one of the largest slum areas in the world. This project is an attempt to rehabilitate this area. The design is based on the rectangular Sierpinski pyramid. The structure is divided into blocks measuring 3 x 9 m, forming sections for public use with terraces facing the north side, infrastructure (hospitals, supermarkets, etc.), educational institutions, factories and offices. Instead of cars, elevators, movable sidewalks, escalators and funiculars moving in vertical, horizontal and diagonal planes are used as means of transportation.
Tower of the Dead (Lopez Balan, Elsa Mendoza Andres, Muaze Adrian and Hernandez Garcia)
This is a project for an underground vertical cemetery for Mexico City.
Fish Tower (Hsing-O Chang)
This project is a prototype of a vertical fish farm, the efficiency of which can exceed that of traditional farms by 30 times. The lower floor of this structure also houses a market and visitor center. The farms are designed taking into account the characteristics of the habitats and spawning areas of each fish species. There is also a research bay located here.
Sports Tower (Sergei and Olga Prokofiev)
The sports tower is a vertical complex that combines all the variety of sports facilities.
RE:pH - skyscraper on the coast (Gary Kellett)
The design of this skyscraper is based on the idea of reducing the acidity level of ocean waters by introducing fossilized coccolithophores into the water. The ideal location for this project is the south-east coast of England, where there are extensive deposits of coccolithophores (white chalk), stretching from the outskirts of London to the White Cliffs of Dover.
Iceberg Autonomy: Oil Refining Center (Akram Falimi)
Iceberg autonomy is an enclave, a “sea scraper” containing oil reservoirs and separators. This is a kind of floating water world.
Tourist city (Francisco Villeda, Hechan Park, Wouter Dons, Sandra Fleischmann)
This project is a group of megastructures created to combat the surge of urbanization in the city of Cancun (Mexico).
Root Tower: Thousands of Underground Plateaus (Enrico Tognoni, Federico Tinti, David Mariani)
Root Tower is a fantastic underground city! In essence, it is an “earthscraper” that functions through the use of underground and above-ground resources. The implementation of the idea of creating an autonomous underground city can make it possible to grow an entire underground nation! The general structure of the structure is divided into 4 layers surrounding the central core. The first layer is located on the surface of the structure and includes places for recreation and entertainment, as well as food warehouses, agricultural fields, farms and greenhouses. The outer shell of the building is covered with photovoltaic sections used to collect solar energy. Wind turbines are located in separate sections. The second layer has about 60 residential levels, presenting a variety of residential areas for different types and sizes of families. The third and fourth layers contain offices, as well as special compartments for collecting and studying geothermal energy.
New York's 6th Ward (John Houser)
This area will occupy the space between 22nd and 14th streets and 6th and 7th avenues in New York. The grid structure includes stations, parks, residential buildings, offices, etc. An urban utopia!
Singapore port (Georgiy Kkhmaladze)
Already from the name of this project one can understand that this port will be created with the aim of expanding the financial district of Singapore. The designer places special emphasis on the use of resources such as rainwater, natural ventilation and sunlight. The walls of the skyscraper will be inclined at an angle of 20 degrees to the ground. Each villa in this building offers its residents two-storey apartments and a beautiful shaded private garden. The hotel and offices are located on the middle levels of the skyscraper, where the most extensive compartments are hidden.
Moonscraper (Louis Quinon)
It's time to move to the Moon, or more precisely, to the lunar crater Shackleton, located at the young pole of the Moon. I'm not kidding! This project will be implemented exactly there and, perhaps, in the future it will become your home.
Floating Olympic Village (Andrew Chow Wai Tat, Tao Huang, Xu Liang Chang)
This project represents inverted skyscrapers that will serve as an Olympic village, and will subsequently be transformed into a city floating above the ground, where offices, residential buildings, entertainment and recreation areas and infrastructure will be located. The prototypes of the design were the umbrella dome, rough and stalactites. The designers of the project see its implementation for the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Skyscraper at the North Pole: Cargo transhipment base (Borja Mugiro)
This project is proposed as a transportation center for the Arctic region. The multi-section skyscraper cuts through the Arctic ice shelf and serves as a warehouse for cargo from around the world.
Life on Demand (Benjamin Feenstra, Jelmer Frank Vigna)
We present to your attention a futuristic concept of delivering all kinds of goods and services directly to your doorstep, and you don’t have to leave it at all. Play golf? Please! The doctors? He is at your service! "Go to the cinema? Nothing could be easier! Just order and we will fulfill your every wish.
Waste collector (Agatha Sander, Tomek Kujawski)
This skyscraper is nothing more than a waste recycling plant located right in the city center! This project was developed specifically for the Huangpu area (Shanghai). The facility's processing capacity is 400 tons of solid urban waste daily. Recycling is clean, autonomous and does not require intensive land use.
Hotel of Hope: High Rise Transit Housing (Asaf Dali)
This project is intended for people who lost their homes as a result of natural disasters or economic crisis. The external frame of the building allows you to set up a tent camp inside the building, as well as place all the necessary amenities there, such as showers, beds, etc. etc. The design also includes laundry rooms, storage areas and communal kitchens.
Vertical farm within the city (Yiking Jiang, Ying Jiang)
This is a project to build a skyscraper with parks and farms right in the center of Shanghai.
The Grain of Life (Osama Mohammed Elganam, Karim Mohamed Elnabawy, Mohammed Ahmed Khamis, Nesma Mohamed Abobakr)
We bring to your attention a plan of residential structures for the newly liberated Cairo. To create them, construction materials will be used from recycled waste from city landfills. The essence of the project is to construct a frame capable of accommodating various configurations of residential sections.
An inhabited mountain will save you from overpopulation (Anna-Maria Cimatu, Mariant Dendrow)
The habitable mountain is a skyscraper designed to be built in one of the least suitable places for life on our planet, the Taklamakan Desert (northwest China). In this high-rise building, covering an area of 185 sq. m. meters, there are artificial lakes and residential complexes equipped with all necessary amenities. At the top of this structure, rainwater accumulates, which subsequently freely falls in cascades directly into the atrium of the skyscraper and irrigates the plants. It really is an oasis in the desert!
Tree of Life (Denis Sviridov and Anastasia Gudzenko)
The Tree of Life Project is a self-contained ecosystem designed specifically for open-pit mines around the world. The lower level of the structure, or its root, contains a power station for collecting geothermal energy, as well as a water purification system. The barrel provides structural strength. Pneumatic elevators are the connecting links between the sections of a skyscraper. In the crown of the Tree of Life there are residential sectors, offices, schools and entertainment centers. It also has its own agricultural fields and greenhouses, and uses solar panels and wind turbines.
Skyscraper Hydra (Miloš Vlastić, Vuk Djođević, Anna Lazović, Melissa Stanković)
Hydra is a skyscraper project based on hydrogen energy obtained through the process of electrolysis and stored in batteries. Energy can be transported through pipes, trucks or wires. It is also planned to obtain energy from lightning during a thunderstorm and store it in the same batteries. It is planned to create all the conditions necessary for the living of scientists' families.
Oil platforms are being transformed into energy-sustainable “sea scrapers” (Yang Wan Kim, Jun Jung Park, Jung Ha Park)
This is a project to transform oil platforms into energy-sustainable skyscrapers that will purify water. Modernized equipment is expected, including residential complexes.
Elastic Tower (David Gal, Jin Young Song)
Elastic cables are suspended from the top of the Elastic Tower and are attached to the perimeter of the rack at its base. The cables encircle the skyscraper, creating a diagonal configuration that prevents the structure from deforming.
Overhead Communication (Adam Nakagoshi, Thao Nguyen)
The three-level structure is designed to communicate between the upper floors of existing skyscrapers. The lower floors are for public use and are used primarily for transportation. The middle levels accommodate residential sections and offices, while the upper floors contain recreation and entertainment areas.
Roller Coaster: Vertical Amusement Park in Times Square (Dalho Young and Sungdong Jung)
The name of the project speaks for itself! Roller coasters are now in Times Square. This is a three-dimensional movement research project that has never been tested before and is designed to disrupt the conventional understanding of movement in the horizontal and vertical planes.
Barbed Wire (Hungbeom Cho, Jinkyu Park, Hong Sup Kim, Jiwon Kim)
The project was based on the idea of the unification of North and South Korea, as well as the importance of preserving the inviolable reserves of the demilitarized zone. The project includes the creation of a museum and nature reserve where visitors can play sports and simply relax in nature.
Skyscraper-dump (Milorad Vidožević, Jelena Pukarević, Melissa Pilcher)
This is a project to remove debris from the Pacific Ocean by creating several underwater skyscrapers or floating islands. The structure of the buildings is based on self-supporting nodes, organized according to a functional hierarchy and communicating with 4 connecting cores supporting 3 main programs. There is a collector at the bottom of the structure, a processing plant at the middle level, and entertainment areas at the top.
Kinetic skyscraper (Viktor Kopeikin, Pavel Zabotin)
The kinetic skyscraper project includes three main programs, a geothermal plant (lower level), living quarters and offices (upper level), and a “solar” plant equipped with thousands of photovoltaic panels. Attached to the outer frame are kinetic living compartments, shaped like flower buds, which are also capable of opening and closing.
Chernobyl skyscrapers (Menggi Zhang)
This is a project to reconstruct the post-apocalyptic zone of the Chernobyl disaster on the territory of Ukraine.
White Cloud (Adrian Vincent Kumar, Yoon Kong Sung)
We present to your attention an air purification project. The buildings are “inverted” skyscrapers, at the base of which there is an extensive entertainment infrastructure, and at the top - residential complexes and offices. The thin membrane allows air to pass through, subjecting it to a purification process, and a constant mist washes over air particles trapped in the fabric-like material. The dust sifted out during the cleaning process is used in the manufacture of bricks at a factory located in the same structure.
United Skyscraper (Justin O)
The final height of this skyscraper has not yet been determined, because the project has been constantly being refined for 20 years! In this building one can trace changes in architectural styles over the course of 20 years.
For 10 years, the eminent architectural publication eVolo Magazine has been holding an annual competition, the authors of which challenge not only common sense, but also common sense. This year's winners created designs clearly inspired by nature. Many of them are designed to solve existing social problems - from data storage to irrigation of arid deserts.
The Cloud Craft skyscraper will be another way for people to influence the surrounding nature: the designers conceived it in such a way that it would initiate rain using environmentally friendly chemicals.
Such a Tower of Babel is a gloomy forecast of architects who foresee a quick gloomy future for humanity, where natural resources are depleted. Innovative architecture like this provides food security and living space for people.
An epic project from Spanish architects is proposed as a solution to climate problems. A giant greenhouse will capture solar radiation and distribute it throughout the Earth.
This wild-looking skyscraper is designed to break the strict space of the city and show all the passions that rage on its streets.
Data storage center. Today, modern data centers consume huge amounts of energy and require constant cooling - another option is to locate such buildings somewhere in Iceland.
And here is the hospital, built as if the architect designed the building for space. The main idea of the design lies in the moving elements of the building: doctors and patients do not move here, and all the work is done by special automatic paths.
Here is a project that became the clear favorite of the jury. The New York Horizon involves the construction of a strange, elongated building that will surround the city's Central Park.
The Beehive project addresses another need of the citizens of the future: garages for self-driving cars are built directly into the structure of the skyscraper.
Re-Cover is something of a giant greenhouse, just like some other projects focused on replenishing resources for the residents of the house. According to the designers, entire floors of the skyscraper will be dedicated to agriculture.
The Valley of the Giants complex is a man-made oasis in the desert, where people not only live, but also produce purified water for the entire surrounding area.
Air-Stalagmite will be more than just a skyscraper: this building will be a real purification plant, capturing dirty air and processing waste.
This conceptual Arctic skyscraper received the highest score in the eVolo competition. Derek Pirozzi envisioned an umbrella-shaped building that functions as a research station where scientists can not only explore but also break apart ice shelves.
Skyscraper "Phobia" / Phobia Skyscraper
Second place goes to the Phobia skyscraper, designed as a residential building for the suburbs of Paris. It is made from recycled materials and factory waste, and the creators believe that due to the low cost of materials, the building can be vacated and rebuilt.
Floating skyscraper park
In third place is this project of a Beijing skyscraper, which should become a real park and green the developed areas of the city. A giant hot air balloon will keep him in the air. Of course, the trees on the building raise doubts, but in any case, the project deserves attention.
Is your city very noisy? Install a “sound scraper”. According to the architects, this building will be able to absorb sound vibrations and convert them into useful energy. Drill, neighbor.
How can you build a skyscraper in space without it toppling over? The plan you see before you involves the creation of a network of skyscrapers spanning the entire globe. It will be in the stratosphere and held by Earth's gravity. There is no need to lay a foundation.
The jellyfish motif in this design is very reminiscent of War of the Worlds, only this time the jellyfish are there to save the planet rather than enslave it. Buildings will absorb and process pollutants, turning them into water or fertilizer.
Changing Skyscraper
This project explores the idea of adding layers of "fabric" to buildings so they can stretch, reshape, and even connect to other skyscrapers. Sounds good, even though the idea of a “building with skin” is a little scary.
Skyscrapers of Mars
If we colonize Mars (and we do), what kind of buildings will people live in? Oddly enough, the same effects we struggle with on Earth can help on the Red Planet. Greenhouse gases. Mobile buildings that will terraform the planet are one of the most brilliant ideas of this kind. The buildings will collect minerals and use them to create planet-warming greenhouse gases.
Volcano energy
Tons of energy are wasted because we do not use natural sources - volcanoes. The VolcanElectric shield will be able to protect certain areas from eruptions, and when they are not very intense, it will be able to generally absorb their heat in order to generate energy.
Taking the humble worm as its starting point, the project's creators want the building to extract energy directly from the ground beneath it (and other parts of the city) by recycling waste. Like a real worm. Only gigantic.
Post-apocalyptic skyscraper
The Zero skyscraper system is a plan for recovery after the apocalypse. Autonomous towers placed in strategic locations will be able to store data and provide shelter, food and water for those people who want to start from scratch.
Floating garbage buildings
There is a huge amount of garbage floating in the Pacific Ocean. Its name is appropriate: “Pacific Garbage Patch.” This building will be built by robots that will compress the garbage into cubes and stack it into one large floating building. It can then be burned “by exhaust gases during a rocket launch,” or sent into space and allowed to burn up in the atmosphere.
In general, the word “skyscraper” probably brings to mind a very specific image of a building. But this will be made of wood. City and comfort are compatible things.
Looks like a bouquet of flowers, right? And this is true, since these buildings, like flowers, will catch falling rainwater. And cleanse it.
Porous building
This design, created as part of the Crater Scraper project, will help heal the Earth after being bombarded by asteroids. That is, not to heal, but to relocate to craters, at the bottom of which small cities will be built. What do you think, asteroids? I'm sure you'll love this idea.
Bonus: the largest Ferris wheel in the world
When it's finished, " New York wheel"(New York Wheel) will rise 208 meters above the city. This is the largest Ferris wheel in the world. The wheel's design will differ from other supertall Ferris wheels in the world in several key ways. For example, the 180-meter Singapore Flyer and the 140-meter London Eye are reinforced with cables that tie the wheels to the ground. But New York engineers will add 100-meter supports that stand vertical to the ground. And to protect against weather conditions, engineers moved the cabin engines inside the passenger capsules. This will also make repairs easier. The $250 million project will begin next year. If all goes well, passengers will be able to enjoy a 38-minute journey in 2016 with views of the Statue of Liberty and Lower Manhattan.
It is possible that in the future buildings will be printed on 3D printers. Development of this direction.
To solve the problem of a shortage of housing for the ever-growing population of cities, people from time immemorial have built more and more new houses - and the taller the building, the more opportunities for employment and living space it provided.
Burj Mubarak Al Kabir, Subiyah, Kuwait
The designed height of this skyscraper will reach 1001 meters and will become the main decoration of the Silk City in Kuwait. The building will accommodate stadiums, hotels, retail stores and more. The Burj Mubarak is scheduled to be completed in 2016.
Heavenly City, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
It is expected that the construction of the Sky City skyscraper will be completed in June of this year. The skyscraper has every chance of becoming the tallest tower in the world, overtaking its competitor - Dubai's Burj Khalifa tower in the United Arab Emirates.
China Zun, Beijing, China
Construction of China Zun or China Zun will be completed in 2016. The height of the 108-story tower will be 528 meters. It will be the tallest building in Beijing and the second tallest high-rise in China, second only 50 meters to the Goldin Finance 117 skyscraper in Tianjin.
Royal Tower, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
The Royal Tower will become the centerpiece of the urban area in Jeddah near the Red Sea. This skyscraper will rise 1 kilometer high and have 200 floors. Builders are making every effort to complete the construction of the tallest skyscraper in the world by 2018.
Pinan International Financial Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Construction of one of the tallest buildings in China will be completed by 2016. The 115-story skyscraper will reach 660 meters in height.
Goldin Finance 117, Tianjin, China
Upon completion of construction in 2015, the height of the tower will be 597 meters, and the number of floors will be 117 floors. The high-rise will consist of offices, a shopping center and a hotel.
1 World Trade Center, New York, USA
The World Trade Center is set to open its doors to visitors in 2014. At 544 meters tall, it will be the tallest building in America and will house office space, luxury restaurants and an observation deck.
GIFT Diamond Tower, Gandhinagar, India
The Gujarat International Finance and Technology City (or GIFT Diamond Tower) will be built in the business district of Gujarat in India. The main goal of this project is to provide the population with high quality physical infrastructure (electricity, water, gas, telecommunications and much more). The complex will include offices, schools, residential premises, hotels, conference centers and retail space.
Buenos Aires Forum, Buenos Aires, Argentina
This spiral-shaped tower, 1000 meters high, will stand in the center of Buenos Aires in 2016. The cost of the entire high-rise project is estimated at $3.33 billion. If construction of the tower is not frozen, it will become the tallest skyscraper in the world.
Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, China
The fame of this tower was brought by two Russian daredevils who climbed to the very top of the 632-meter building. We will be able to see the Shanghai Tower in a year. It promises to be the tallest building in China and the second tallest building in the world.
World One, Mumbai, India
World One is a 117 meter long luxury residential tower under construction that will house 117 luxury apartments. The skyscraper is set to become the tallest residential building in the world. Completion of construction is scheduled for 2014.
Peruri 88, Jakarta, Indonesia
Jakarta has long been an overcrowded city, lacking both green space and living space. Peruri 88 Tower will be a multi-level, 400-meter city with green roofs, residential spaces, hotels, offices, shops and entertainment centers. Construction of the high-rise will be completed in 2017.
Lotte World Tower, Seoul, South Korea
The 123-story supertall skyscraper currently under construction at the Lotte World entertainment complex in Seoul is expected to open in 2015. The 555-meter-tall building will include offices, shops, hotels and an observation deck.
Signature Tower, Jakarta, Indonesia
Construction of this tower is planned to begin this year and be completed in 2020. It will be a 111-story building with a height of 638 meters, which will house an observatory, a luxury hotel, office space and a shopping center.
Okhta Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
Okhta Center will be the first super-tall skyscraper in the city of St. Petersburg, and its construction is planned to be completed by 2018. It will include scientific, sports and entertainment complexes, an observation deck, a ball-shaped planetarium and a hotel complex.
Wuhan Greenland Center, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
The specific, aerodynamic design of the tower will help reduce wind resistance and vortex air flows that usually form around high-rise buildings. Energy from the wind will be used to heat or cool the air entering the building. This 606-meter skyscraper is expected to be built in 2016.
10 KL118
At the moment, the Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia deservedly occupy eighth place in the list of the 10 tallest buildings in the world (451.9 meters). However, a new landmark in Kuala Lumpur is expected in 2021 - KL118 Tower. This skyscraper will be built in the city center next to the Stadium Negara indoor arena and within walking distance of China Town and Masjid Jamek. The developer of the tower is PNB Merdeka, and as part of the project, 118 floors and 400 thousand m 2 of housing will be built. Of the 118 floors, 100 will be occupied by office space, the rest are planned to be used as a hotel and hotel residence. Once completed, the skyscraper will rise 630 meters high.
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The Changcun World Trade Center skyscraper is still only at the design stage. Previously, it was planned to build the building in 2017, but at the moment construction is temporarily frozen.
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Wuhan Greenland Center is a 636-meter, 125-story skyscraper under construction in Wuhan, China. Should become one of the three highest in China. In June 2011, the architectural bureau of Adrian Smith, together with Thornton Tomasetti Engineers, won the tender for the construction of this building for the Greenland Group. The tower design includes a number of innovations to reduce energy consumption. The height of the building during the design process was increased to 636 meters, the estimated completion date was postponed to 2018.
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The architecture of the building contains numbers symbolizing the date of declaration of Indonesian independence - August 17, 1945. So the building will have 17 illuminated petals on each side, 8 ventilation towers at the base of the spire, and the spire itself will be 45 meters high. The skyscraper will be the tallest in Indonesia.
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Wuhan CTF Center is a 648-meter tall skyscraper located along the business district of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The building will house office space and form part of the Wuhan Chow Tai Fook financial centre, which will also include four residential blocks, a three-storey retail space and parking.
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The Tian Fu Center in Chengdu will be the tallest building in China whose construction date is known. There is no data yet on how the skyscraper will be used and function.
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The tallest skyscraper in Malaysia, scheduled for completion in 2020. The height of the eastern tower of the Kuala Lumpur city center will be 700 meters, the number of floors will be 145.
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Dubai One Tower is a megaton skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At 711 meters, it will be the tallest residential building in the world and the 4th tallest building in the world upon completion. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai, laid the foundation for the construction of a connected shopping mall.
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Suzhou Zhongnan Center is a 729-meter, 137-story skyscraper under construction in the Suzhou Industrial Park in Suzhou, China. Should be the first tallest in China and the second (or third) in the world. Construction began in 2014 and is scheduled to be completed in 2020. The multifunctional center with a useful area of about 500 thousand m2 will include a hotel (276 rooms), office and residential premises (706 apartments) and 93 elevators.
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Jeddah Tower, formerly known as Kingdom Tower and Mile-High Tower, is one of the tallest buildings in the world. Built 32 km north of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Skyscraper with a preliminary cost of $1.23 billion; for comparison: the cost of construction of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper is $1.5 billion) and with a height of 1008 meters should become the center of the new Kingdom Center area, in which 80 thousand people will live. The total cost of the project, located on the Red Sea coast, should be $20 billion. Upon completion, the building should be the tallest in the world and the first to exceed one kilometer in height. The first design of the building included a height of about one mile, however, after analyzing the soil at the construction site, the height was reduced to one kilometer. The architect of the building is the architectural bureau of Adrian Smith, the initiator of the entire project is Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, one of the richest people in the Middle East and nephew of the King of Saudi Arabia. Al-Walid is the president of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), one of the largest in the country. To finance construction, the Jeddah Economic Company was specially created in 2009.