Name: Jeddah Tower
Old Name: Kingdom Tower
Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Building Owner : Kingdom Holding Company, Abraar Holding Company Abdulrahman Hassan
Floors: 170
Construction started : 1 April 2013
Completion Date:2020
Cost: US-$ 1.23 billion
Fast Facts about Jeddah Tower:
- Located : 20 km (12 mi) north of the port city of Jeddah
- world’s first 1 km (3,281 ft) high building
- Design created by American architect Adrian Smith.
- Leader of the project is Saudi Arabian prince Al-Waleed bin Tala
- The building will have a total of 59 elevators, five of which will be double-deck elevators, as well as 12 escalators. (Provider: Finnish company Kone )
- Chicago-based Environmental Systems Design, Inc. will provide mechanical, plumbing, electrical and fire protection engineering.