El próximo edificio más alto del mundo!

Parece que Arabia Saudi aprovechando su boom economico va a construir el proximo, mucho mas alto! Les saldra ademas mucho mas barato, ya que la mano de obra ha bajado mucho por la crisis, y es que no hay mal que por bien no venga…

Initial designs for the Jeddah-based Kingdom Tower show a mixed-used building featuring a Four Seasons hotel, an observation deck and office space, served by 59 elevators.

Media reports earlier this year had suggested that the tower could be as large as 1,600m tall, making it twice as high as its nearest competitor.

Prince Alwaleed told Arabian Business on Tuesday the project would be “transformational”.

“These are the kind of projects l like to do,” he said. “These big projects need vision, strength and guts to do.”

Saudi’s Binladin Group, one of the Gulf state’s largest contractors, was awarded the deal to build the tower.

Designer Adrian Smith, who helped plan the Burj Khalifa while with architect firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, said the Middle East’s cut-price labour costs would be a key element in the more than 1km-tall tower’s $1.2bn price tag.

“In the Middle East you have very inexpensive labour, and they work three shifts, so they keep going all around the clock. That helps keep the construction cost low here,” he said.

A report by consultancy EC Harris in July found Saudi Arabia was the cheapest Middle East country to build in, half as expensive as Bahrain and 34 percent cheaper than the UAE.