Sunday, June 23, 2013

World Tallest Building- Kingdom Tower


Kingdom Tower will be the tallest building in the world at over 1,000 meters.  Kingdom Tower to have a powerful, simple iconic appearance from a distance, and also to have additional visual impact at medium and close range. The tower will contain a luxury hotel, restaurants, ballroom, office space, observation deck and luxury serviced apartments/residential units. There will be retail at the base of the tower and an observatory at the top, as well as recreational/spa facilities for residents and hotel visitors. There will be prayer rooms located at convenient spots throughout the building to serve the residents and users. In the current design there are passenger, freight and emergency service elevators that service every occupied floor. There are a total of 66 elevators, including 58 single-deck elevators and eight double-deck elevators. There are also 26 escalators. There’s also a skydeck that will be used an amenity space for the penthouse level.