![]() ![]() Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel, Mecca, Saudi ArabiaĪlso known as Abraj Al Bait, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel is a government-owned building complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. ![]() There are a total of 320 hotel rooms and 1,100 parking spaces, and the views of Shanghai from the top floors are said to be unrivaled. American architectural firm Gensler designed the building to function as a hotel and office. The first of these is the Jin Mao Tower, completed in 1999, and the adjacent one is the Shanghai World Financial Center, completed in 2008. It is expected to open to the public next year. The tower is one of three super-tall skyscrapers in the heart of Shanghai’s Luijiazui financial district. It cost $4.2 billion, is 2,073 feet tall, and has 121 floors. Shanghai Tower was completed in March 2014 after eight years of construction. The building is a large-scale, mixed use development that includes 30,000 residences, nine hotels, seven acres of parkland, 19 residential towers, a shopping mall, and a 30-acre man-made lake. Of course, this was also to gain international recognition in the process. The building is part of the long-standing initiative of the government of the United Arab Emirates to transform the economy from oil-based to more service-oriented and tourism-based. The building is an example of international cooperation as Skidmore, Owings & Merrill of Chicago designed it, and Samsung C&T of South Korea was responsible for the engineering and consruction. It stands at 2,717 feet tall and has 163 floors. Since its completion in 2010, Burj Khalifa-in the heart of downtown Dubai, claims to be the world’s tallest skyscraper. Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates ![]() To celebrate, we’ve rounded up the ten tallest skyscrapers around the world, which vary from the famous Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the all-new One World Trade Center in New York, and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. Today is National Skyscraper Day, and in case you didn’t have it on your calendar, it’s the official day to appreciate and honor the architects, engineers, and construction workers who have designed and built these modern wonders. ![]()
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