King Abdullah Financial District

Riyadh
Height
1
To Tip:
Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the highest point of the building, irrespective of material or function of the highest element (i.e., including antennae, flagpoles, signage and other functional-technical equipment).
385 m / 1,263 ft
2
Architectural:
Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the architectural top of the building, including spires, but not including antennae, signage, flag poles or other functional-technical equipment. This measurement is the most widely utilized and is employed to define the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) rankings of the "World's Tallest Buildings."
385 m / 1,263 ft
3
Occupied:
Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the highest occupied floor within the building.
352.5 m / 1,156 ft
1 2 3 PIF Tower Outline
  Floors
Above Ground
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72
Below Ground
The number of floors below ground should include all major floors located below the ground floor level.
4
Official Name
The current legal building name.

King Abdullah Financial District

Type

Complex

Status
Completed
Architecturally Topped Out
Structurally Topped Out
Under Construction
Proposed
On Hold
Never Completed
Vision
Competition Entry
Canceled
Proposed Renovation
Under Renovation
Renovated
Under Demolition
Demolished

Architecturally Topped Out

Country

Saudi Arabia

City

Riyadh

Function

exhibition / hotel / multiple / office / residential / retail

Master Planner

Henning Larsen Architects

# of Apartments

154

# of Hotel Rooms

214

Map of Buildings in Complex

Note: Only buildings that have GPS coordinates recorded are displayed.

 

List of Buildings in Complex

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

RANK
Name
Height
1 PIF Tower

385 m / 1,263 ft

2 KAFD World Trade Center

304 m / 997 ft

3 Riyad Bank Tower

264 m / 866 ft

4 Samba Bank HQ Tower

231 m / 758 ft

5 Tadawul Tower

200 m / 656 ft

6 PPA 30 Parcel 4.09

182 m / 597 ft

7 Villas in the Sky

160 m / 525 ft

8 Muqarnas Tower

157 m

515 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 36 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,879 other buildings of the same Office function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
9 PPA 30 Parcel 5.05 Residential Tower

149 m / 489 ft

10 PP 10 Parcel 3.04 Office Tower

145 m / 474 ft

11 PPA 30 Parcel 3.09

138 m / 453 ft

11 PPA 30 Parcel 3.10

138 m / 453 ft

13 Crystal Tower 1

135 m / 443 ft

14 PP 10 Parcel 4.08

126 m / 413 ft

15 PPA 30 Parcel 5.05 Office Tower

125 m / 410 ft

16 PPA 30 Parcel 5.03 Tower 1

105 m / 344 ft

16 PPA 30 Parcel 2.12

105 m / 344 ft

18 PP 10 Parcel 2.14

105 m / 344 ft

19 PP 10 Parcel 1.12

102 m / 335 ft

20 PP 10 Parcel 3.04 Residential Tower

98 m / 320 ft

21 Wyndham Grand Riyadh

87 m / 286 ft

22 PP 10 Parcel 3.05 Office Tower

83 m / 274 ft

23 PPA 30 Parcel 5.01

83 m / 272 ft

23 PPA 30 Parcel 1.11

83 m / 272 ft

25 PPA 30 Parcel 4.01

82 m

269 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 21 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 450 other buildings of the same Residential / Office function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
26 PP 10 Parcel 4.07

81 m / 266 ft

27 Crystal Tower 2

80 m / 262 ft

28 PPA 30 Parcel 5.06

77 m / 253 ft

29 PPA 30 Parcel 5.03 Tower 2

76 m / 248 ft

30 PP 10 Parcel 3.05 Residential Tower

67 m / 220 ft

31 Vertical Medina

66 m / 218 ft

32 The Butterfly

66 m / 217 ft

33 Cascading Condos

60 m / 197 ft

34 PPA 30 Parcel 2.11

55 m / 180 ft

35 PPA 30 Parcel 2.07 Tower A

49 m / 160 ft

36 PPA 30 Parcel 2.05 Office Tower

48 m / 157 ft

37 KAFD Conference Centre

42 m / 137 ft

38 PPA 30 Parcel 2.05 Residential Tower

40 m / 131 ft

39 PPA 30 Parcel 2.07 Tower B

39 m

128 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 9 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,879 other buildings of the same Office function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
39 PPA 30 Parcel 2.07 Tower C

39 m

128 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 9 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,879 other buildings of the same Office function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
41 PP 10 Parcel 2.09

35 m / 113 ft

42 The Financial Plaza

27 m / 88 ft

43 PPA 30 Parcel 2.08

- m / - ft

43 The Gem Building

- m / - ft

CTBUH Awards & Distinctions

Façade Engineering Award 2021 Award of Excellence

2021 CTBUH Awards

Best Tall Building, by Region, Middle East & Africa 2023 Award of Excellence

2023 CTBUH Awards

 

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