Middle East
20 October 2018
Riyadh: The Metamorphosis of a City From Centerless to Polycentric
Fernando Pérez, IDOM
Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, is a city of six million people, dominated by the automobile and laid out in a pattern of centerless,...
01 March 2018
Challenges in the Architectural Technical Design of the New Generation of Supertall Buildings
Peter A. Weismantle, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
The design of a supertall building poses many challenges to the architect and engineer. Using Jeddah Tower as a case study; this paper intends to...
17 October 2016
Saudi Arabia, Jeddah City and Jeddah Tower
Mounib Hammoud, Jeddah Economic Company
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has embarked on an ambitious project to construct the world’s tallest building, Jeddah Tower. Surrounding the kilometer-plus building will be...
17 October 2016
Tall Buildings: The Architecture of Integrated Sustainable Systems
Abdel Rahman Elbakheit, King Saud University
The architecture of integrated systems is not unknown to the common practice of worldwide building design. However, architecturally integrated sustainable systems are rare. Furthermore, sustainable...
01 April 2013
Case Study: Kingdom Tower, Jeddah
Peter Weismantle & Alejandro Stochetti, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, will be the tall building to go where no building has gone before – beyond 1,000 meters. For the...
01 March 2013
Debating Tall: The Pros and Cons of Reaching for the Sky
This issue’s cover story on Kingdom Tower details the latest quest for the industry to reach new heights. However taller doesn’t always lead to better....
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