Savoy owner plans world's tallest building in KSA

[soulblighter]

The race to build the world's tallest building has reached a new level with plans for a mile-high tower to be built near the Red Sea port of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.

The multi-billionaire owner of the Savoy Hotel in London has unveiled plans for the ambitious ?5 billion tower, which will overtake skyscrapers planned or under construction in Kuwait and Dubai.

The Mile High Tower will be double the height of its nearest rival, and will be almost seven times the height of the Canary Wharf tower in London.

Visitors will be able to see Africa from the top of the tower, the Sunday Times newspaper reports.

Riyadh-based Kingdom Holding, which is controlled by billionaire Prince al-Walid bin Talal, will invite bids before July for contracts to build the tower in Saudi Arabia's commercial capital.

The project will push architecture and engineering to new limits, as the tower must be robust enough to withstand the extremes of temperature and strong desert winds in the region.

Gulf Arab states, flush with funds from record high oil prices, are trying to outstrip each other to build the world's tallest building.

They have opened up a strong gap over east Asian countries in the race, with mega-skyscrapers planned or under construction in Kuwait and the booming United Arab Emirate of Dubai.

The Burj Dubai, which is due for completion in 2009, had previously been predicted to take the crown as the world's tallest man-made structure.

Prince al-Walid, a member of the Saudi royal family, bought the Savoy Hotel, in the Strand in London, for ?1.25 billion in 2005.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../wtower130.xml

[Dare_Devil]

... after Burj Dubai another building which is twice the height of Burj Dubai!!!

Visitors will be able to see Africa from the top of the tower, the Sunday Times newspaper reports.

btw is this really true???

[Sphinx]

Huh! Another tallest building :S Now I'll have to make a new post for this.. Baah! :P

[imadsani]

there are 3 buildings in the works which would be taller than the burj dubai ..one is in china..and the second in dubai on a palm ..and the tallest is mentioned above

[Dare_Devil]

there are 3 buildings in the works which would be taller than the burj dubai ..one is in china..and the second in dubai on a palm ..and the tallest is mentioned above

dude give us sum links ..

EDIT:

L00k wht i founD
It is even made in the list of underconstruction tallest building.

The Port Tower is a building planned for Karachi, the financial capital of Pakistan, with the collaboration of local and foreign investors, in association with the Karachi Port Trust. When completed, the new structure will be 1,947 ft (593 m)[1] high. The height of the tower has a special significance - it represents the independence year of Pakistan which is the year 1947.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Tower_Complex