JEC Tower: World’s tallest building passes 100-storey milestone in Saudi Arabia
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- The project had reached 69 storeys as recently as November last year, but construction has since accelerated sharply.
- Designed by architects Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG), the tower is expected to comprise at least 157 floors upon completion.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize. The world’s future tallest skyscraper has reached a significant construction milestone, with Saudi Arabia’s JEC Tower now rising to 102 storeys as it advances rapidly towards its planned height of more than one kilometre (0.62 miles).
The project had reached 69 storeys as recently as November last year, but construction has since accelerated sharply. The tower has now surpassed the 100-storey mark, placing it among only a small number of buildings worldwide to have reached this level of vertical development.
Designed by architects Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG), the tower is expected to comprise at least 157 floors upon completion. Once finished, it will stand well above Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, which currently holds the title of the world’s tallest building at 828 metres, and will be nearly twice the height of New York’s One World Trade Center, which rises to 541 metres.