MECCA | Abraj Al-Bait | 601m | 1972ft | 95 fl | T/O

[GulfArabia]

Originally Posted by CUclimber

Seriously? It always looked like a 4-story sprawling courtyard to me.

I love the scale of the Abraj Al-Bait. And that clock is spectacular.

at night (& when its cooler) the only thing this lit in the city of Makkah is the court yard, it will make all the next door towers disappear (except for the clock high in the sky) the rest of the clock (spear .... ) will be lit also once its done

Never underestimate the mosque, i was there 2 weeks ago, it only seems like (4 story building) but the scale of it is unlike anywhere else GRAND, look at the people

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look at the size of the people:






imagen 4 floors of this (it will be 5 floors in the near future)

[GulfArabia]

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by sw5710

This will be the # 2 tallest "building" in the world for a while.

Tokyo Skytree (2080 feet) will surpass Abraj Al-Bait early next year.

[Traynor]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Tokyo Skytree (2080 feet) will surpass Abraj Al-Bait early next year.

^Sadly the Skytree is not a "building" otherwise the CN tower would still be in the mix.

[GulfArabia]

Sunset

[Innsertnamehere]

if you included towers, you would also have to include the Guangzhou tv tower....

[GulfArabia]

But it will remain as the largest building in the world, Dubai's Airport is now second place

[GulfArabia]

[GulfArabia]

[muppet]

I think it's larger than Dubai's airport by quite a bit...

either way, a new wonder of the world imo

[HowardL]

From the renderings early on, I was optimistic yet hesitant. But now that it's really taking shape, this thing rocks crazy hard.

[GulfArabia]

[Crush_Buds]

Awesome shot

I can't wait to see the crescent.

[Troubadour]

Whenever I see giant clock towers, I automatically think "1.21 jigawatts!"

[rythym]

How many total rooms does this complex have?

[colemonkee]

Keep the pictures coming, GulfArabia. They're awesome.

[PhxPavilion]

Originally Posted by sw5710

This will be the # 2 tallest "building" in the world for a while.

How long is awhile? In a couple years it'll be:

1. Burj Khalifa
2. Pingan International Finance Centre
3. Shanghai Tower
4. Abraj Al-Bait

By roof height it would be ranked 8th (top of the clock).

Also, both it and the Dubai Airport Terminal 3 are tied at 1,500,000 m^2 of floorspace. The whole of the Dubai airport is much larger.

[M.K.]

Originally Posted by GulfArabia

pretty impressive the detailed wonderful marble ornaments work inside the mosque. Also impressive how huge the high is on top of this hill, comparing it to the rest of city, seems the pumping-up or pop-up out like in film darkcity, if i remember right, but also shows how religion dark strong side is to them to make a huge tremendous contrast between rich tall tower and poverty besides. An imperium in a Favela

[PhxPavilion]

Originally Posted by M.K.

....but also shows how religion dark strong side is to them to make a huge tremendous contrast between rich tall tower and poverty besides. An imperium in a Favela

It's an example of superfluous exuberance in the worst way, hardly surprising considering it's funded by the Binladen Group.

[Tom In Chicago]

^What's your point? Binladen construction group practically rebuilt the existing structure surrounding the Kaaba. . . among many other things all over Saudi Arabia. . .

So yeah. . . let's keep this back on topic. . . thanks in advance. . .

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