Kingdom Centre

Kingdom Centre (Arabic: مركز المملكة), formerly Kingdom Tower, is a 99-story, 302.3 m (992 ft) skyscraper in the al-Olaya district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. When completed in 2002, it overtook the 267-meter (876 ft) Faisaliyah Tower as the tallest tower in Saudi Arabia. It has since been surpassed and, as of 2021, is the fifth-tallest skyscraper in the country, whose tallest two buildings are the Abraj Al Bait Towers and the Capital Market Authority Tower. It is the world's third-tallest building with a hole after the Shanghai World Financial Center and the 85 Sky Tower in Taiwan.

Kingdom Center
مركز المملكة
The tower at night in 2007
Location within Saudi Arabia
Alternative namesRiyadh City Center
Record height
Tallest in Saudi Arabia from 2002 to 2012[I]
Preceded byAl Faisaliyah Center
Surpassed byAbraj Al Bait
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeCommercial offices
Residential condominiums
Hotel
Architectural styleModernism
LocationKing Fahad Road Saudi Arabia
Coordinates24.7113°N 46.6744°E / 24.7113; 46.6744
Construction started1999
Completed2002
CostSR 1.7 billion (US$453 million)
Height
Architectural302.3 m (991.80 ft)
Top floor290.4 m (952.76 ft)
Observatory290.4 m (952.76 ft)
Technical details
Floor count41
Floor area185,000 m2 (1,991,323 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators45
Design and construction
Architect(s)Ellerbe Becket<_engineer = Arup
DeveloperKingdom Holding Company
Main contractorEL-Seif Engineering Contracting & Salini Impregilo (Webuild)
References

The tower was developed by Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal and designed by the team of Ellerbe Becket and Omrania, who were selected through an international design competition. It is situated on a 100,000–square-metre site and houses the 57,000-square-meter Al-Mamlaka shopping mall, offices, the Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh, and luxury apartments. There is a 65m skybridge atop the skyscraper.

The upper third of the tower features an inverted parabolic arch topped by a public sky bridge. The sky bridge is a 300-ton steel structure, taking the form of an enclosed corridor with windows on both sides. After paying the admission fees, visitors take two elevators to reach that level.

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