nope it ain't dubai  :wtf:

 

people have talked about a mile high tower for a long time, now it just might happen:

 

 

 

Mile-high tower: Saudi prince promises £5bn desert spire TWICE as tall as nearest rival being built

 

By BARRY WIGMORE

 

Last updated at 12:15pm on 31st March 2008

 

 

On a clear day, the view from the top will take in the Middle East, North Africa and the Indian Ocean - providing you've a head for heights.

 

Plans for a mile-high tower in the Saudi Arabian desert have been unveiled by the billionaire owner of London's Savoy Hotel.

 

At 5,250ft  :-o  :-o  :-o , the £5billion project, masterminded by two British engineering consultancies, will be twice as high as its nearest rivals, skyscrapers under construction in Dubai and Kuwait, and almost seven times as high as the Canary Wharf tower in London's Docklands.

 

 

Little brother: The Dubai Tower and Prince al-Walid bin Talal, who is behind the scheme

 

 

More below:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=550548&in_page_id=1811

Wow! This is insane and makes me feel like we Clevelanders are living in a little European village compared to what is happening in places like Dubai and Hong Kong. God, NYC can't even stand up to this, nor can Chicago!

Just think what we could do if our oil dollars were staying in America!

who cares, let them build this crap.  this does nothing for anything really, because 5 years after this is built something else will out do this and so on and on.  The sex appeal of Burj Dubai has thus begun to drop considerably. 

these days the saudis money guys want to build neom and the line, a modern city built from scratch. two 1,640 twin towers are planned. err, for reasons. morphosis and thom mayne are involved in design:

 

 

 

Saudi Arabia's $500 Billion Plan For World's Largest Buildings Ever 

 

NEOM, the brainchild of Saudi Crown Prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman, aims to build twin skyscrapers about 500 meters (1,640 feet) tall that stretch horizontally for dozens of miles, people familiar with the matter said. 

 

World(c) 2022, BloombergVivian Nereim, Bloomberg

Updated: June 01, 2022 3:21 pm IST

 

 

The skyscrapers would house a mix of residential, retail and office space running from the Red Sea coast into the desert, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. The plan is a shift from the concept announced last year of building a string of developments linked by underground hyper-speed rail, into a long continuous structure, the people said.

 

Designers were instructed to work on a half mile-long prototype, current and former NEOM employees said. If it goes forward in full, each structure would be larger than the world's current biggest buildings, most of which are factories or malls rather than residential communities.

Announced in 2017, NEOM is Prince Mohammed's plan to turn a remote region of the country into a high-tech semi-autonomous state that re-imagines urban life. It's part of his plans to attract foreign investment and help diversify the Saudi economy away from a reliance on oil sales. The Line, as the car-free linear city that will form the backbone of NEOM is known, could cost up to $200 billion to build, the prince said last year, though that was before the plan changed to include gigantic horizontal buildings.

 

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/saudi-arabias-500-billion-plan-for-worlds-largest-buildings-ever-3028637