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Encyclopedia > Abraj Al Bait Towers

Abraj Al Bait Towers
Information
Location Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Status Under construction
Groundbreaking 2004
Estimated completion 2009
Height
Antenna/Spire 593m (1,946 ft) (est.)
Technical details
Floor count 76
Companies
Architect Dar Al-Handasah Architects
Contractor Saudi BinLaden Group

The Abraj Al Bait Towers is a building complex under construction in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Upon completion, the tallest tower in the complex would stand as the tallest building in Saudi Arabia and one of the tallest buildings in the world with a planned height of 593 m (1,946 ft).[1] If all seven towers are grouped together as one building, the structure would have the largest floor area of any structure in the world with 15.6 million square feet of floorspace. This is more than 4 million square feet larger than The Venetian Macau, which is the current world record holder.[2] The entire project is estimated to be completed in 2009. Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ... Old Executive Office Building, Washington D.C. Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong, China In architecture, construction, engineering and real estate development the word building may refer to one of the following: Any man-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy, or An... Image File history File links Applications-development. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the city in Saudi Arabia. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners) Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners) (Arabic: ) is a leading international multidisciplinary consulting organisation in engineering, architecture, planning, environment, project management, and economics. ... Office building of the bin Laden family. ... This article is about the city in Saudi Arabia. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Gondola ride in the Venetian The Venetian Macao is a casino resort in Macau, China owned by the Las Vegas Sands hotel-casino chain. ... This article is about the largest buildings in the world. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The site of the complex is located across the street from the entrance to the Masjid al Haram, which houses the Kaaba, the holiest site in Islam. To accommodate worshipers who visit the Kaaba, the Abraj Al Bait Towers will have a large prayer room capable of holding nearly four thousand people. The tallest tower in the complex will also contain a five-star hotel to help provide lodging for the over two million pilgrims who travel to Mecca annually to participate in hajj. Masjid al Haram Al-Masjid al-Haram (Arabic: ) is a very large mosque in the city of Makkah (Mecca). ... The Kaaba (Arabic: ; IPA: ) , also known as (), ( The Primordial House), or ( The Sacred House), is a large cuboidal building located inside the mosque known as al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... A supplicating pilgrim at Masjid Al Haram, the mosque which was built around the Kaaba (the cubical building at center). ...


In addition, the Abraj Al Bait Towers will have a four-story shopping mall and a parking garage capable of holding over eight hundred vehicles. Residential towers will house permanent residents while two heliports and a conference center are to accommodate business travelers. In total, up to 65,000 people would be housed inside the towers.[citation needed]


The project will use four clock faces for each side of the Hotel tower, including 2 main clocks that are 80 meters high 65 meters wide. The other two clocks will be located 65 meters high, with an approximate width of 34 meters. The highest clock will be located 380 meters high, which would make it the world's highest clock.[citation needed]


Towers

Tower Height Floors Completition Status
Hotel Tower 593 m (1,946 ft) 76 2008 Under construction
Hajar 260 m (853 ft)[citation needed] 48 2008 Under construction
ZamZam 260 m (853 ft)[citation needed] 48 2006 Completed
Maqam 240 m (787 ft)[citation needed]  ?? 2008[citation needed] Under construction
Sarah 240 m (787 ft)[citation needed]  ?? 2008[citation needed] Under construction
Marwah 240 m (787 ft)[citation needed]  ?? 2006[citation needed] Under construction
Safa 240 m (787 ft)[citation needed]  ?? 2007[citation needed] Under construction

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