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Encyclopedia > Kingdom Center

Kingdom Center as seen from King Fahad Highway
Kingdom Center as seen from King Fahad Highway
Kingdom Center in final stages
Kingdom Center in final stages
Kingdom Center in downtown
Kingdom Center in downtown Riyadh

Kingdom Centre, in Riyadh, is the tallest skycraper in Saudi Arabia. With a height of 302 m (992 ft), it is considered the 25th tallest building in the world. The tower is built on area of 94,230 square meter land, while the whole centre is built on a total area of 300,000 square meter. Download high resolution version (459x750, 53 KB)Kingdom Centre as seen from Olaya street File links The following pages link to this file: Kingdom Centre Categories: Public domain images ... Download high resolution version (459x750, 53 KB)Kingdom Centre as seen from Olaya street File links The following pages link to this file: Kingdom Centre Categories: Public domain images ... Download high resolution version (457x625, 28 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Kingdom Centre Categories: Public domain images ... Download high resolution version (457x625, 28 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Kingdom Centre Categories: Public domain images ... Download high resolution version (480x640, 63 KB)Kingdom Centre in downtown Riyadh File links The following pages link to this file: Kingdom Centre Categories: Public domain images ... Download high resolution version (480x640, 63 KB)Kingdom Centre in downtown Riyadh File links The following pages link to this file: Kingdom Centre Categories: Public domain images ... Riyadh from space, April 1994 Minestry of interior Faisaliah Centre King Fahad Int. ... Riyadh from space, April 1994 Minestry of interior Faisaliah Centre King Fahad Int. ...


The Kingdom Centre is owned by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a prince of the Saudi royal family, the total cost of the project was 1,717 Million Saudi Arabian Riyals and the contract was taken by Saudi Arabian Bechtel. Kingdom Centre is situated in Al-Urubah Road between King Fahd Road and Olaya Street in the growing business district of Olaya in Riyadh. Kingdom Centre is the winning building of the Skyscrapers.com Award 2002, selected as the "best new skyscraper of the year for design and functionality". Also a three-level shopping center fills the east wing. The mall won a major design award. The large opening is illuminated at night in continuously changing colors. Categories: Stub | Currencies ... Bechtel Corporation (Bechtel Group) is the largest civil engineering company in the world. ... Riyadh from space, April 1994 Minestry of interior Faisaliah Centre King Fahad Int. ...


Besides the shopping mall, the Centre includes a Four Seasons Hotel and state of the art apartments. The ellipse motif taken from the tower's footprint appears also in the light fixtures, ceiling panels, entrance canopy, wastebaskets, and furniture. A mall is a shaded avenue or open space, such as The Mall in London or The Mall in Washington DC. In recent decades in many countries, the word mall has also come to mean a shopping mall. ... The Four Seasons Hotel chain consists of many hotels and resorts aimed at the top of the hotel market. ...


The Shopping Mall contains 161 prestigious stores divided as follows:

  • Service Floor (-1) 10 Stores
  • Ground Floor ( 0) 74 Stores
  • First Floor (+1) 37 Stores
  • Ladies Floor (+2) 40 Stores

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