its not perfect, but i love it !

Good work ..

Very, very impressive
Hour beautiful and luminous
Huge tower
City Spectacular
Forward, O my

looking good,, been 2 months for diagram update
one more height increase being the crescent!!!
:banana::cheers:
http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/2408/meccaarpil21.jpg

Is MAQAM tower on hold?
nothing change from a long time

I still don't believe the crescent will be 23 meters talls, thats not right

what you think it might be?

^^
I mean its HUGEE

This question might be OT: but are Non-Muslims allowed here?

No they aren't we aren't holy.

^^ no, Muslims only in Mecca. it is the holiest site of Islam. (ETA:dc88, not brumtonian)
sucks that I will never see it, but then I haven't really seen much anyway. tallest skyscraper is whatever is tallest in LA, but that was 10 years ago.
tower looking great!:nuts:

I suppose if you wanted to see it you could pretend to be muslim

That's not a wise thing to do :D

I suppose if you wanted to see it you could pretend to be muslim

heard that often that that is possible

I suppose if you wanted to see it you could pretend to be muslim


lol, good luck with that, you'll probobly get kicked out before you enter.

lol, good luck with that, you'll probobly get kicked out before you enter.

Well theres no such thing as a muslim I.d card is there?

Well theres no such thing as a muslim I.d card is there?


Im sure they have them, the police check everyone who trys to enter the city. Only way is to sneak in as a maintainance worker, or dig a tunnel underground.

Im sure they have them, the police check everyone who trys to enter the city. Only way is to sneak in as a maintainance worker, or dig a tunnel underground.

that is not correct, they only check randomly, not everyone. in my many trips to Makkah, i have been asked only a few times to show my ID.

that is not correct, they only check randomly, not everyone. in my many trips to Makkah, i have been asked only a few times to show my ID.


What happens if they find out someones not a muslim, will they go to jail or just be escorted out of the city?

^^ never heard of such an incident happening but i think they'll simply be escorted out.

that is not correct, they only check randomly, not everyone. in my many trips to Makkah, i have been asked only a few times to show my ID.

that's true and even on IDs religious affiliation isn't stated. the only way of knowing is through checking one's name or nationality and these aren't solid grounds for verification anyway so you can always pretend ur a convert :P

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that's true and even on IDs religious affiliation isn't stated. the only way of knowing is through checking one's name or nationality and these aren't solid grounds for verification anyway so you can always pretend ur a convert :P

until the guard asks you to read Surat Al Fatihah or atleast the Shahadah, hehehe :lol:

^^ easy! read a couple of pamphlets about islam and learn the 7-versed opening chapter to the koran (i.e., alfatiha). our enthusiastic a.a.b-fans can do that in the plane. ;) :tongue2:

Very nice!
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Man, this building is so ugly. Ugliest skyscraper in the world.

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^^ awesome

^^ awesome

Yeah, it's getting there:) However, I think they need to consider more lights to show all details

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1637/unled1rv.png

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/9254/unledlu.png

Thanks! nice renders!

Yeah, it's getting there:) However, I think they need to consider more lights to show all details

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1637/unled1rv.png

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/9254/unledlu.png

I think they are doing a sprint till Ramadan to fix every thing they can...so the crescent should be on Top in 1 August!

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wow!!! wonder world...

it looks like Big Ben :)

This question might be OT: but are Non-Muslims allowed here?

Would they want to be?

it looks like Big Ben :)

So this is SMALL BEN by now :lol:


http://www.mentalfloss.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/night.jpg

The banner get progress!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/5646423031_af38c38ac2_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hanooshtk/5646423031/

^^ i love this picture, the colors are perfect

So this is SMALL BEN by now :lol:


http://www.mentalfloss.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/night.jpg
:cheers: ha ha ha...:lol:

what "banner" ?

The writing below the clock.

eerr, 'big ben' is the actual bells name and NOT the building.

eerr, 'big ben' is the actual bells name and NOT the building.
If youre going to technical, Big Ben isn't the official name for anything. It is merely a nickname in common usage. Common usage also calls the entire clock/tower, Big Ben.

It will be interesting to see if a nickname emerges for this clock/tower...

Would they want to be?

would they allow muslims in the vatican..same as here. this is the holiest site in islam..i guess we just should respect ea others religion.

what "banner" ?The one under the front clock

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNeQRdwUY6o/TJEtO6sc6PI/AAAAAAAAA1o/PZD3UGywgAY/s1600/makkah-tower-clock-18.jpg

The one under the front clock

does someone know whats written there? i mean translated

^^
the one under the front clock says:
(King Abdulaziz Endowment for The Two Holy Mosques)

Big Ben is still Big Ben... This tower in Makkah I prefer to think of as "Big Bin".

:)

It will be interesting to see if a nickname emerges for this clock/tower...It's all ready...Makkah Clock!

''Makkah Clock''
مكة ساعة

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5223/5893612807590406669.jpg

in the render the mosque is with or without the extension?

in the render the mosque is with or without the extension?with!...but now they are doing the first phase of the extension

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i don't think there will be a banner

^^
the one under the front clock says:
(King Abdulaziz Endowment for The Two Holy Mosques)

According to latest pics, I think they'll just put a boring brown cladding instead of a banner :(

According to latest pics, I think they'll just put a boring brown cladding instead of a banner :(Like this...?

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/hanooshtk/5646423031/

^^
yup, or maybe they'll paint the words after assembling the cladding

Wow, Jamil's photos are very nice. Really liking the green, too. It still seems like it's hard to grasp the scale of the complex (well aside from HUGE) unless you're right by it.

^^
yup, or maybe they'll paint the words after assembling the cladding

i dont think so, it would be easier to put the words on it before assembling the stones i think. but still possible, who knows

The Makkah Clock

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5186/5650008274_13acec0d31_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59831096@N06/5650008274/

It's good that they're not having the banner.

''Life in Makkah Royal Clock Tower''

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Very very cool

I love Mecca

It looks like that old building in the front is disappearing:)

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It's good that they're not having the banner.

+1

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Why are they removing circles on the corners of the clock?

panorama
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Beautiful view! you don't have bigger size?...would be very nice! :)

TIME for a CRESENT!

would they allow muslims in the vatican..same as here. this is the holiest site in islam..i guess we just should respect ea others religion.

Actually any human being is allowed in Vatican City, there are no rules as to who can go in based on religion, as long as you don't wear shorts you can come. Vatican isn't a specific holy site though, there are no Catholic holy sites that one must visit, the whole world is holy.

How tall is the clock face itself?

WHENS THE CLOCK FACE GOING ON THE BACKSIDE ,HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE FINAL HEIGHT IS REACHED?

How tall is the clock face itself?

The clock faces are 43×43 m (141×141 ft)

TIME for a CRESENT!be patient! first (I think) they have to do the frame of the crescent and after put piece by piece the crescent...Am I right?...maybe old renders

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/943/steelsection.gif

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/2820/steelsection2.gif

^^ nice rendering

WHENS THE CLOCK FACE GOING ON THE BACKSIDE ,HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE FINAL HEIGHT IS REACHED?

Nope, the back clock will be the last phase of the clock tower.

Nope, the back clock will be the last phase of the clock tower.

why?

Because the crane that's currently attached to the clock's place is needed for completion of the spire, so before the spire is done the crane is not going anywhere, so there'll be no clock until then.

PCT constructs 23m 'Hilal'
for Makkah Clock Tower

http://www.constructionweekonline.com/pictures/Clock-Tower-Hilal.gif
Apr 27, 2011

Premier Composite Technologies (PCT) has celebrated its fifth anniversary by hosting a company function around the test construction of the Dokaae Tower’s 23m composite Hilal, which will be placed on top of the largest clock tower in the world in Makkah.

The Dokaae development comprises seven high-rise towers overlooking the Holy Mosque. The towers all have distinct design themes, and their heights follow a grading pattern providing a maximum number of direct views of the Holy Mosque. At peak times, the complex is able to accommodate 65,000 guests and visitors.

PCT has supplied the uppermost 370m of the 601m clock tower, a construction that involves over 60,000m2 of composite cladding. This includes the four epoxy glass fibre clock faces, two of which measure 43m in diameter, as well as the 23m carbon clock hands and the 23m self-supporting carbon Hilal.

http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-12089-pct-constructs-23m-hilal-for-makkah-clock-tower/

'Hilal' Mecca Clock tower
manufacturing in Dubai

تصنيع هلال برج ساعة مكة في دبي

http://cdn1.albayan.ae/polopoly_fs/1.1427937.1303847891!/image/3258875024.jpg
المصدر: دبي ـــ محمد عبدالرشيدالتاريخ: 27 أبريل 2011

اعلنت شركة بريمير كومبوزيت تكنولوجي العاملة في مجمع دبي للاستثمار انها انجزت تصميم وتجهيز الهلال الخاص ببرج ساعة مكة، ومن المقرر نقله خلال الأيام المقبلة ليتم تركيبة فوق برج الساعة في مكة المكرمة. وقامت بالشركة بتصنيع الهلال من مواد مركبة من الفايبر جلاس المدعوم بالفسيفساء الذهبية، ليصل وزنه الى 35 طناً، شاملة مواد التثبيت. وقال بيجو جوزيف المسؤول بالشركة ان فريقاً من خمسة مهندسين ومئة عامل نفذوا المشروع الذي تكلف 90 مليون درهم، واستغرق ثلاثة شهور لتنفيذه، ليضاف الى قائمة مشاريع الشركة، ومنها ساعة مكة نفسها.

ويبلغ ارتفاع الهلال نحو 22 مترا، بعرض 24 مترا، وتم تقسيمه إلى 10 أجزاء يمكن إعادة تركيبها لتسهيل نقله الى أعلى ساعة مكة؛ أكبر ساعة في العالم، بحجمها الذي يصل لستة أمثال ساعة بِيغ بين الشهيرة في لندن.

http://www.albayan.ae/economy/first/2011-04-27-1.1428045

Google Trans:

Hilal clock tower manufacturing Mecca in Dubai

Source: Dubai Mohammed Abdrashidaltarej: April 27, 2011

Premiere announced composite technology operating in the Dubai Investments Park it had completed the design and processing of your Crescent Tower hours of Mecca, is scheduled to move in the coming days to be installed above the clock tower in Mecca. The company manufactures Crescent of composite materials of fiberglass-backed mosaic gold, to weigh up to 35 tons, including installation materials. Peugeot Joseph said the company official said a team of five engineers and a hundred workers carried out the project, which cost 90 million dirhams, and it took three months to implement it, to be added to the list of the company's projects, including the hours of Mecca itself.

The height of some 22 meters Crescent, introduced the 24 meters, was divided into 10 parts can be re-installed to facilitate the move to the top hour Mecca; more hours in the world, the size of up to six times the famous Big Ben in London.

^^ wow

thanks for sharing

WoW, in few days this tower will be T/O instead of U/C:)

^^ looks like a BIG banana :banana: ...:lol:

Or the remains of an eaten slice of water melon.

PCT constructs 23m *Hilal*
for Makkah Clock Tower

http://www.constructionweekonline.com/pictures/Clock-Tower-Hilal.gif
Apr 27, 2011

Premier Composite Technologies (PCT) has celebrated its fifth anniversary by hosting a company function around the test construction of the Dokaae Tower’s 23m composite Hilal, which will be placed on top of the largest clock tower in the world in Makkah.

The Dokaae development comprises seven high-rise towers overlooking the Holy Mosque. The towers all have distinct design themes, and their heights follow a grading pattern providing a maximum number of direct views of the Holy Mosque. At peak times, the complex is able to accommodate 65,000 guests and visitors.

PCT has supplied the uppermost 370m of the 601m clock tower, a construction that involves over 60,000m2 of composite cladding. This includes the four epoxy glass fibre clock faces, two of which measure 43m in diameter, as well as the 23m carbon clock hands and the 23m self-supporting carbon Hilal.

http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-12089-pct-constructs-23m-hilal-for-makkah-clock-tower/

THAT THING IS HUGE!!

Oh wow, I can't wait to see it up there!

what is the purpose of the holes in it?

lights! ...?

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by ammar al-amir

It truly looks like Tower of Orthank on that last picture

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Nice night view!...looks nice together

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Nice pics.

great hilal updates

lights! ...?

yes 15 or 30 light beams which will run on special occasions like eid or national day

How are they going to lift every one of the 10 part crecent up to the top? helicopter?

How are they going to lift every one of the 10 part crecent up to the top? helicopter?

Same way they lifted the clocks, crane. If they weren't going to lift it via spire crane, it would've been removed by now

20 Apr 2011

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21 Apr 2011

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fantastic photos. I can see the dynamic life at Mecca

22 Apr 2011

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23 Apr 2011

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24 Apr 2011

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25 Apr 2011

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27 Apr 2011

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Thanks!...Great updates

Lots of progress on the removal of the "annoying building" :)

Thanks for the great updates!!

Lots of progress on the removal of the "annoying building" :)

Thanks for the great updates!!

But i realized something...

Now that the "annoying building" is removed, the tower has been scarred for ever, you know why ? because the main entrance was built in a position that it wouldnt be in front of the "annoying building" now that its gone, the entrance is way to the left instead of being symmetrical and in a "correct" position in relation to the main tower....

very very nice, cant wait for the moon being assembled up there

But i realized something...

Now that the "annoying building" is removed, the tower has been scarred for ever, you know why ? because the main entrance was built in a position that it wouldnt be in front of the "annoying building" now that its gone, the entrance is way to the left instead of being symmetrical and in a "correct" position in relation to the main tower....

thats not true, the entrance is built so that it is symmetrical to the clock tower. thats why it is on one side,
it has nothing to do with the "Annoying Building".

you can almost see it in this picture below, you can see that the clock tower isn't actually facing the middle of the two towers infront.

http://www.upislam.com/images/04939514271196034994.jpg

Great updates! Love the street level views. :)

what did they do to the SAPTCO bus station???

View at the top of Makkah Clock Tower

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I can see that they are preparing to assemble the last clock from the back, thanks for the updates guys!

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burj al bait, Makkah. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/na5wadotcom/5669568140/) by na5wadotcom (http://www.flickr.com/people/na5wadotcom/), on Flickr

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29 Apr 2011

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SAPTCO

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^^ thanks Asyiqul for the update and the info on the new SAPTCO location.

^^ Thanks for the update, a lot of old construction is being demolished.

i want to see the crescent being assembled up there xP

Pics I took throw my mobile during March and April:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5103/5671712283_738569d4ab_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671712283/)
17-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671712283/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5221/5671712027_290db6d7d7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671712027/)
17-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671712027/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5025/5672278260_58e17128e6_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672278260/)
17-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672278260/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5269/5671711659_b7e5d5b01a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671711659/)
17-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671711659/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5227/5671711441_06c100c688_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671711441/)
17-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671711441/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5110/5672277692_73c5574183_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672277692/)
17-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672277692/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/5672277518_fdb2ce85a9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672277518/)
17-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672277518/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5267/5672277326_d2286581f9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672277326/)
17-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672277326/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5308/5671710761_772dd48e54_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671710761/)
17-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671710761/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5143/5671710583_3e23b00f24_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671710583/)
17-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671710583/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/5671710229_720c7aeb15_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671710229/)
17-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671710229/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5671710067_0076488427_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671710067/)
19-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671710067/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5308/5671709945_61a7176005_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671709945/)
19-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671709945/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5269/5671709747_b7c37f2baa_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671709747/)
19-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671709747/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5183/5671709519_0240e8c98b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671709519/)
20-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671709519/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

I took this picture from Muzdalifah, The Left Clock is faintly visible just left toh light pole.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5024/5671709327_2bb1b1662c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671709327/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671709327/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5225/5672275594_a4e11858dc_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672275594/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672275594/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5671708831_8729382362_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671708831/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671708831/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5672275082_015e4e2c38_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672275082/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672275082/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5183/5672274746_0b1bf35249_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672274746/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672274746/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5150/5671708149_5ac1b7787b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671708149/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671708149/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5228/5671707869_97991b945c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671707869/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671707869/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5025/5671707543_6926cc481d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671707543/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671707543/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5222/5671707275_189cb68e17_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671707275/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671707275/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5063/5671707061_9a8bbffed8_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671707061/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671707061/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/5671706733_5deef31d50_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671706733/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671706733/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5302/5671706395_557c55d18b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671706395/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671706395/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5227/5672272708_47a39d399c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672272708/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672272708/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/5672272308_41c01552ef_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672272308/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672272308/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5062/5672272014_7ed8a49393_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672272014/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672272014/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5303/5672271846_7a24839429_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672271846/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672271846/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5303/5672271846_7a24839429_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672271846/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672271846/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/5671705283_a7a48f2468_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671705283/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671705283/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5671705075_ff7cebdc8e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671705075/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671705075/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5672271308_2b769f2577_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672271308/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672271308/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

Reflection of the clocks on Dar-ul-Tawheed Hotel
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5062/5671704815_ebee10eb9a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671704815/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671704815/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5027/5672271004_409560c19e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672271004/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672271004/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5188/5671704471_e423263853_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671704471/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671704471/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/5671704317_6cc3a661e6_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671704317/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671704317/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5301/5672270484_efb4f98a0f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672270484/)
22-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672270484/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5070/5671703983_b1c6e8a91d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671703983/)
23-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671703983/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5227/5672270174_700ebddba1_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672270174/)
24-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672270174/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/5672269958_e3a6fdec1c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672269958/)
24-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672269958/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5672269334_53660d7188_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672269334/)
24-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672269334/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5223/5671702781_d731ba51d0_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671702781/)
24-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671702781/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5107/5671702613_3e70a0ebb2_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671702613/)
24-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671702613/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5671702493_71441f38b1_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671702493/)
24-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671702493/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5187/5671702381_baf15db187_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671702381/)
24-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671702381/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5187/5672268636_5372ba437c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672268636/)
24-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672268636/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5150/5672268478_3b7777b23b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672268478/)
24-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672268478/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5106/5671701917_6c52bdefa9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671701917/)
27-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671701917/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

Spire Replica on a 10-floor tower :P
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5672268254_3fa1e4dd5b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672268254/)
28-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672268254/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5672268112_b4bde4cf85_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672268112/)
31-03-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672268112/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5141/5671701495_6fa4e3d0b3_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671701495/)
04-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671701495/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5025/5672267684_0c771fd7fc_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672267684/)
04-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672267684/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5143/5672267430_abe286f24b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672267430/)
04-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672267430/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5025/5671700835_f9af811bee_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671700835/)
04-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671700835/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5301/5671700657_6a07276ae8_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671700657/)
04-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671700657/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5672266912_b57a530f84_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672266912/)
04-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672266912/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

A HUGE complex seen from another huge complex
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5145/5671700337_a66046efc4_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671700337/)
04-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671700337/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5302/5671700083_c7994f3bfd_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671700083/)
04-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671700083/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5265/5672266432_a8c3b42ac9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672266432/)
04-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672266432/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5672266242_314a9ec3c1_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672266242/)
05-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672266242/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5265/5672266126_cd41ac54ca_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672266126/)
05-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672266126/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5141/5672265870_452ffe34e9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672265870/)
05-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672265870/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5301/5672265714_8449786d51_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672265714/)
05-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672265714/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

As seen from AlBaik's Aziziyah Branch
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5103/5671699001_88d1ccabb8_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671699001/)
06-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671699001/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5672265354_6e60f2de36_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672265354/)
10-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672265354/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5221/5671698661_c4b2fabfa7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671698661/)
19-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5671698661/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5105/5672264978_c9c814de34_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672264978/)
19-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672264978/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5228/5672264770_fb5fa45ebc_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672264770/)
25-04-2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5672264770/) by EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), on Flickr

Some more pics to follow

looks like the building is visible from nearly everywhere inside the city

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3746/160320111619.jpg
By makkawipk (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/makkawipk) at 2011-04-30

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/7171/160320111617.jpg
By makkawipk (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/makkawipk) at 2011-04-30

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6619/160320111616.jpg
By makkawipk (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/makkawipk) at 2011-04-30

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By makkawipk (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/makkawipk) at 2011-04-30

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so many pictures.

The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, ...Thanks a lot :nuts:

some are fluuuuu...smog...focus please!

The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, The clock, ...Thanks a lot :nuts:

some are fluuuuu...smog...focus please!

:D What else am I supposed to capture from all around Makkah? :lol: it was rain fog, not my fault

I have a lot of interesting pics about the ''crescent''...I'm waiting if the owner accept to share these with SSCfans..hope he accept! :)

so I'm waiting...

FORMAX gears up for growth in multiaxials

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FORMAX worked with Premier Composite Technologies to create the hands for the clock of the Dokaae Tower in Mecca,
the world's largest clock tower.The clock hands are 22 m and 17 m in length and are made out of carbon prepreg.They weigh 6 tonnes each.

28 April 2011

Diverse applications

Wessely points out the diverse range of applications the company has been involved in. These range from developing quadaxial fabrics for use in Lamborghini's new carbon composite supercar, to supplying materials for the Dokaae Tower in Mecca – the work's largest clock tower.

On the Dokaae Tower project FORMAX worked with Premier Composite Technologies (PCT) of Dubai to produce the clock hands using carbon prepreg. The clock hands had to be be hollow to allow access to the 2000 LEDS embedded into their surface. They were therefore designed as sandwich structures, featuring an outer layer of prepregged glass cloth, a structural laminate of unidirectional (UD) carbon prepreg and secondary reinforcements using FORMAX carbon biaxial fabrics.

FORMAX materials will also be used in the tower's hilal (cresent moon) structure which will measure 23 m. Working with PCT and Gurit UK, FORMAX developed a custom hybrid quadraxial fabric for this, which uses a blend of carbon and glass fibres.

source: http://www.reinforcedplastics.com/view/17666/formax-gears-up-for-growth-in-multiaxials/

Premier Composite Technologies celebrates 5th anniversary

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PCT is currently constructing the 23 m composite hilal (crescent moon),
which will be placed on the top of the Dokaae Tower in Mecca – the largest clock tower in the world.
29 April 2011

Dubai based composite structures supplier Premier Composite Technologies (PCT) is celebrating five years in business.

PCT was founded in 2006 by a team of three people, including managing director Hannes Waimer, to serve the architectural and marine markets in the Middle East.

Today, the company has grown to over 670 people. It works a number of European architects, including SL Rasch, Snohetta and Foster + Partners, and has evolved into the building of production race boats, including the FARR 400.

PCT is currently involving in the construction of the Dokaae Tower in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

This the largest clock tower in the world and PCT has supplied the upper 370 m of the 601 m tower, a construction that involves over 60 000 m2 of composite cladding. This includes the four glass fibre epoxy clock faces, two of which measure 43 m in diameter, as well as the 23 m carbon clock hands and the 23 m self-supporting carbon hilal.

http://www.reinforcedplastics.com/view/17646/premier-composite-technologies-celebrates-5th-anniversary/

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O Makkawi, you should know better than to post those pictures in original size, you know most of us poor people does not have an HD display like you do :P :P

and i think it will be better if those were in "large" size instead of "original" size, it seems little blurry.

(double post)

O Makkawi, you should know better than to post those pictures in original size, you know most of us poor people does not have an HD display like you do :P :P

and i think it will be better if those were in "large" size instead of "original" size, it seems little blurry.

sorry, no size option on imageshack

^^ lolwut?

I have a lot of interesting pics about the ''crescent''...I'm waiting if the owner accept to share these with SSCfans..hope he accept! :)

so I'm waiting...

He better does. :colbert:

Yes he does! :)


Crescent...see next page!


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The 'Crescent' - The 'Hilal'

of Makkah Royal Clock Tower

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Inside

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Again, this thing is HUGE!!!

Awesome! I can't wait to see it installed.

It's the height of a seven story building, so yeah, it's huge.

the other pictures are so awesomly detailed wow and this thing, cant wait that it is on top

Where is it currently located?

Clock, Spire, workers and + ...


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others will follow...:)

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others will follow...:)

:shocked:

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^^ The End!

Where is it currently located?The crescent is in Dubai.

I'm assuming it will be split into its four parts for transport.

I'm assuming it will be split into its four parts for transport.They said it has been divided into 10 parts

I posted before: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=76774371&postcount=7828

I'm assuming it will be split into its four parts for transport.

yeah and assembled up there. :)

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WOW

Early renders look more smooth and shiny, let's hope it will look great up there:)

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/121/hilalrender.jpg

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8260/1010ctei3.jpg

Does anyone know what is the purpose of the openings from below? Their number has increased from 6 to about 12 and they cannot be used for the creation of light beams.

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This says 610m, was the height changed?

^^ There was a debate about that not too long ago. In the Saudi forum, it's officially 610 while here it's still 601. I guess we'll only know after its completion..

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Awesome pics, Roukaya. Lucky guys! Now I literally can't wait to see it up there.

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Is this is the seconds hand or what ?

Same way they lifted the clocks, crane. If they weren't going to lift it via spire crane, it would've been removed by now

aww.. thats not fun.

I'm just amazed at how tall and slender it looks from the side!

They said it has been divided into 10 parts

I posted before: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=76774371&postcount=7828

By the looks of it, I think it'll only be 3 parts, base and both corners, or 4 parts, 2 pieces of base and two corners.
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Early renders look more smooth and shiny, let's hope it will look great up there:)

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/121/hilalrender.jpg

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8260/1010ctei3.jpg

As seen in this pic, it IS shiny, ruined by the brown lines.

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If 10 is the right number I believe it will be divided like that (notice the tapes signs):

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/5750/partsw.jpg

If 10 is the right number I believe it will be divided like that (notice the tapes signs):

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/5750/partsw.jpg

I doubt that. Makkawi is right I believe.

^^ I may be wrong, but the number of 10 comes from the newspaper article, contrary to somebodys pure speculation. And the tapes stripes seems to suggest the same after closer investigation (I first thought it will be 4 parts too). I'm not sure if I'm 100% right about corners and maybe bottom parts, but I'm quite confident there will be more than 4 parts. Just imagine moving one of those 4 parts with a truck. I think it would have problem fitting in the street line :nuts:

so they cut the crescent and then weld it back together at the top of the tower?

i like the name meca clock royal tower

great update and pics

http://www.pct.ae

Great page with very informative pics! Thank you.

http://de-de.facebook.com/pages/Scheurer-Design-Eng/219107864771102Thanks very interesting!...I guess you want me to post the pictures!:)

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nice crescent not as shiny as i thought it was

Thanks very interesting!...I guess you want me to post the pictures!:)

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/205184_219113264770562_219107864771102_1088754_4185028_n.jpg


So it seems I was quite correct. Now its clear we have at least 5 parts. From the picture above we can be quite sure middle parts can be divided giving another two parts. I dont think top parts and bottom can be divided so that would be 7 parts total.

nice crescent not as shiny as i thought it was
Gonna be easier to see though that way, especially in the glaring saudi sun.

nice crescent not as shiny as i thought it was

may be it's going to be when it's 600m up in the sky ,and that's if you r able to see it under the sun :cripes: .. :)

nice crescent not as shiny as i thought it was

may be they will polish it when up in the place

may be they will polish it when up in the place

In renders it looks shiny, it may be that way.

Remove the oldest tower
إزالة أقدم برج استثماري مقابل للحرم المكي

http://www.makkawi.com/pics.aspx?key=A26194166A8A1651A519621712824421615615Z26147242A8625A222A212A312413719A185188122A591A5191A5A141
26 April 2011

دكت معدات القطع الصخري أقدم برج استثماري مقابل للحرم المكي من الجهة الجنوبية التي تعتبر أغلى منطقة استثمارية في الكرة الأرضية، حيث يصل سعر المتر الواحد إلى 800 ألف ريال.

وتعيد إزالة البرج القديم ذكرى تاريخية ومفصلا مهما في تاريخ الحرم المكي، حيث جرى تنفيذ توسعة الملك فهد بن عبدالعزيز للحرم المكي في العام 1409هـ، وتبلغ مساحة أدوار توسعة الحرم 76 ألف متر مربع، وبسعة تصل إلى 152 ألف مصل، وتزامن بناء البرج مع تنفيذ التوسعة التي بلغت تكاليفها 7 مليارات ريال.

ويقع البرج الاستثماري الذي يودع المركزية بعد 24 عاماً على مساحة 175م2 تقريباً ويبتعد عن باب الملك عبدالعزيز بنحو 120 مترا فيما لا يتجاوز بعده عن الكعبة المشرفة من 230م.

وتعود ملكية البرج لورثة الشيخ إبراهيم العنقري مستشار الملك فهد الذي توفي في محرم العام 1429هـ.

ويقول العقاري في المنطقة المركزية إبراهيم بن ناصر اليامي إن سعر المتر الواحد في منطقة «قوس المليارات» على حد تعبيره يتراوح ما بين 500 إلى 700 ألف ريال كونها المنطقة الأفخم بوجود أكبر وأغلى خمس تجمعات تجارية استثمارية في العالم العربي وهي أبراج البيت وفندق التوحيد ومشروع مكة ومشروع جبل عمر وأبراج الصفوة حيث تعتبر هذه المنطقة الآن المنطقة المفتوحة مباشرة بين المراكز التجارية وبين ساحات الحرم المكي حيث تنفتح على مساحة 76 ألف متر مربع.

وعمدت الشركة المنفذة لمشروع إزالة البرج الأقدم إلى تصعيد معدات الهدم والتكسير إلى قمة البرج المكون من 16 طابقاً للتكسير نزولا من الطابق الأعلى إلى الذي يليه مع تسوير البرج بسوار حديدي لحماية المصلين حيث تباشر ثلاث معدات وأكثر من 20 ناقلة للدمار أعمال الإزالة ويتوقع أن ينتهي من أعماله في منتصف الشهر الهجري القادم.

http://www.makkawi.com/News/show.aspx?Id=1818

The little tower before demolition(at right)

http://i34.tinypic.com/28akoir.jpg


Google translation:
Remove the oldest tower of investment return of the campus shrine
26 April 2011

Flattened rock cutting equipment investment for the oldest tower of the Haram al-Makki from the south, which is the most expensive investment in the hemisphere, where the price per meter to 800 thousand riyals.

And re-remove the old tower of historical memory and detailed important in the history of the Grand Mosque, where he was the implementation of the expansion of King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz of the Haram in Mecca in 1409, and covers an area of ​​the roles of expansion campus of 76 thousand square meters, and up to 152 thousand worshipers, and synchronization of building the tower with the implementation of the expansion costs, which amounted to 7 billion riyals.

The tower is located central investment, which is filed after 24 years on an area of ​​approximately 2 175 m and away from the door of King Abdulaziz, about 120 meters, no later than after the Kaaba of 230 meters.

The tower is owned by the heirs of Sheikh Ibrahim Angari advisor to King Fahd, who died in Muharram the year 1429.

He says real estate in the central region Ibrahim bin Nasser Al-Yami The price per square meter in the «arc of billions» as he put it somewhere between 500 to 700 thousand riyals as the region most prestigious presence of the largest and most expensive five groupings commercial investment in the Arab world, towers House Hotel, standardization and project in Makkah The Jabal Omar project and Towers, where the elite of this region is now open area directly between the commercial centers and between the courtyards of the Haram in Mecca, where the open area of ​​76 thousand square meters.

The company had implemented a project to remove the tower oldest to the escalation of equipment demolition and crushing to the top of the tower, consisting of 16 floors for cracking down from the top floor to the next with fencing tower strap iron to protect worshipers where initiated three equipment and more than 20 tankers of mass clearance work is expected to finish its work in the middle of the next lunar month.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4543182286_3359123294_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49505692@N02/4543182286/)
برج زمزم 2010 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49505692@N02/4543182286/) par A1! (http://www.flickr.com/people/49505692@N02/), sur Flickr

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Zamzam Towers (http://www.flickr.com/photos/3ab/2586602237/) par abuasiyah (http://www.flickr.com/people/3ab/), sur Flickr

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برج زمزم (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21273632@N05/2212087176/) par Җ MRS_3kŏǾōKI Җ (http://www.flickr.com/people/21273632@N05/), sur Flickr

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http://www.upislam.com/images/06511914374854420694.jpg

Remove the oldest tower
إزالة أقدم برج استثماري مقابل للحرم المكي

http://www.makkawi.com/pics.aspx?key=A26194166A8A1651A519621712824421615615Z26147242A8625A222A212A312413719A185188122A591A5191A5A141
26 April 2011

دكت معدات القطع الصخري أقدم برج استثماري مقابل للحرم المكي من الجهة الجنوبية التي تعتبر أغلى منطقة استثمارية في الكرة الأرضية، حيث يصل سعر المتر الواحد إلى 800 ألف ريال.

وتعيد إزالة البرج القديم ذكرى تاريخية ومفصلا مهما في تاريخ الحرم المكي، حيث جرى تنفيذ توسعة الملك فهد بن عبدالعزيز للحرم المكي في العام 1409هـ، وتبلغ مساحة أدوار توسعة الحرم 76 ألف متر مربع، وبسعة تصل إلى 152 ألف مصل، وتزامن بناء البرج مع تنفيذ التوسعة التي بلغت تكاليفها 7 مليارات ريال.

ويقع البرج الاستثماري الذي يودع المركزية بعد 24 عاماً على مساحة 175م2 تقريباً ويبتعد عن باب الملك عبدالعزيز بنحو 120 مترا فيما لا يتجاوز بعده عن الكعبة المشرفة من 230م.

وتعود ملكية البرج لورثة الشيخ إبراهيم العنقري مستشار الملك فهد الذي توفي في محرم العام 1429هـ.

ويقول العقاري في المنطقة المركزية إبراهيم بن ناصر اليامي إن سعر المتر الواحد في منطقة «قوس المليارات» على حد تعبيره يتراوح ما بين 500 إلى 700 ألف ريال كونها المنطقة الأفخم بوجود أكبر وأغلى خمس تجمعات تجارية استثمارية في العالم العربي وهي أبراج البيت وفندق التوحيد ومشروع مكة ومشروع جبل عمر وأبراج الصفوة حيث تعتبر هذه المنطقة الآن المنطقة المفتوحة مباشرة بين المراكز التجارية وبين ساحات الحرم المكي حيث تنفتح على مساحة 76 ألف متر مربع.

وعمدت الشركة المنفذة لمشروع إزالة البرج الأقدم إلى تصعيد معدات الهدم والتكسير إلى قمة البرج المكون من 16 طابقاً للتكسير نزولا من الطابق الأعلى إلى الذي يليه مع تسوير البرج بسوار حديدي لحماية المصلين حيث تباشر ثلاث معدات وأكثر من 20 ناقلة للدمار أعمال الإزالة ويتوقع أن ينتهي من أعماله في منتصف الشهر الهجري القادم.

http://www.makkawi.com/News/show.aspx?Id=1818

Google translation:
Remove the oldest tower of investment return of the campus shrine
26 April 2011

Flattened rock cutting equipment investment for the oldest tower of the Haram al-Makki from the south, which is the most expensive investment in the hemisphere, where the price per meter to 800 thousand riyals.

And re-remove the old tower of historical memory and detailed important in the history of the Grand Mosque, where he was the implementation of the expansion of King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz of the Haram in Mecca in 1409, and covers an area of ​​the roles of expansion campus of 76 thousand square meters, and up to 152 thousand worshipers, and synchronization of building the tower with the implementation of the expansion costs, which amounted to 7 billion riyals.

The tower is located central investment, which is filed after 24 years on an area of ​​approximately 2 175 m and away from the door of King Abdulaziz, about 120 meters, no later than after the Kaaba of 230 meters.

The tower is owned by the heirs of Sheikh Ibrahim Angari advisor to King Fahd, who died in Muharram the year 1429.

He says real estate in the central region Ibrahim bin Nasser Al-Yami The price per square meter in the «arc of billions» as he put it somewhere between 500 to 700 thousand riyals as the region most prestigious presence of the largest and most expensive five groupings commercial investment in the Arab world, towers House Hotel, standardization and project in Makkah The Jabal Omar project and Towers, where the elite of this region is now open area directly between the commercial centers and between the courtyards of the Haram in Mecca, where the open area of ​​76 thousand square meters.

The company had implemented a project to remove the tower oldest to the escalation of equipment demolition and crushing to the top of the tower, consisting of 16 floors for cracking down from the top floor to the next with fencing tower strap iron to protect worshipers where initiated three equipment and more than 20 tankers of mass clearance work is expected to finish its work in the middle of the next lunar month.

http://www.upislam.com/images/06511914374854420694.jpg

16 floors, how tiny it looked in front of the clock tower :O

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Al7rm (http://www.flickr.com/photos/na2024/5688928466/) by na2024 (http://www.flickr.com/people/na2024/), on Flickr

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ساعة مكة- عن قرب (http://www.flickr.com/photos/na2024/5688933396/) by na2024 (http://www.flickr.com/people/na2024/), on Flickr

the green lighting around "allahu akbar" is obnoxious.

the green lighting around "allahu akbar" is obnoxious.

Agreed

very !! ^^

^^
Its not that obnoxious when you look at it from 500 m (height) or 8-10 km (distance)

instead of ugly green they should have made it halogen yellow or something

instead of ugly green they should have made it halogen yellow or something

or just white

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2470/5696310125_60b5a9e252_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alyusif/5696310125/)
مكة المكرمة makkah (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alyusif/5696310125/) by mohd.alyusuf (http://www.flickr.com/people/alyusif/), on Flickr

very very nice

i love you MECCA

It's green because that is the color of the Saudi flag.

^^ No. its because they tested every colour, and found that green was the easiest to see from a far distance :)

They didn't need to test that. Our eyes are much more sensitive to green than any other color.

We are best at discerning between different tints of green. This is useful for seeing differences in plants. However low light sensitivity differs little from other colors. That's handled by rods, not cones.

i was able to read it easily from 8km away.

i remember when i sat with friends in the fourth floor class room looked out the window and we read the clock from a church about 2km away and that was already hard to do considering the size of the clock, so it gives me an idea of the size

i was able to read it easily from 8km away.

i did go to makkah, it looks much better in person, its readable and everything, the night photos u see here doesn't show how clear the clock is, but i still wish there was no green, and the white parts are the only thing glowing

1 May 2011

http://www.upislam.com/images/81723756815627476462.jpg (http://www.upislam.com/)

http://www.upislam.com/images/66750351512206660907.jpg (http://www.upislam.com/)


3 May 2011

http://www.upislam.com/images/93590724282280062970.jpg (http://www.upislam.com/)

6 May 2011

http://www.upislam.com/images/43651585939335481761.jpg (http://www.upislam.com/)

http://www.upislam.com/images/98442796548531166062.jpg (http://www.upislam.com/)

http://www.upislam.com/images/89078138981843190252.jpg (http://www.upislam.com/)

http://www.upislam.com/images/97760695478807435433.jpg (http://www.upislam.com/)


7 May 2011

http://www.upislam.com/images/90446041936076334895.jpg (http://www.upislam.com/)

http://www.upislam.com/images/94053266529127452766.jpg (http://www.upislam.com/)


8 May 2011

http://www.upislam.com/images/90627455025956679266.jpg (http://www.upislam.com/)

^^ Great update; however, I thought they'd start assembling the last clock face after the crescent!

Thanks! great update...^^ the crescent will be the final touch!

^^ No. its because they tested every colour, and found that green was the easiest to see from a far distance :)

Really? I thought that was just because green is the traditional color of Islam.

Really? I thought that was just because green is the traditional color of Islam.

Both :)

Really? I thought that was just because green is the traditional color of Islam.

In many ways, Abraj Al-Bait looks mediaeval, reactionary like a cross between Disneyland, Las Vegas and the worst of NYC's Art Deco kitschy excesses.
So pharaonic, so ostentatious and pompously overhelming.
From what I can see Abraj does not personally appeal to me. But then nothing can replace the real view from the ground, in other words one needs to go there and see this huge building 'live' and not relly on photos and then just 'pontificate'. (And on the top of that I guess I am not a Muslim to have the right to a say)

as a caucasian atheist male, what will happen to me if i manage to enter mecca without anyone noticing but then get caught?

^^
you will be asked to leave ,,,
sorry if that's not the answer you're looking for :)

6 May 2011
8 May 2011

http://www.upislam.com/images/90627455025956679266.jpg (http://www.upislam.com/)

GREAT :banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2::banana: :banana2:

i can see it before me, this month last clock, next months spire :P July topping out

That means only muslims can get inside?

i can see it before me, this month last clock, next months spire :P July topping out

How many times do I have to tell you, it's ALREADY topped out, only hilal remains

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GREAT GREAT GREAT

How many times do I have to tell you, it's ALREADY topped out, only hilal remains
I guess you just don't know what "topped out" means.

cough cough obsessive zealots cough cough

I guess you just don't know what "topped out" means.

I think of the hilal as a decoration, thats why I think Clock tower is T/O

musefreek wrote:
as a caucasian atheist male, what will happen to me if i manage to enter mecca without anyone noticing but then get caught?
I'm also a caucasian atheist male. I don't want to drift off topic but I can understand why I wouldn't be welcome at the holy site nearby but this building isn't really a religious place, it just happens to be next to one. So are westerners not even allowed to be in this area at all? I think it would be an interesting thing to see in person so I'm just curious. Thanks.

Nice update. This building has the dimension of a spaceship.

musefreek wrote:

I'm also a caucasian atheist male. I don't want to drift off topic but I can understand why I wouldn't be welcome at the holy site nearby but this building isn't really a religious place, it just happens to be next to one. So are westerners not even allowed to be in this area at all? I think it would be an interesting thing to see in person so I'm just curious. Thanks.

wear 3d glasses, and I'll ask someone to take a 3d pic. GET BACK ON TOPIC

I can't say that I'm a fan of this tower but it certianly is intriguing. IMO, it belongs in the same category as Ryugyong, both are just unbelievably surreal.

I think of the hilal as a decoration, thats why I think Clock tower is T/O

Really? So Burj Khalifa was, according to your definition, topped out over 200 metres before it actually was, as the spire is a decorative feature. No, topping out means reaching full architectural height, and AAB is not topped out yet. Close, but not yet.

How many times do I have to tell you, it's ALREADY topped out, only hilal remains

topped out = when it has reached it's final height NOW !! (601m)

The clock is a bit bigger than that of Big Ben's!

I guess you just don't know what "topped out" means.

*sigh* this.

Hi all.

A structure is topped out when it reaches what will be called its architectural top. For this project the crescent is not removable so it will be included in the height to architectural top measure and therefore will have to be erected before the project is officially topped out. That will be at 601 meters as per the plans but that could change when officially ratified by the CTBUH, as happens with many projects.

Also for this project the height to architectural top and the height to tip will be the same as there are no masts or flagpole or lightning rod on top of the crescent - is that correct ?

:cheers:
Ray.

musefreek wrote:
So are westerners not even allowed to be in this area at all?

of course westerners are allowed
as long as he/she is a Muslim :)

Back on topic:
so they have started the back clock, that crane is still there, will they leave some plates and complete the rest, or will they remove the crane soon?

The clock is a bit bigger than that of Big Ben's! Big Ben a bell. And it's way bigger than the clocktower in London.

The clock is a bit bigger than that of Big Ben's!

not a bit ,it's 5 times larger than the big ben !!

not a bit ,it's 5 times larger than the big ben !!

I think the clock is bigger than the whole tower

great! let's compare this unfinished tower in 2011 to one that was inaugurated in the 19th century. bullying much?

I think the clock is bigger than the whole tower

lol, may not be so, but it is (45meters) almost half the London clock tower's height (96 meters)

Lets compare little bit, :)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Cleaning_Big_Ben.jpg

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/76045_120116328050198_100001554931911_129276_1673100_n.jpg


London Clock's diameter is 23feet, while a hand in the Makkah Clock is 10 feet wide (not length), means, two hands adjacent to one another put over London Clock, it will almost cover the whole face of it.


:nuts::nuts::nuts:

hahahahah :lol: GREAT COMPARISON !

skyscraperpage diagrams comparison (http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=50756786) :nuts:

I was about to ask why there's weighty latin phrases on a muslim building, i should have scrolled down fully :)

skyscraperpage diagrams comparison (http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=50756786) :nuts:
HOOOOLY SHIT :uh:

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/images/59647.gifhttp://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/images/63497.gif


why do they say it is more than just five times the big ben clock? may be the diameter is, but then it means it is more than 25 times the size of big ben clock as it is clear in this scale image.

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A beautiful view!
Holy Makkah
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2695/5708559712_9078086118_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56188786@N04/5708559712/

Amazing...:okay:

I don't understand the constant irrelevant comparisons to Big Ben, literally the only comparison is they both have clocks , by that logic I could compare Victoria Tower and 1WTC because they both have Spires :P

I don't understand the constant irrelevant comparisons to Big Ben, literally the only comparison is they both have clocks , by that logic I could compare Victoria Tower and 1WTC because they both have Spires :P

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I don't understand the constant irrelevant comparisons to Big Ben, literally the only comparison is they both have clocks , by that logic I could compare Victoria Tower and 1WTC because they both have Spires :P

may be because Big Ben's clock is by far the most famous big clock in the world?
and no one is comparing the buildings anyway, they are comparing the clocks, so..

I don't understand the constant irrelevant comparisons to Big Ben, literally the only comparison is they both have clocks , by that logic I could compare Victoria Tower and 1WTC because they both have Spires :P

I agree, it's idiotic and uncalled for. The credentials are too different to make for a good comparison anyway.

are there going to be more tall structures/skyscrapers around that area in future?

are there going to be more tall structures/skyscrapers around that area in future?

There will be towers and tall structures in the are in the near future, but not as tall as this

I don't understand the constant irrelevant comparisons to Big Ben, literally the only comparison is they both have clocks , by that logic I could compare Victoria Tower and 1WTC because they both have Spires :P
Of course people are going to compare massive clock towers. Clock faces are the defining characteristic of both towers in question.

I don't understand the constant irrelevant comparisons to Big Ben, literally the only comparison is they both have clocks , by that logic I could compare Victoria Tower and 1WTC because they both have Spires :P

I think most of the original mentions were in context of a blend of several existing structures. The UK Parliament, Moscow State University, the Ryugyong Hotel, Las Vegas, and Jaba the Hut from a massing and large clock face perspective.

UK Parliament
http://www.bigbensucks.com/Big-Ben-4112.jpg

Moscow State University
http://www.thats-right.com/storage/Moscow%20State%20University%20at%20night.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1255569261942

Ryugyong Hotel
http://mickhartley.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/04/ryugyong_hotel1.jpg

Las Vegas
http://www.vegasclublimos.com/images/tours/limo-strip-one.jpeg

Jabba the Hut
http://www.themovielists.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/jabbathehuttrotj-1.jpg

It's long the landing of the crescent...

http://www.upislam.com/images/90446041936076334895.jpg

first we can watch the back clock being completed before the crescent comes :)

It's right! ^^

It's long the landing of the crescent...

http://www.upislam.com/images/90446041936076334895.jpg

nice thought :)

^^ Yes, that's brilliant, Roukaya19! :lol:

Photo must be from previous weekend, I suppose. In Europe, we don't have that moon position with the crescent facing right downwards.

Do you have another picture from that evening? A pic done later, with the moon connected to Abraj Al-Bait's top would be perfect... maybe taken from double distance with zoom, so that that the "substitute" would have the right size. :)

I think most of the original mentions were in context of a blend of several existing structures. The UK Parliament, Moscow State University, the Ryugyong Hotel, Las Vegas, and Jaba the Hut from a massing and large clock face perspective.


Ryugyong Hotel
http://mickhartley.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/04/ryugyong_hotel1.jpg



Is it ill will or ignorance Aswali? Why do you post an outdated, irrelevant shot of Ryugyong Hotel when it is well known that currently, the building looks totally different to what you try to imply it does. Here is how it looked in April 2011. It is quite a shame that some people want to manipulate reality in order to prove their point!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5635136792_8d4640f3a5_z.jpg

nice thought :) Thanks :)

^^ Yes, that's brilliant, Roukaya19! :lol:

Photo must be from previous weekend, I suppose. In Europe, we don't have that moon position with the crescent facing right downwards.

Do you have another picture from that evening? A pic done later, with the moon connected to Abraj Al-Bait's top would be perfect... maybe taken from double distance with zoom, so that that the "substitute" would have the right size. :)Brillant woooooo Thanks :lol:

Sorry I don't have moon pic connected with Abraj Al-Bait's top. That would be nice and special! We have to ask our great photographer 'asyiqul^huur to fix the moon on the spire ^^ (sorry I'm not in Makkah to take pics)

I would like to know exactly... since when the ''Little Makkah Clock Tower'' in front of Abraj Al Bait is there?

It's an old pic but it shows well that the little clock is just in front.

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/8616/49775213781016677b85b.jpg

And this one must be an other one

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5692705739_70c6596f79_b.jpg

So since when its there?

we can see the two on this pic

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/06/article-0-0B0D9E7C000005DC-375_964x485.jpg

wow

The greatest city in the world

Thank you so much for these beautiful pictures

it's coming along very nicely...does anyone know how much it would cost to stay there per night?

I would like to know exactly... since when the ''Little Makkah Clock Tower'' in front of Abraj Al Bait is there?

It's an old pic but it shows well that the little clock is just in front.

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/8616/49775213781016677b85b.jpg

And this one must be an other one

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5692705739_70c6596f79_b.jpg

So since when its there?

we can see the two on this pic

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/06/article-0-0B0D9E7C000005DC-375_964x485.jpg

I think it has been there at least for the last eight years (when i first went to Makkah) or may be even a lot longer. weird you didn't notice :sly:

Is it ill will or ignorance Aswali? Why do you post an outdated, irrelevant shot of Ryugyong Hotel when it is well known that currently, the building looks totally different to what you try to imply it does. Here is how it looked in April 2011. It is quite a shame that some people want to manipulate reality in order to prove their point!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5635136792_8d4640f3a5_z.jpg

i like the old pic better the tower looks more epic it looks like some dum futuristic space tower in the new pic

I think it has been there at least for the last eight years (when i first went to Makkah) or may be even a lot longer. weird you didn't notice :sly:

They've been built with the King Fahad extension of Masjid-al-Haraam

This thread is for the Abraj Al-Bait Endowment in Mecca. The thread for the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang is here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=769546

i like the old pic better the tower looks more epic it looks like some dum futuristic space tower in the new pic


Because in Communism the future is already here, unlike how far behind you are.

This thread is for the Abraj Al-Bait Endowment in Mecca. The thread for the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang is here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=769546

This thread is for the Abraj Al-Bait Endowment in Mecca. The thread for the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang is here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=769546

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I think it has been there at least for the last eight years (when i first went to Makkah) or may be even a lot longer. weird you didn't notice :sly:

They've been built with the King Fahad extension of Masjid-al-HaraamThanks both for answering me.The King Fahad extension was betheen 1982-1988. So we can say the little clocks towers appeared about at the end of the 80's.

And the height, can we say it's about 15 meters, less or more?

Makkah Little Clock Tower

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5243/5269571666_b752325a83_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29070131@N02/5269571666/)
1 Muharram 1432 (36) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29070131@N02/5269571666/) par 'asyiqul^huur (http://www.flickr.com/people/29070131@N02/), sur Flickr

This thread is for the Abraj Al-Bait Endowment in Mecca. The thread for the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang is here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=769546


I was replying to your bizare comment somehow related to the Abraj Al-Bait Endowment, so it is not off topic.