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

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

I also saw the news on Russian national news today...

hehehehe
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q279/duongLe_/21graphicDM3003_468x301.jpg

This is gonna change the meaning of 'the mile high club' forever!

april fools joke? ...

i smell april fools...however the structure would have to be one massive thing so it wont topple over... 1.6km high tower, is insane...but who knows the worlds tallest is going to be 818m

No I don't think so someone else mentioned in the supertalls thread a few days back. It doesn't seem to have much to it unlike burj dubai.

how high is it until the atmosphere starts to thin out?

OK say it's possible these days to build a mile high tower, not going down the terror or disaster possibilities.....but imagine if for some reason you had to evacuate such a building by stairwells.....??? maybe they could just install giant greased firemans poles or have large ejector pods with parrachutes from higher levels ? Base jumping shouldn't be a problem so maybe you could hide a parachute under your desk...just in case? I wish this project well but you have to consider all angles.

Auxodium: The air isn't thin at 1.6km... so you won't have issues of people going to the top and passing out :P

Auxodium: The air isn't thin at 1.6km... so you won't have issues of people going to the top and passing out :P

haha that would be funny to see.

the small towers at its base are supertalls.lol (300m) each
the tower itself is 100m wide. its 330m from tower to the other.

http://www.pickardchilton.com/GetImage.aspx?id=41&photo=MainPhoto&table=tblProject
http://www.pickardchilton.com/GetImage.aspx?id=41&photo=SideLeftPhoto&table=tblProject

http://www.pickardchilton.com/GetImage.aspx?id=122&photo=Image&table=tblProjectDetail

floor plate
http://www.pickardchilton.com/GetImage.aspx?id=123&photo=Image&table=tblProjectDetail

heads meeting. model in centre
http://kingdom.com.sa/upload/images/press/HRH_170907_Full.jpg

:o if those smaller towers are only the size of Q1 then i'd be buggered, thats one jolly big tower?

Why doesnt the middle east expand more horizonally instead of vertically for a change? :P

I was still just trying to get my head around the Burj Dubai !!!!!! and I thought outer space was a huge place ? But this is will be a man built thing!!!!!...OK more (!!!!!!!!!!!!)

its happening, its all the talk here in Dubai and its killing the al Burj or Dubai tall tower project which is ONLY 1036m tall

the picture also shows AL waleeds Private 747-400 in the model at he rear right

My word, it's as high as the city of Denver! I've heard that it takes a while to get accustomed to the altitude...anyone for fear of heights?

I can never imagine a modern democratic country getting something like this built. It says something about democracy, these super mega talls are a symbol of regimes. The only place I could ever imagine offering any competition to these middle eastern compensations is china.

I can never imagine a modern democratic country getting something like this built. It says something about democracy, these super mega talls are a symbol of regimes. The only place I could ever imagine offering any competition to these middle eastern compensations is china.

China is a moderate regime with no intrest in the biggest dick comp. Only Suadi Arabia the most insolated government in the world could pull this off. A waste of money for a country that has far more important priorities, Dubai builds their big Burj's is for prosperity not show.

It says something about democracy, these super mega talls are a symbol of regimes.

Youse are jus jealous you havent got any petro dollars to splash around and that u cant rape womyn and have her getting all the blame.

the small towers at its base are supertalls.lol (300m) each
the tower itself is 100m wide. its 330m from tower to the other.

heads meeting. model in centre
http://kingdom.com.sa/upload/images/press/HRH_170907_Full.jpg
Could the model be any smaller? It looks like a giant toothpick!

BTW, nice hat!

my god saudi arabians must have something big to compensate for!

That asian at the front right hand corner looks like he is hiding a bonner.

:rofl:

What a crazy vision this was! I found it in the Indonesia thread. It was planned in 1991
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=610642
http://www.tdrinc.com/images/photos/large/Towers04a1.jpg
http://www.tdrinc.com/images/photos/large/2mile1.jpg
http://www.tdrinc.com/images/photos/large/Scan55.jpg
http://www.tdrinc.com/ultima.html

^^
What a poor, ugky and mediocre design! I think this building will be another non-realistic project.

Of course. And LOL @ Eye in the Sky :lol:

Auxodium: The air isn't thin at 1.6km... so you won't have issues of people going to the top and passing out :P

thanks for that :)

is this project for real? I still dont believe it

will it be possible that this building be built some day?