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View Poll Results: Abraj Al Bait, Mecca
10 4 4.44%
9.5 2 2.22%
9 5 5.56%
8.5 5 5.56%
8 12 13.33%
7.5 3 3.33%
7 22 24.44%
6.5 0 0%
6 6 6.67%
5.5 1 1.11%
5 8 8.89%
4.5 1 1.11%
4 2 2.22%
3.5 0 0%
3 or less 19 21.11%
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Old June 26th, 2008, 09:47 PM   #1
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#169 l Abraj Al Bait l MECCA l 240m l 44fl

Abraj Al Bait
Mecca, Saudi Arabia


HEIGHT: 240m/787 feet
FLOORS: 44 floors
COMPLETION: 2008 ( Al Safa Tower )
ARCHITECT: ?

Whole project consists of:

Al Safa Tower, 240m (( Completed ))

Al Marwa Tower, 240m

Hijra Tower, 260m

ZamZam Tower, 260m

Makkah Royal Hotel Tower, 595m ( will get its own thread )

The Wings:

Sarah Tower, 240m

Maqam Tower, 240m

please correct me if the heights/tower names are wrong



Al Safa should be the on the right-front:

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Old July 1st, 2008, 08:27 PM   #2
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Its ok, horrible location though, 7/10
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Old July 7th, 2008, 06:37 AM   #3
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Old July 17th, 2008, 10:12 PM   #4
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Old July 22nd, 2008, 01:31 PM   #5
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reminds me of Las Vegas "fake" buildings.
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Old July 23rd, 2008, 11:48 PM   #6
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Old July 25th, 2008, 06:51 PM   #7
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Old July 27th, 2008, 03:26 AM   #8
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6/10 the whole complex sucks

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Old July 29th, 2008, 06:26 AM   #9
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Las Vegas came to Mecca (of all places). Bad, bad location looking over that holy square
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Old July 30th, 2008, 06:48 AM   #10
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Old August 1st, 2008, 06:59 PM   #11
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Old August 3rd, 2008, 03:00 AM   #12
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ugh, looks like a bad vegas casino
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Old August 6th, 2008, 07:25 PM   #13
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Old September 19th, 2008, 03:06 PM   #14
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Old October 17th, 2008, 06:24 PM   #15
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Old October 21st, 2008, 08:43 AM   #16
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Old October 22nd, 2008, 06:13 PM   #17
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Old October 30th, 2008, 04:57 AM   #18
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Old November 8th, 2008, 04:03 PM   #19
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5/10... looks weird
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Old January 8th, 2009, 06:14 PM   #20
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This complex looks a bit disjointed. It isn't symmetrical at all. Why would you create a plan for symmetry and and then ruin it with clumsy looking buildings that appear to have no correspondance to each other? I should mention that the cladding is ok but that's it. I give this one a 3.
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