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Engineering Jeddah Tower
In the summer of 2009, the developer Jeddah Economic Company invited a limited number of competing design teams to submit proposals for a 1 km (0.6 mile) tall tower to be located in Jeddah, along the Red Sea in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). A previous concept for a mile-high tower had been considered to be economically unfeasible and unbuildable from a technical standpoint. The participants in the design competition were provided detailed instructions to build upon the success of the Burj Khalifa, then recently opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE); but to create a unique architectural identity for what would be the next world's tallest building. This article traces the key structural engineering analysis and design considerations for the Jeddah Tower, which will be the first man-made structure to reach 1 km in height. The tower design is presented as a logical historical step in the continued development and advancement of tall and ultra-tall tower structures.
Engineering Jeddah Tower
In the summer of 2009, the developer Jeddah Economic Company invited a limited number of competing design teams to submit proposals for a 1 km (0.6 mile) tall tower to be located in Jeddah, along the Red Sea in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). A previous concept for a mile-high tower had been considered to be economically unfeasible and unbuildable from a technical standpoint. The participants in the design competition were provided detailed instructions to build upon the success of the Burj Khalifa, then recently opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE); but to create a unique architectural identity for what would be the next world's tallest building. This article traces the key structural engineering analysis and design considerations for the Jeddah Tower, which will be the first man-made structure to reach 1 km in height. The tower design is presented as a logical historical step in the continued development and advancement of tall and ultra-tall tower structures.
Engineering Jeddah Tower
Robert C Sinn (author) / John Peronto / Matthew Huizinga
2016
Article (Journal)
English
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