Height: Observatory 484.4 m / 1,589 ft |
Floors Above Ground 120 |
Floors Below Ground 3 |
# of Elevators 96 |
Top Elevator Speed 6 m/s |
Tower GFA 310,638 m² / 3,343,680 ft² |
Development GFA 1,575,820 m² / 16,961,985 ft² |
# of Hotel Rooms 858 |
Official Name | Makkah Royal Clock Tower |
Name of Complex | Abraj Al-Bait Endowment |
Other Names | King Abdul Aziz Endowment Tower, Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel |
Structure Type | Building |
Status | Completed |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
City | Mecca |
Street Address & Map | Makkah Haram |
Building Function | other / hotel |
Structural Material | steel/concrete |
Proposed | 2002 |
Construction Start | 2002 |
Completion | 2012 |
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Global Ranking | #3 Tallest in the World |
Regional Ranking | #2 Tallest in Middle East |
National Ranking | #1 Tallest in Saudi Arabia |
City Ranking | #1 Tallest in Mecca |
Developer | Saudi Bin Laden Group |
Architect | |
• Design | Dar al-Handasah Shair & Partners; SL Rasch |
Structural Engineer | |
• Design | Dar al-Handasah Shair & Partners; SL Rasch |
• Peer Review | BuroHappold Engineering |
MEP Engineer | |
• Design | Dar al-Handasah Shair & Partners |
Project Manager | Turner International LLC |
Main Contractor | Saudi Bin Laden Group |
Other Consultant | |
• Façade | Curtain Wall Design and Consulting, Inc. |
• Lighting | Bartenbach; Har Hollands Lichtarchitect |
• Wind | Alan G. Davenport Wind Engineering Group; Wacker Ingenieure |
Material Supplier | |
• Cladding | Gurit; GUTMANN AG |
• Construction Hoists | Alimak Hek |
• Crane | STAHL CraneSystems GmbH |
• Elevator | KONE |
• Paint/Coating | Jotun |
• Sealants | Dow Corning Corporation |
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