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Kingdom Centre Tower

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Kingdom Centre Tower
Kingdom Centre Tower
Kingdom Centre Tower
Kingdom Centre Tower
Kingdom Centre Tower
Kingdom Centre Tower
Kingdom Centre Tower
Kingdom Centre Tower
Kingdom Centre Tower
Kingdom Centre Tower
Kingdom Centre Tower
Kingdom Centre Tower
Kingdom Centre Tower
Kingdom Centre Tower
Kingdom Centre Tower
Phone:
+966 1 211 2222

Address:
King Fahad Road, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Kingdom Centre is a 99-storey, 302.3 m skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is the fifth-tallest skyscraper in the country, whose tallest two buildings are the Abraj Al Bait Towers and the Capital Market Authority Tower. It is the world's third-tallest building with a hole after the Shanghai World Financial Center and the 85 Sky Tower in Taiwan. When completed back in 2002, it overtook the Faisaliyah Tower, which – at 267 metres – was the tallest tower in Riyadh at that time. Besides the shopping mall, Kingdom Tower contains the Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh and apartments. There is a 56 m skybridge atop the skyscraper.The building is situated on a 100,000–square metre site, with parking for 3,000 vehicles.The upper third of the tower features an inverted parabolic arch. The building uses butt jointed glazing, combined with the lack of both distinguished floor lines and other tall buildings around it. The lower two thirds were constructed with a reinforced concrete frame while the top third has a tubular steel frame.The Sky Bridge sits atop the tower. It is a 300-ton steel structure, taking the form of an enclosed corridor with windows on both sides. After paying the admission fees, visitors take two elevators to reach that level.The architect was Ellerbe Becket.
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