Jeddah Economic Company

CTBUH Platinum Member

About

Member Since: 2014

Member Offices: Jeddah

Jeddah Economic Company Ltd., was co-founded by Kingdom Holding Company, and is currently developing Jeddah Tower.

The project will feature the over 1,000-meter Kingdom Tower with approximately 5.3m square meters of new urban development to attract business and tourism. The tower aims to be an iconic marker of Jeddah’s historic importance as the gateway to the holy cities of Makkah & Madinah. Kingdom Tower Jeddah planning activities have attracted worldwide interest.

Credit for the Kingdom Tower Jeddah vision goes to HRH Prince Alwaleed, who was closely involved in all facets of the planning, design and the selection of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architects as principal architects.

Fields of Expertise

Developer; Owner (Buildings, Land); Property Management

Membership details

Membership Level

Platinum

Member Since

2014

Member Offices

Jeddah

Buildings

Rank	Name	City	Status Completed Architecturally Topped Out Structurally Topped Out Under Construction On Hold Proposed Vision Never Completed Demolished Competition Entry Canceled Proposed Renovation Under Renovation Renovated Under Demolition See all status definitions Filter by ✕ Completed Architecturally Topped Out Structurally Topped Out Under Construction On Hold Proposed Vision Never Completed Demolished Competition Entry Canceled Proposed Renovation Under Renovation Renovated Under Demolition + Select All	Completion	Height
1	Jeddah Tower	Jeddah		-	1000 m / 3,281 ft

Videos

21 October 2018

Urban Oases: Generating Polycentric Communities in the Middle East

Reflecting on more than 30 years of personal experience in land and real estate development throughout the Middle East, this presentation relays the drivers behind...

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Research

25 June 2020

Curtain Wall Façades on the New Generation of Supertall Buildings Present and Future Directions

Beginning in the late 19th century, construction of skyscrapers spread throughout Chicago, New York City, and then the world as demand of space in buildings...

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Research

20 March 2020

The Tallest 20 in 2020: Predictions vs. Reality

In the first edition of the 2012 Journal, CTBUH published a Tall Buildings in Numbers study titled Tallest 20 in 2020: Era of the Megatall—The...

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Rank	Name	City	Status Completed Architecturally Topped Out Structurally Topped Out Under Construction On Hold Proposed Vision Never Completed Demolished Competition Entry Canceled Proposed Renovation Under Renovation Renovated Under Demolition See all status definitions Filter by ✕ Completed Architecturally Topped Out Structurally Topped Out Under Construction On Hold Proposed Vision Never Completed Demolished Competition Entry Canceled Proposed Renovation Under Renovation Renovated Under Demolition + Select All	Completion	Height
1	Jeddah Tower	Jeddah		-	1000 m / 3,281 ft

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

1 Under Constr.

300 m+ Buildings

1 Under Constr.

Most Common Function*

Mixed-use (100%), 1 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete (100%), 1 Buildings

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.

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Material

Total: 1 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 1 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

*Based on 1 Completed & Under Construction Buildings

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