Work begins on world’s tallest building

Move over Burj Khalifa you’re about to be dwarfed by Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Tower.
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Images via Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. 

The proposed 1,000 metre tall Kingdom Tower will soon take out the title for World’s tallest building. Work has begun on the 530,000 square metre skyscraper, which will be the centrepiece in a new $20 billion Kingdom city development in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, near the Red Sea.

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