Courtesy of SL Rasch Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, completed 2012 601 m/ 1,972 ft/ 120 floors Developer: Saudi Bin Laden Group Architect of the hotel: Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners) Architect and Structural Engineer of the Clock Tower: SL Rasch G.F.A: 5. Together with its partners, the architecture firm SL Rasch in Germany faces some unusual challenges. Makkah Royal Clock Tower Photograph of the Makkah Clock Tower Complex. Thanks to a highly dedicated team of engineers, designers and construction specialists, a gem of outstanding quality has been created that became the decisive foundation stone for more RIVA projects in Saudi Arabia. The documentary The Mecca Clock Tower explores the engineering breakthroughs behind the development, fabrication and installation of this unique timepiece. At just 600 meters as the crow flies from the Holy Mosque in Mecca, it couldn't be situated any more appropriately.ĭesign, layout, development, planning, engineering, technical planning – RIVA was responsible for all the work, including construction, that the project involved. The tallest tower contains a five-star hotel with 1,618. The interior of the fully accessible glass structure is now home to an Institute for Islamic Studies. Makkah Clock Royal Tower is the fourth-tallest building in the world, rising to 1,972 feet (601 meters). More than 1,000 panes of insulating glass panes coated in a special green convey the impression of a multifaceted polished emerald. Externally, it resembles a cut gemstone, which is why it is also called ‘The Jewel’. A semi-transparent glass façade structure that possesses a lightweight design and whose diameter of up to 35 meters stretches across six floors rises above the world's largest clock tower. The tower, which stands 601 meters / 1,972 feet to the tip of the crescent spire, is the centerpiece of the Abraj Al Bait. In 2009, RIVA accomplished a great feat by creating a special glass structure on the skyscraper at a height of 450 meters that attracted a lot of attention in Saudi Arabia. The Makkah Royal Clock Tower looms over Mecca, a city of 1.7 million, in western Saudi Arabia that is the holiest place in the Islamic World and the destination for more than 3 million pilgrims during the annual Hajj. The Makkah Royal Clock Tower skyscraper is the main building in the Abraj-Al-Bait Towers complex in Mecca and – at 601 meters tall – it is currently the third-tallest building in the world and naturally the tallest in Saudi Arabia. The Clock Tower, at 1,972 feet (601 meters), is the third-tallest building in the world and includes a mall that occupies twenty floors.
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