# RIYADH | New Worlds Tallest | 6561 FT / 2 KM | **URL:** \ **Category:** ASIA\ **Created:** [December 9, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184 "2022-12-09T14:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mtoltethys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mtoltethys/32/30087_2.png) [@mtoltethys](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mtoltethys)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/1 "2022-12-09T14:13:00Z")
Reportedly the Saudis are planning a 2km/6561 ft megatower in Riyadh [https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/construction/saudi-plans-world-record-2km-tall-tower-5bn-project-twice-as-high-as-burj-khalifa](https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/construction/saudi-plans-world-record-2km-tall-tower-5bn-project-twice-as-high-as-burj-khalifa) Saudi Arabia is planning to build a 2km skyscraper in Riyadh that would become the world’s tallest building, according to reports by MEED. The megatall tower would be part of an 18sq km development north of Riyadh and is being considered by Saudi Arabia’s [Public Investment Fund (PIF)](https://www.pif.gov.sa/en/Pages/Homepage.aspx). A site close to King Khalid International airport has been identified and EY has conducted a feasibility study. The world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, measures in at 828m tall and any 2km tall tower would cost in the region of $5bn to build, say contractors in the region. Developers, architects, construction specialists and project managers have been invited to take part in a design competition with a $1m entry fee to design the record breaking tower, sources close to the matter have been reported as saying. Eight firms are said to have been asked to come up with designs and names such as Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Adrian Smith & Gordon Gill Architecture are linked with the project in the early phases. Building a supertall tower, as Dubai has found with the Burj Khalifa, can be a catalyst for further development and act as a flagpole to attract other investment projects. Saudi Arabia is undergoing a construction and megaproject boom with multiple projects under development. [Saudi Arabia’s King Salman International Airport will soon join the world’s largest airports, as it aims to become one among them.](https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/transport/saudi-king-salman-airport-to-be-second-biggest-in-middle-east)Currently, the world’s largest airport by area is King Fahd International, which is also located in the kingdom. The airport is expected to cover an area of approximately 57 kilometre square, featuring six parallel runways and the existing terminals named after King Khalid [Elsewhere in the Kingdom Saudi Arabia is developing $500bn megacity NEOM, introducing a luxury ski resort and using AI to build a roadless 170km long city of the future known as the Line.](https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/construction/inside-saudi-arabias-neom-the-line-trojena-oxagon-everything-you-need-to-know) ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/2 "2022-12-09T14:13:56Z")
It’ll be interesting to see the proposals for it but I highly doubt it gets completed. ---
**Author:** ![mtoltethys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mtoltethys/32/30087_2.png) [@mtoltethys](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mtoltethys)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/3 "2022-12-09T14:18:08Z")
I mean the line is under construction as we speak, and it could cost as much as 1 trillion What’s a measly 5 billion for a supertower? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/2/e203b40f41c00579779b22efdcd22edc07abf02b.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/4/e4653567004961808283c504263edadd40fc5a48.jpeg) For reference, the Burj Mubarak proposal in Kuwait was 1000km Edit: 1km ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/8/f87596791124c312f17382d32879c524fe60b8cb.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/a/bafb644f213d53e4f87cc3de7abf2fcbdf945a35.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/4 "2022-12-09T14:24:25Z")
“Under Construction” so far means a preparing a line in the dirt. Highly doubt it will be completed, or get anywhere close to it. As for this project, which is far more feasible than that one, well we’ll see. Could happen, or could end up like Jeddah Tower. I guess it depends on the will of the rulers and if they care about the project enough. ---
**Author:** ![ALC11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alc11/32/81254_2.png) [@ALC11](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ALC11)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/5 "2022-12-09T18:55:28Z")
Watch this project meet the same fate as the Jeddah Tower. An incomplete stump. 100% a vanity project. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/6 "2022-12-09T19:10:58Z")
> [@mtoltethys](#): > > Burj Mubarak proposal in Kuwait was 1000km That would be pretty awesome. That’s 1,207 times taller than the Burj Khalifa and would be one of the wonders of the world. But how would they make sure the International Space Station would not collide with the top of its lower half? ---
**Author:** ![mtoltethys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mtoltethys/32/30087_2.png) [@mtoltethys](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mtoltethys)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/7 "2022-12-09T19:22:51Z")
I meant to say 1km lol ---
**Author:** ![SideStreet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/sidestreet/32/72746_2.png) [@SideStreet](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/SideStreet)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/8 "2022-12-09T19:24:59Z")
even the Saudis don’t have the funds for a space elevator yet lol ---
**Author:** ![lowkeylion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/lowkeylion/32/1239_2.png) [@lowkeylion](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/lowkeylion)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/9 "2022-12-09T21:02:18Z")
Lol. Sad. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/10 "2022-12-09T21:40:36Z")
What’s “sad”? ---
**Author:** ![lowkeylion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/lowkeylion/32/1239_2.png) [@lowkeylion](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/lowkeylion)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/11 "2022-12-09T22:09:55Z")
That these societies with poor populations and poor human rights feel the need to waste their oil money on unsustainable vanity projects. They want to be NY so badly but never will be. ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/12 "2022-12-09T22:13:29Z")
This makes me more excited for this project than “The Line” (even though the latter is still interesting) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/13 "2022-12-09T22:18:03Z")
These “societies” don’t feel the need for anything. Saudi Arabia is kingdom, controlled by a royal family who makes decisions. And your last sentence is just pulled out of the air. ---
**Author:** ![lowkeylion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/lowkeylion/32/1239_2.png) [@lowkeylion](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/lowkeylion)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/14 "2022-12-09T22:19:42Z")
Gross. This will never be built, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/15 "2022-12-09T22:23:54Z")
> **[RIYADH | Unnamed Tower | 2000m | 6516ft | Vision](https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threads/riyadh-unnamed-tower-2000m-6516ft-vision.2380369/)** > > Looks like the Saudi government is looking at a building what would be the tallest tower ever built. Difficult to know how serious this is, but they do seem to have a design competition ongoing for it by some of the world's most prestigious... Vision ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/16 "2024-02-16T21:43:27Z")
> **[‎مدينة الرياض 🇸🇦riyadh city‎ on Instagram‎: "الرياض 2030 riyadh"‎](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2Xs7n3tMMg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)** > > 13K likes, 344 comments - riyadh\_today on January 21, 2024‎: "الرياض 2030 riyadh"‎ ---
**Author:** ![Ilikelemons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Ilikelemons](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Ilikelemons)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/17 "2024-02-17T06:40:10Z")
Ah yes, tall buildings and Urban developments are a new York invention! Also a muslim nation in military competition with iran, turkey and Israel is probably going to be strict, even more with the amount of oil money that goes to the police. ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/18 "2024-03-04T21:40:50Z")
> **[Foster + Partners behind plans for 2km-tall Saudi tower](https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/foster-partners-behind-plans-for-2km-tall-saudi-tower)** > > The AJ can reveal that Foster + Partners is working on the multibillion-dollar project to build the world’s tallest building – a 2km-high skyscraper in Riyadh twice the height of the current record holder ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/19 "2024-03-27T06:02:07Z")
> **[Foster & Partners wins 2km-tall tower | MEED](https://www.meed.com/foster-partners-wins-2km-tall-tower)** > > The UK-based architect is working on the proposed tower in Riyadh for the Public Investment Fund ---
**Author:** ![TK2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tk2000/32/114212_2.png) [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184/20 "2024-03-27T10:58:56Z")
3937 feet (1.2 km) tall and designed by Foster?? Im in! [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/riyadh-new-worlds-tallest-6561-ft-2-km/22184.md?page=2)