Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Tower Won't Be 1 km 🙄 [aka the great who is tallest debate]

Hamartia Antidote · 2026-08-02T00:17:15+0100

Jeddah Tower - Wikipedia

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is a megatall skyscraper currently under construction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Located in the north of the city, it is the centrepiece of the Jeddah Economic City project. Jeddah Tower is planned to be the first 1-kilometre-tall (1,000 m; 3,300 ft) building and, upon completion, would become the world's tallest building or structure, standing at least 180 metres (590 ft) taller than the Burj Khalifa. As of 31 July 2026, construction has surpassed the 108th floor.

The design, created by American architect Adrian Smith, who also designed the Burj Khalifa, incorporates numerous unique structural and aesthetic features.

Hamartia Antidote · 2026-08-02T00:17:52+0100

Burj Khalifa

Burj Khalifa - Wikipedia

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The Burj Khalifa[a] (previously known as Burj Dubai prior to inauguration) is a megatall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it is the world's tallest structure, with a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, or just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding the antenna, but including a 242.6 m spire) of 828 m (2,717 ft). It has been the tallest building in the world since its topping out in 2009, surpassing Taipei 101, which had held the record since 2004.

The Shanghai Tower

Shanghai Tower - Wikipedia

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is a 128-story, 632-meter-tall (2,073-foot) megatall skyscraper located in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai. It is currently the tallest building in China, and the world's third-tallest building by height to architectural top. It was the tallest and largest LEED-CS Platinum certified building in the world from 2016 to 2025. It was also the second tallest-building in the world, from 2015 to 2021, until the completion of Merdeka 118 in Malaysia.

Hamartia Antidote · 2026-08-02T00:18:36+0100

Merdeka 118

Merdeka 118 - Wikipedia

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is a 118-story megatall skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. At 678.9 metres (2,227 feet) tall,[1] it is the second-tallest building and structure in the world, only behind the Burj Khalifa (Dubai, UAE), at 829.8 m (2,722 ft).

The Petronas Towers

also known as the Petronas Twin Towers and colloquially the KLCC Twin Towers, are an interlinked pair of 88-storey supertall skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, standing at 451.9 m (1,483 ft). From 1998 to 2004, they were the tallest buildings in the world until they were surpassed by the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan.

Hamartia Antidote · 2026-08-02T00:20:16+0100

The Clock Towers

The Clock Towers - Wikipedia

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is a government-owned hotel complex with seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. These towers are part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project that aims to modernize the city in catering to its pilgrims. The central hotel tower, which is the Mecca Royal Clock Tower, is the fourth-tallest building and sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the world

The tallest tower in the complex is the tallest building in Saudi Arabia, at 601 m (1,972 ft) and a total surface area of 32,000 square meters.

Hamartia Antidote · 2026-08-02T01:02:04+0100

Ping An Finance Centre

Ping An Finance Centre - Wikipedia

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is a 115-storey, 599.1-metre (1,966-foot) supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.[7] It was completed in 2017, and is the tallest building in Shenzhen, the 2nd tallest building in China (after the Shanghai Tower), and the 5th tallest building in the world.[8][2] The building contains office, hotel and retail spaces, a conference center, and a high-end shopping mall.

Hamartia Antidote · 2026-08-02T01:02:50+0100

Lotte World Tower

Lotte World Tower - Wikipedia

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is a 123-story, 555 metres (1,821 ft) supertall skyscraper, located in Sincheon-dong, Songpa District, Seoul, South Korea. It is the sixth-tallest building in the world, the tallest in OECD countries and in South Korea, and also the first in South Korea to be over 100 stories tall.

Hamartia Antidote · 2026-08-02T01:03:21+0100

One World Trade Center

One World Trade Center - Wikipedia

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is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the seventh-tallest in the world.

Hamartia Antidote · 2026-08-02T01:04:23+0100

Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre

Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre - Wikipedia

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s a 530-metre (1,739 ft) mixed-use supertall skyscraper in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, which was completed in October 2016. It is the tallest completed building in Guangzhou, the third-tallest in China, and the eighth-tallest in the world. The Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre has a total of 111 above ground and five below ground floors and houses a shopping mall, offices, apartments, and a hotel.

Hamartia Antidote · 2026-08-02T01:05:01+0100

Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

Tianjin CTF Finance Centre - Wikipedia

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is a supertall skyscraper located in the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area central business district of Binhai, Tianjin, China. Construction started in 2013 and was completed in 2019.[1] At 530 m (1,740 ft),[1] and with 97 floors, the tower is the second-tallest building in Municipal Tianjin after unfinished Goldin Finance 117, the eighth-tallest building in the world, and the tallest building in the world with fewer than 100 floors

Hamartia Antidote · 2026-08-02T01:05:48+0100

China Zun

China Zun - Wikipedia

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is a supertall skyscraper in the Central Business District of Beijing, China. The 109-story, 528-metre (1,732 ft) building constructed by China Construction Third Engineering Bureau is the tallest in the city