Kingdom Centre | |
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Height | 302m |
Floors | 41 |
Year | 2002 |
City | Riyadh |
Kingdom Centre (Arabic: ???? ????????) is a 99-story, 302.3 m (992 ft) skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. When completed in 2002, it overtook the 267-meter Faisaliyah Tower as the tallest tower in Saudi Arabia. It has since been surpassed and has become the fifth-tallest skyscraper in the nation, whose tallest two buildings are the Abraj Al Bait Towers and the Capital Market Authority Tower. It is the world's third-tallest building with a hole following the Shanghai World Financial Center and the 85 Sky Tower in Taiwan.
The mixed-use tower was created by Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal and designed by the group of Ellerbe Becket and Omrania, who were selected through an international design competition.
Gran Torre Santiago | |
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Height | 300m |
Floors | 64 |
Year | 2013 |
City | Santiago de Chile |
The Costanera Center Torre 2, better known as Gran Torre Santiago (Great Santiago Tower), and Formerly known as Torre Gran Costanera, is a 62-story tall skyscraper in Santiago, Chile, the second tallest in Latin America.
It is the fourth-tallest building in the Southern hemisphere by highest architectural feature (supporting New Zealand's Sky Tower, Australia's Q1 Tower and Australia 108) and third-tallest by highest occupied floor (after Australia's Australia 108 and Eureka Tower). It was designed by Argentine architect César Pelli, Chilean architects Alemparte Barreda & Asociados, and from the Canadian firm Watt International. Source: WikipediaTwo Prudential Plaza is a 64-story skyscraper located in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois,...
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