Mecca Royal Clock Tower | |
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Height | 601m |
Floors | 120 |
Year | 2012 |
City | Mecca |
The Abraj Al-Bait (Arabic: ????? ??????, romanized: ?Abr?? al-Bayt 'Towers of the House') is a government-owned complex of seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. These towers are a part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project which aims to update the city in catering to its pilgrims. The central hotel tower, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower, has the world's largest clock face and is the third-tallest building and fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the world. The clock tower comprises the Clock Tower Museum which occupies the top four floors of the tower.The building complex is metres away from the world's largest mosque and Islam's most sacred site, the Great Mosque of Mecca.
Ocean Heights | |
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Height | 281m |
Floors | 82 |
Year | 2010 |
City | Dubai |
Ocean Heights is a supertall residential skyscraper in Dubai Marina, Dubai, UAE.
The tower stands 310 m (1,017 feet ) tall with 83 floors. The tower is designed by Andrew Bromberg of Aedas. The building was topped out on 22 December 2009, and completed in 2010. Currently Ocean Heights is the fifth-tallest residential construction in the world, and fourth-tallest residential construction in Dubai, behind The Marina Torch, and HHHR Tower. The tower, with its unique curves and twisting motion as one ascends, is actually the third version of the tower proposed by DAMAC Properties Co.. The first version had the tower in a significantly briefer 38 floors, the next had 50. The 83-floor tower houses more than 519 condos and is located along Al Sufouh Road in Dubai Marina. Source: Wikipedia875 North Michigan Avenue, formerly the John Hancock Center, is a 100-story, 1,128-foot supertall...
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