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Saudi Arabia is preparing to begin construction work on its next giga-project: a cube-shaped skyscraper big enough to fit 20 Empire State Buildings.
The Mukaab will be 400-meters on each side when construction is finished, which would make it the largest built structure in the world. The building will be the centerpiece of New Murabba, a community the country hopes will be a new destination within the capital city of Riyadh.
“It’s masquerading as a building today but it’s so much more,” Michael Dyke, chief executive officer of New Murabba, said in an interview. “Ultimately, a capital city the size of Riyadh deserves to have a global, central icon as other capital cities do.”
Here is more from Zainab Fattah at Bloomberg. Here are various images based on artist renderings. Here is further information.
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