27/10/2024
Saudi Arabia has started construction on The Mukaab — a 400-metre tall cube-shaped skyscraper in Riyadh large enough to hold 20 Empire State Buildings.
The Mukaab will rise as the centrepiece of a new 19-square-kilometre district called New Murabba that’s set to comprise over 25 million square metres of floor area and create 104,000 homes.
If fully constructed, The Mukaab would become one of the largest structures ever built — its 400-metre height would be matched by a 400-metre length on all four sides. Designed as a “premium hospitality destination”, the vast cube-structure is set to enclose 2 million metres of floor space, including a central atrium space with an immersive visual experience framed around a spiralled tower.
The project will be delivered by Saudi Arabia’s New Murabba Development Company (NMDC), as part of the country’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) — a sovereign wealth fund that’s seeking to diversify income sources for the Saudi economy.
📷 NMDC
