With pictures .. CNN .. Saudi Arabia is planning to build the tallest tower in the world up 1 km

It seems that the title obtained by the "Khalifa" tower in Dubai, the tallest building in the world and registered in his name in the Guinness Book of Records, you may be entitled only later, if successful, Saudi Arabia plans to build Kingdom Tower, to be developed in Jeddah in the next few weeks.

The Kingdom Tower will be up to 1007 meters high - surpassing the current tallest tower, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, b -173 meters to become the first skyscraper Khalifa exceed those of kilometers.

The estimated cost of $ 1.2 billion tower

The estimated cost of $ 1.2 billion tower, and will consist of 200 bungalows overlooking the Red Sea. Accordingly would require approximately 5.7 million square feet of concrete and 80 000 tons of steel, according to the "Saudi Gazette".

Supports the construction of building and supervised by billionaire Prince "Alwaleed bin Talal"

Is expected to incorporate the construction of scientific innovations to combat violent wind tunnels in the upper levels, and install the air conditioning system and an internal irrigation system would balance the density of the air from the upper floors to cool the rest of the building.

And will consist of 200 bungalows overlooking the Red Sea

The construction of this structure will be tall, especially on the coast, where salt water can have a damaging it, and as a result, thinks Engineers digging foundations at a depth of 60 meters, and test different types of cement and will be using the services of technology to test the strength of concrete in many ways different.

Construction will require approximately 5.7 million square feet of concrete

Supports the construction of building and supervised by billionaire Prince "Alwaleed bin Talal", a member of the royal family in Saudi Arabia, one of the richest men in the world, along with Adrian Smith, principal architect who works in collaboration with the building designer Gordon Gill, who oversaw the construction of the "Burj Khalifa"also.

The contract was signed to build the tower with the Bin Laden Group, Saudi Arabia Ltd. B4.6 billion Saudi riyals (1.2 billion dollars).

Engineers think digging foundations at a depth of 60 meters