• ARCHITECTURE - Saudi Arabia To Be Permanent Member of Mile-High Club
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[quote] [img]http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2011/04/kingdom-tower-1-thumb-550xauto-60269.jpg[/img] Saudi Arabia has just given the OK to start construction on the Kingdom Tower, [b]the world's first mile-high skyscraper.[/b] The tower will be built in the coastal city of Jeddah and is set to cost a whopping cost $30 billion. Housed in the structure will be space for offices, residences, and a hotel. It's hard to even imagine how massive this thing will be; at literally one mile high, it will dwarf Dubai's Burj Khalifa, which stands at roughly 2,700ft. You could very well basejump to your limo downstairs. [The Daily, image credit via DVICE]1 Mile is equal to 1.6 kilometers approximately.[/quote]
compensating
Another amazing but pointless engineering marvel.
I for one think this is awesome. I love skyscrapers.
How do they still have this much money after everything going on over there? [B]Edit:[/B] [QUOTE=BigOwl;29088821]Oil is a magical thing.[/QUOTE] You all took that question way to directly. I meant the company itself, not the country, oil has nothing to do with this. The company is into tourism and related services, but the area has seen less tourists the last few years, long before the uprisings happened; I just figured the company would be more cautious before it jumped headlong into something like this.
Weren't they already spending a bit too much, some time ago? Silly Saudis, petrol is not unlimited, you know...
I'm surprised this is the first mile high skyscraper
But, why?
How do you build a building that high? It's not like you can use cranes or something. I mean, how is it even possible to get the metal up there?
[QUOTE=tinhead50;29088760]How do they still have this much money after everything going on over there?[/QUOTE] Oil is a magical thing. [editline]10th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=acidcj;29088811]How do you build a building that high? It's not like you can use cranes or something. I mean, how is it even possible to get the metal up there?[/QUOTE] Build lengthwise, push vertically.
[QUOTE=acidcj;29088811]How do you build a building that high? It's not like you can use cranes or something. I mean, how is it even possible to get the metal up there?[/QUOTE] First they build it horizontally and then bend it over
What okay guys lets just lift up this massive mile long building it will be easy Do they use helicopters or something
I'm sure the protesters are feeling so much better now. I bet they're all going to go back to the slums and celebrate that their government knows best!
[QUOTE=acidcj;29088884]What okay guys lets just lift up this massive mile long building it will be easy Do they use helicopters or something[/QUOTE] the joke -- -- -- your head
[QUOTE=Thom12255;29088931]I'm sure the protesters are feeling so much better now. I bet they're all going to go back to the slums and celebrate that their government knows best![/QUOTE]The Saudi King did actually commit to the biggest reforms out of every Middle Eastern nation: [URL]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110318/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_saudi_protests_3[/URL] [release] The sweeteners include an [B]additional two months' wages for all government workers [/B]and [B]two extra payments for university students worth around $500[/B]. He raised the [B]monthly minimum wage to $800[/B] and announced a [B]monthly payment of around $260 to the country's unemployed. [/B]The king set aside around [B]$70 billion to build 500,000 apartments for low-income residents. He promised millions more capital for the government's housing loan fund [/B]and [B]raised the maximum loan for homes to around $130,000.[/B] The king vowed to fight corruption with the creation of a new body answerable directly to him. [B]He promised billions for the health secto[/B]r — [U]announcing new research centers around the country, homes for medics and thousands of new hospital beds[/U]. He also promised an [B]extra $40 million for private hospitals[/B]. He also announced [B]60,000 new jobs[/B] in the security forces — a move that would employ huge numbers of otherwise jobless young men, while bolstering his kingdom's ability to snuff out protests. The new swath of promises were the second series of sweeteners offered to Saudi residents. Earlier this month, the King ordered roughly [B]$37 billion [/B]to be pumped into various programs [B]targeting the oil kingdom's lower income population.[/B] [/release]
That would be a kick ass building to base jump and hang glide off of.
Mile high club isn't worth it there, you would just end up spending life in prison for it.
imagine working on the top floor every day for a year :eek:
[QUOTE=Starpluck;29089097]The Saudi King did actually commit to the biggest reforms out of every Middle Eastern nation: [URL]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110318/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_saudi_protests_3[/URL] [release] The sweeteners include an [B]additional two months' wages for all government workers [/B]and [B]two extra payments for university students worth around $500[/B]. He raised the [B]monthly minimum wage to $800[/B] and announced a [B]monthly payment of around $260 to the country's unemployed. [/B]The king set aside around [B]$70 billion to build 500,000 apartments for low-income residents. He promised millions more capital for the government's housing loan fund [/B]and [B]raised the maximum loan for homes to around $130,000.[/B] The king vowed to fight corruption with the creation of a new body answerable directly to him. [B]He promised billions for the health secto[/B]r — [U]announcing new research centers around the country, homes for medics and thousands of new hospital beds[/U]. He also promised an [B]extra $40 million for private hospitals[/B]. He also announced [B]60,000 new jobs[/B] in the security forces — a move that would employ huge numbers of otherwise jobless young men, while bolstering his kingdom's ability to snuff out protests. The new swath of promises were the second series of sweeteners offered to Saudi residents. Earlier this month, the King ordered roughly [B]$37 billion [/B]to be pumped into various programs [B]targeting the oil kingdom's lower income population.[/B] [/release][/QUOTE] If true, that's awfully nice of him.
[QUOTE=Xeon06;29088759]I for one think this is awesome. I love skyscrapers.[/QUOTE] I think it's an interesting feat of engineering, but the building itself is ugly.
I wonder how many (practically enslaved) South Asians are going to die building that thing.
Can't wait until they run out of oil and the whole place goes to hell.
[QUOTE=Van-man;29089249]If true, that's awfully nice of him.[/QUOTE] ... to save his ass. I guess he understood that throwing money at the problem works better than suppressing it.
[QUOTE=Clavus;29089314]... to save his ass. I guess he understood that throwing money at the problem works better than suppressing it.[/QUOTE] it's still awfully nice of him.
I have respect for the Saudi King, he also made the first mixed gender school in the kingdom.
[QUOTE=Coolguy1351;29089308]Can't wait until they run out of oil and [B]the whole place goes to hell[/B].[/QUOTE] Why would you want that?
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;29089023]the joke -- -- -- your head[/QUOTE] What, did I just get whooshed? Fuck, two people said it, and they sounded somewhat serious. Am I a total failure at life or am I just misreading something
[QUOTE=Starpluck;29089097]The Saudi King did actually commit to the biggest reforms out of every Middle Eastern nation: [URL]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110318/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_saudi_protests_3[/URL] [release] The sweeteners include an [B]additional two months' wages for all government workers [/B]and [B]two extra payments for university students worth around $500[/B]. He raised the [B]monthly minimum wage to $800[/B] and announced a [B]monthly payment of around $260 to the country's unemployed. [/B]The king set aside around [B]$70 billion to build 500,000 apartments for low-income residents. He promised millions more capital for the government's housing loan fund [/B]and [B]raised the maximum loan for homes to around $130,000.[/B] The king vowed to fight corruption with the creation of a new body answerable directly to him. [B]He promised billions for the health secto[/B]r — [U]announcing new research centers around the country, homes for medics and thousands of new hospital beds[/U]. He also promised an [B]extra $40 million for private hospitals[/B]. He also announced [B]60,000 new jobs[/B] in the security forces — a move that would employ huge numbers of otherwise jobless young men, while bolstering his kingdom's ability to snuff out protests. The new swath of promises were the second series of sweeteners offered to Saudi residents. Earlier this month, the King ordered roughly [B]$37 billion [/B]to be pumped into various programs [B]targeting the oil kingdom's lower income population.[/B] [/release][/QUOTE] Meawhile • A one-time cash payment of two months salary to all government employees, including members of the military • The creation of [b]60,000 new military jobs[/b] under the Interior Ministry. • Wage increases to military personnel through upgrading each member’s pay grade by one step. • SR200 million to the [b]Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice[/b] for more offices across the county. [b]The royal decree also includes the promotion of increased Saudization in the private sector. It also includes an order that the Kingdom’s media organizations refrain from criticizing religious leaders.[/b] Give the people money and flash new toys while at the same time pumping money into the coffers of your military personnel and secret police and enforcing the laws so people can't say a bad thing about you. All in the wake of the MENA protests? Seems legit.
I am not excited for this thing because I think it's fucking pointless.
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;29089556]I am not excited for this thing because I think it's fucking pointless.[/QUOTE] [i]Clearly[/i] it's very pointy
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