Jeddah Tower: How to Finish the World's Tallest Building

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  • čas přidán 18. 04. 2023
  • Will Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Tower ever rise 1 kilometre above the desert?
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  • @Joshua88Graham
    @Joshua88Graham Před rokem +6398

    If this comment gets 1,000 likes, I will personally fly to Jeddah and finish this skyscraper myself.

  • @kentslocum
    @kentslocum Před rokem +778

    I think the reason I'm always so fascinated by skyscrapers that get canceled after beginning vertical construction is that most of the work has already been done--permitting, design, planning, ground preparation, infrastructure, equipment rental, contracting, and foundation work. In the grand scheme of things, building the visible portion of the tower is simply the final step.

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Před rokem +40

      Not quite. It is commonplace to supply fittings and fixtures e.g lifts, electricity, water, sewage etc after the building has been built.

    • @kentslocum
      @kentslocum Před rokem +30

      @@hb1338 I suppose that's true. There's a local school district that used a bond measure to build a new high school. The estimated cost of construction left enough bond money left over to pay for the demolition of the old high school building. However, since they didn't pay for all construction materials up front, cost overruns ate up the entire budget and they don't have the money to demolish the old building. That means the city won't give the school district a credit on the system development cost of the new building, which only further raises the cost of the new building. If the money is raised for construction, why don't they stage materials nearby so that they don't have to worry about shortages and cost overruns?

    • @tomikun8057
      @tomikun8057 Před rokem +15

      @@hb1338 doesn't dubai not have sewage

    • @isabellind1292
      @isabellind1292 Před rokem +10

      If not for a student at Princeton U, doing her thesis on the "Citicorp" building/NYC and who discovered a design flaw in the building's construction, it could have very well toppled over under extreme wind conditions.
      They kept it a secret & brought construction crews in at night to make the building structurally safe. The City also had to come up w/a 10-sq. block evacuation plan in the event anything happened while they made the repairs to the building's structure.

    • @firesurfer
      @firesurfer Před rokem +5

      Too bad it doesn't have a purpose.

  • @RubmaLione
    @RubmaLione Před rokem +408

    That’s still less than the cost of the WTC transportation hub (Oculus). The cost of completing this tower isn’t the issue here, it’s the complexity of actually building the entire city around it. Remember, you can’t just build a tower in the middle of nowhere, you need a thriving neighborhood (and functional sewage system) to make it livable.

    • @Codraroll
      @Codraroll Před rokem +67

      And that's where the developers of this tower stepped in the doodoo. The building sits on a big, empty plain several kilometers away from Jeddah proper, with squat all for amenities nearby. The developers got greedy and wanted to build a whole new city district for a million people, with Jeddah Tower as the centrepiece. However, there's far from enough demand to justify a city of a million people built from scratch there. But without that city, the tower stands too alone to be feasible.

    • @DanielFenandes
      @DanielFenandes Před rokem +54

      You don’t need a sewage system. See Burj Khalifa

    • @frankerzed973
      @frankerzed973 Před rokem +61

      Just have a traffic inducing fleet of trucks pumping out the shit

    • @hobog
      @hobog Před rokem +9

      ​@@DanielFenandes 😂

    • @AL-lh2ht
      @AL-lh2ht Před rokem +9

      @@DanielFenandes it’s been connected to a sewage system for a while now

  • @mnm5165
    @mnm5165 Před rokem +887

    This is exactly how the line and the makaab will end up

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 Před rokem +56

      Facts

    • @tombo416
      @tombo416 Před rokem +96

      That’s if they even start construction

    • @kayden2281
      @kayden2281 Před rokem +40

      @@tombo416 They have.

    • @buioso
      @buioso Před rokem +79

      I agree, i think habitats on Moon and Mars are more likely to be built than these megaprojects in Saudi Arabia.

    • @tombo416
      @tombo416 Před rokem +15

      @@kayden2281 oh god seriously?

  • @davidhack2409
    @davidhack2409 Před rokem +400

    Big props to the animation team behind this masterpiece 🙏🔥

    • @Ottee2
      @Ottee2 Před rokem +10

      Yes, this is why we subscribe.
      That, and Fred's superlative voiceovers.

    • @gordon1545
      @gordon1545 Před rokem +4

      @@Ottee2 THIS... is the biggest voiceover... in the WORLD.

    • @DoubleMonoLR
      @DoubleMonoLR Před 8 měsíci +3

      The animation team is "courtesy of Jeddah Economic Company" etc, as displayed on the video(albeit not very visibly)
      Likewise the sponsor Simscale provided the wind models, Jeddah Tower is also what they use as a demo on their website.
      Aside from webcam interviews, they seem to entirely(or almost) use footage and animations made by other people(including stock footage), as is common.

  • @Bryzerse
    @Bryzerse Před rokem +272

    The Shard has a very similar shape to this building and has powerful winds at the bottom sometimes, so I imagine a building three times the height could be pretty bad

    • @d.b.cooper1
      @d.b.cooper1 Před rokem +35

      Doesn't take much to cause issues tbh, Leeds has Birdgewater place building which is a mere 112m & caused havoc in terms of strong winds for years, eventually toppled a lorry which crushed a women on the street. All in the design.

    • @Bryzerse
      @Bryzerse Před rokem +9

      @@d.b.cooper1 yeah absolutely, I've seen it at loads of buildings, but the Shard is the worst one I've been to and looks very similar to the Jeddah Tower. I imagine the Burj Khalifa on the other hand limits this thanks to all the breaks in its facades (though I've not been, just heard this from others).

    • @Cloxxki
      @Cloxxki Před rokem +5

      Might a platform at circa 100 meters sticking out well all around the circumference isolate the wind effect to the ground level?

    • @nadheem420
      @nadheem420 Před rokem +15

      It's not just the shape that contributes, unlike Burj, jeddah and creek tower, shard is surrounded by buildings funneling and adding strength if I am right

    • @Bryzerse
      @Bryzerse Před rokem +3

      @@davidmayhew8083 I don't mean it in a negative way, I just imagine it might be a more serious concern at a tower three times the height, which is probably why they talked about wind in the video so much (and the sponsorship)

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam Před rokem +277

    Props to the engineers working on this project, takes a lot of planning, effort and patience to make this possible

    • @jsdp
      @jsdp Před rokem +6

      I have seen you comment on quite a few videos the last few days lol. ++

    • @veldmuis8181
      @veldmuis8181 Před rokem +1

      yo mr white

    • @AwesomeDwarves
      @AwesomeDwarves Před rokem +2

      This is the moment Walter White became the world's tallest skyscraper.

    • @BPJJohn
      @BPJJohn Před 9 měsíci

      Could sell some of your stuff to get some of the Workers pepped up again?

    • @SmokeyPyro
      @SmokeyPyro Před 9 měsíci +3

      Props to the engineers, thats for sure, but i kind of despise these things
      Especially since its alot of slave labour and money spending on things, just to be the record holder
      Why not spend these surreal amounts of money on things that actually better mankind

  • @abdulwasey3506
    @abdulwasey3506 Před rokem +151

    This construction project is so nostalgic to me, I've been obsessed with the design of this tower since 2013 when I was just a 10 year old kid and now I am a 20 year old. It's so sad to see this tower still unfinished and probably abandoned.

    • @nareshwildbones
      @nareshwildbones Před rokem +14

      like the saying goes, architects are engineer's worst nightmares

    • @RobitGalaxy
      @RobitGalaxy Před rokem +6

      Same. I started watching that project when I was 7 yo and now im 17.

    • @Anonymous-jf2gy
      @Anonymous-jf2gy Před rokem +8

      @@RobitGalaxy same. I used to watch all those “world’s tallest buildings” sort of videos that had BS concept buildings like X Seed 4000 but I legitimately thought Jeddah Tower would have been completed. Same for the India Tower, which was supposed to be the second tallest building.

    • @anandsharma7430
      @anandsharma7430 Před 11 měsíci

      politics is the enemy of tall pics

    • @touringthecitywalking9209
      @touringthecitywalking9209 Před 11 měsíci

      Wait till your age becomes 30, 40, or even 50 before you know, these crazy Royals will gonna start demolishing whatever they already finish building lol!

  • @GeekyMedia
    @GeekyMedia Před rokem +73

    Possibly one of my favourite B1M videos in recent months... and that's saying something considering the crazy good quality

    • @pukovnikklefeld
      @pukovnikklefeld Před rokem

      How is that saying anything? Like, who even are you that your opinion would matter?

    • @GeekyMedia
      @GeekyMedia Před rokem +3

      @@pukovnikklefeld lol calm down. I'm showing them love. And The B1M liked my comment... sooooo....

    • @JagedNS
      @JagedNS Před rokem +2

      @@pukovnikklefeld Why actually type the word "like" in your comment?

    • @pukovnikklefeld
      @pukovnikklefeld Před rokem

      @@JagedNS Why type the word "actually" in your comment?

    • @JagedNS
      @JagedNS Před rokem

      @@pukovnikklefeld Like, I thought it important. Like, maybe it wasn't. Like....

  • @FrankBlaise73
    @FrankBlaise73 Před rokem +316

    I personally think that super tall skyscrapers are a proverbial “white elephant” vanity project if there is hardly any population densities that would be a requirement to meet such a demand for it. Anyway, great work and research as always. 👍🏻

    • @nazmilao4273
      @nazmilao4273 Před rokem +84

      At best, it’s an avenue for real estate investment for the rich, and a PR move for the country; at its worst, it’s primarily a phallus measuring competition. That’s what I’ve learnt from watching so many of these videos 😅😂

    • @yukyuk22
      @yukyuk22 Před rokem +14

      Wait to you see NEOM - thats in Saudi Arabia as well - at $1 trillion dollars and 170 km long..!

    • @pukovnikklefeld
      @pukovnikklefeld Před rokem

      Burj Khalifa is actually among the most stupid buildings out there. The waste from the sewage in the building has to be transported by trucks every day because it's not connected anywhere. And that's just one of the massive flaws of the building. Skyscrapers are nothing but dick measuring contests of various shithole countries.
      In Zagreb there is a massive communist block building, called the Mamutica. If you build a few of those in an area equal to the base of Burj Khalifa, you'd actually end up with more usable floor space and have an all around much more practical building complex.

    • @bbbbbb3734
      @bbbbbb3734 Před rokem +30

      ​@@yukyuk22 And infinitely dumber than any of these skyscrapers so far. Adam something has made some great videos about these building projects.

    • @d.b.cooper1
      @d.b.cooper1 Před rokem +8

      True but if you look at the super mega skyscrapers most are/will be successes simply with residential offerings alone. Look back at countless documentaries during burj Khalifa's build & criticism & compare it to now, transformed the whole wider area & put it on the map. other super ones in Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai & Makkah Saudia Arabia are hardly white elephants, there's demand same reason NYC eeks out slim skyscrapers still

  • @leoc544
    @leoc544 Před rokem +20

    When you made your video about the unoccupied supertalls in NY I wrote a big comment saying how much of a step forward that video was to your (already high quality) videos, with the interviews, the data, the background context building and everything else. Then today it hit me how easily I’ve forgotten about that and got used to this much upgraded format. The compliments not only remain well deserved but I also must renew them based on how well you consolidated this format and how exceptional is your channel’s quality on production and information. Thank you for that and I hope this channel may bring you more opportunities and success. You deserve every gram of it.

    • @tracyannbanks123_12
      @tracyannbanks123_12 Před rokem

      That’s it I’m stepping in, was overcompensating as best.

    • @tracyannbanks123_12
      @tracyannbanks123_12 Před rokem +1

      I’d love to know you better, thats only if you dont mind cos you seems to be a nice person and sound so lovely with your words

  • @Mr_James777
    @Mr_James777 Před rokem +237

    Let's take a moment to appreciate the level of production value B1M offers. Impressive every time!

  • @gtrfreak
    @gtrfreak Před rokem +9

    I had done some research on this project a year ago and it’s a treat to have one of my favorite channels feature it in a video

  • @yannisstath
    @yannisstath Před rokem +87

    B1M is like a good friend that turns up when you need them most

  • @JP_TaVeryMuch
    @JP_TaVeryMuch Před rokem +6

    (09:30) "pour concrete above the clouds" ~ quite the poet Fred and with such a mundane material. Bravo

  • @ShawnLamont1997
    @ShawnLamont1997 Před 7 měsíci +7

    The return of the Jeddah is finally happening 😂

  • @lavalamp6410
    @lavalamp6410 Před rokem +54

    I'm wondering if the sewage system will be hooked up if it is completed or if there will be lines of tanker trucks lining up outside every morning.

    • @sc1338
      @sc1338 Před rokem +21

      That’s so embarrassing 😂, anytime anyone brags about Dubai I think about how fake that city is. once oil drys up there I really don’t think anyone will want to live there. just my opinion

    • @Floccinaucinihilipilificator
      @Floccinaucinihilipilificator Před rokem +9

      A sewage system? Whats that?
      Anyways, so the pods for the space elevator will be available in the main entrance hall.

    • @thelazy0ne
      @thelazy0ne Před rokem +5

      Waste water dropping from 1 km hight will create the, soon to be famous, *Sewage Gaisers® of Arabia* 😁👌

    • @underarmbowlingincidentof1981
      @underarmbowlingincidentof1981 Před rokem +9

      @@sc1338 yeah.
      its just vanity project after vanity project.
      The fact they are building giant skyscrapers in a place with such a low density and so much space is mind boggeling.
      They could use the money for amazing arabian palaces, modern marvels, wonders of the persian gulf but instead its just western looking skyscraper next to western looking skyscraper built by slave forces ...
      boring

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Před rokem +3

      @@sc1338 I don't think anyone wants to live there, with or without oil.

  • @654jimbob654
    @654jimbob654 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I went to the open-air observation deck on top the Shibuya Scramble Square building in Tokyo last year. It's 229 metres and it was incredibly windy up there, like "I feel like I'm about to be blown off the side" levels of windy. I couldn't imagine a similar deck at FOUR TIMES that height.

  • @samjohn7501
    @samjohn7501 Před 7 měsíci +8

    They started it again

  • @Lad7478
    @Lad7478 Před 8 měsíci +2

    I love all your videos 👍 As an AvGeek aviation is my thing. However as a New Yorker I love tall buildings ever since I was a kid. Growing up The Twin Towers were my favorite in NYC. However I’m fascinated by other mega towers worldwide. I lived in Jedda during the 90’s when I was working as a flight attendant and would move back Jedda in a second if they start to complete these buildings. I remember in the 90’s you could have picked up places for relativity cheap. Now you can’t touch those properties. I’d love to get in before it becomes the new Dubai as I missed that boat. Jedda is a great city with amazing beaches and would be a great investment property. Crime is slim to none clean lots of fun as long as you respect their culture when in public. We’d say daily “another beautiful day in the Kingdom” 🇸🇦 I had great friends there and it was so nice living there thanks to them. Hope they continue building cause I’d come and buy a place on the beautiful Red Sea some of the best water in the world 🌍 Hope they don’t let this project go under. This will put them on the map and make Jedda a great destination to visit and life. Great job on another video. I really enjoy them 🙏👍

  • @ArtiePenguin1
    @ArtiePenguin1 Před rokem +11

    A great video and this has got to be one of the greatest sponsor integrations ever. I like that you completely incorporated it into the video and kept it on the same topic. Keep up the great work!

  • @Predators--cz2fb
    @Predators--cz2fb Před 7 měsíci +3

    They are starting the project up again.

  • @pacldawson
    @pacldawson Před rokem +26

    I was going to drone on and on about how well this video addresses its title premise, but I won’t bore you with a long missive. Let me simply say: is episode of The B1M is top-notch, and thank you as always for this growing body of excellent videos.

  • @neondemon5137
    @neondemon5137 Před rokem +8

    As if it's not hot enough already, they're building closer to the sun.... galaxy brain move.

  • @Hopefull316
    @Hopefull316 Před 8 měsíci +3

    I got to admit, how calmly he stated that the tower reached the height of the Chrysler building before halting made me chuckle. It's just so mind boggling to think about it. They could legit call it there, finish it up and it would still be massive.

  • @bn8ws
    @bn8ws Před rokem +12

    Is there any practical reason why such a high density building is needed in a place with such a low population density?

  • @Evrything2O23
    @Evrything2O23 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Guy's new update: Jiddah Tower, also known as Kingdom Tower, the construction was begun 2 weeks ago !

  • @Ikhouja
    @Ikhouja Před 8 měsíci +2

    As a Resident of this beautiful City Jeddah and basically the tower is 15 minutes away from my home there’re good news
    1-Electrical Substation for the tower is completed
    2-Some infrastructure work is ongoing
    3-The lake will be replaced by a canal
    And most important thing
    4-The construction (hopefully) will resume in 2024
    JEC Has sent a bidding to 14 contractors around the world to send their bids in 3 months.
    So we will see this miracle soon

  • @MaidenHell1977
    @MaidenHell1977 Před rokem +56

    The buttress/triangle/Y shape design has been with great success such as Toronto's CN Tower which honestly I'm surprised wasn't referenced. Anyhow great video, I hope those towers get built.

    • @hobog
      @hobog Před rokem +1

      Surprised here too, but fr, CN tower's Y limbs don't have rooms inside them

    • @MaidenHell1977
      @MaidenHell1977 Před rokem +2

      @@caseypenk not anymore but until Burj was built, it was the world's tallest free standing structure for 32 years. We'll see if BK can hang on to that record for that long. The basic principal behind the construction is what matters.

    • @MaidenHell1977
      @MaidenHell1977 Před rokem +2

      @@hobog doesn't have to have rooms, it's the basic principles behind the design and construction.

  • @Livlifetaistdeth
    @Livlifetaistdeth Před rokem +33

    I'm just glad they're starting other huge projects before finishing this one...cause that's how to project competence to the world.

  • @ashbackward
    @ashbackward Před rokem

    1) Love the channel.
    2) Your friend in the orange pants that helps (I always forget names) is 🔥🔥🔥.
    3) I do understand clearing up some of the land around some before doing more work, but it does seem like most of these vids are mostly tree trimming/cutting. Seems beyond necessary for this stage? When will you focus more on the structure?

  • @Lolopogie
    @Lolopogie Před 8 měsíci +3

    4 months later and now the construction restarts. I live near the area.

  • @visual_chris
    @visual_chris Před rokem +5

    Man I fucking love B1M videos, such a great watch every single time

  • @myusernameizgud1722
    @myusernameizgud1722 Před rokem +19

    i can confirm that kone would have the elavators in the jeddah tower. my dad works for the company and he told me multiple times its gonna use ultrarope.

  • @AnimilesYT
    @AnimilesYT Před rokem +52

    I think at this point it would be better to keep the tower at its current height and finish things off. It'd be a waste of effort (and concrete) if that already huge tower would just wither away until it has to be torn down. Yes, the project would be a failure and the stump would remind everyone of said failure. But at the same time it is a good reminder that corruption doesn't pay off, that we can make the best of a bad situation, that a failure won't stop us from doing amazing things and that valuable lessons can be learned from those failures.

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Před rokem

      What lessons can anyone learn from the failure of the Jeddah tower ?

    • @Bilal_is_joking
      @Bilal_is_joking Před rokem

      ​@@hb1338 Learn how to say UwU

    • @makarovtm9835
      @makarovtm9835 Před rokem

      No
      They will finish it soon

    • @Dkliptus
      @Dkliptus Před rokem +2

      @@hb1338 Don’t build stupid things?

    • @3b0d1999
      @3b0d1999 Před 9 měsíci

      it is in the middle of nowhere. Only with its completed form will they build an entire city around it. completing it at its current state in meaningless.

  • @mrslagowhoreusrex6300
    @mrslagowhoreusrex6300 Před rokem +9

    always find it silly how these places have so much land both buildable in the ocean & desert yet they choose to only built mega tall towers than have barrenness all around they have never heard of mixed usage mid rise towers I presume

    • @WolfSeril107
      @WolfSeril107 Před rokem

      It's just a gimmick to attract tourism and financial services. They aren't trying to build a nice place to live, they're trying to build a nice place for billionaires to invest their money.

  • @stim90
    @stim90 Před 11 měsíci +5

    I think they should just fit it out as a stub and complete the building with no additional floors (other than what is needed for the roof). It would still look good imo.

  • @kira33kira
    @kira33kira Před 7 měsíci +3

    I’m glad that this is not abandoned ❤

  • @megaminerdl
    @megaminerdl Před rokem

    High quality productions as always 👍

  • @petalmouth
    @petalmouth Před rokem

    always glad to see another b1m video heehee

  • @AnimilesYT
    @AnimilesYT Před rokem +111

    Skyscrapers like this deserve their own dedicated train and/or metro station

    • @rutgerb
      @rutgerb Před rokem +90

      Lets start with a sewer

    • @Ong.s_Jukebox
      @Ong.s_Jukebox Před rokem

      @Gabriel really? Why, though?

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise Před rokem +25

      @@Ong.s_JukeboxTraffic to/from the Burj Khalifa is primarily shit trucks.

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise Před rokem

      It’s the crown shit jewel of the shit joke that is Dubai. Jedda is no better.

    • @Ong.s_Jukebox
      @Ong.s_Jukebox Před rokem +1

      @@silverXnoise You mean, they have no way of connecting to the main sewage system because of, vehicles? Then, where do all those poops go then? Won't the whole building smell like new york city?

  • @rahulshivaram1510
    @rahulshivaram1510 Před rokem +6

    Do you think they realised around the 300m mark that the tower foundations may not have been up-to spec for the full load?

  • @phdnk
    @phdnk Před rokem +25

    Jeddah tower now competes with The Pyongyangs Ryugyong Hotel to the place of the tallest unfinished tower.

    • @Sashazur
      @Sashazur Před rokem +8

      At least the Ryugyong reached its full height and looks complete from outside.

  • @swoondrones
    @swoondrones Před rokem +2

    I design urban plans around triangles, with exploded nodes. It makes sense with traffic to do this, too.

  • @RishabhTatiraju
    @RishabhTatiraju Před rokem +7

    I like how the sponsor actually adds real value to the content of the video. As always, amazing!

  • @johncamp2567
    @johncamp2567 Před rokem +13

    The footprint of this structure is remarkably similar to the CN TOWER in Toronto, Canada, with a hexagonal core and three out-rigger bases. (…drawings were very StarWars-like!)

  • @firefox5926
    @firefox5926 Před rokem +1

    10:47 see what you really want it to have like a solar updraft tower in the centre of it and then have the first few floors be like a green house and then build up the sides of the tower

  • @oFaisalo
    @oFaisalo Před 7 měsíci +1

    Actually 4 months after this video a 20+ company’s started to continue building Jeddah tower 😅

  • @figlexgonzalez3115
    @figlexgonzalez3115 Před rokem +17

    I visited the Burj Khalifa last year and every time I look at the pictures and videos I took - it still blows my mind… I can’t even imagine seeing a 1KM building…. My brain would crash 😦

  • @Techstriker1
    @Techstriker1 Před rokem +3

    Makes me wonder how many archeology sites where we think some big structure used to be was actually just a foundation for a project no one ever completed or bothered to tear down.

  • @5amH45lam
    @5amH45lam Před rokem

    I doff my hat at the finesse in which you inserted the sponsors segment. Bravo, sir! 👍

  • @MrPaytonw34
    @MrPaytonw34 Před 10 měsíci

    Excellent video! Very well done!

  • @jackparsons3136
    @jackparsons3136 Před rokem +8

    Perfect video as always, best channel to watch before bed ❤

  • @SaturnCanuck
    @SaturnCanuck Před rokem +2

    So cool. Hey the CN Tower used that hexagonal core too. In 1973!

  • @onethreeseventhree
    @onethreeseventhree Před 9 měsíci

    love when sponsors go seamlessly with the video, good stuff

  • @notpurple
    @notpurple Před rokem +5

    excellent job working in the sponsor and making it extremely interesting. the demos were awesome

  • @Goldenah
    @Goldenah Před rokem +2

    As a kid walking around Manhattan, the wind gusts would be so strong it felt like I would be swept away. Few of my umbrellas survived intact.

  • @rohankore3504
    @rohankore3504 Před rokem +10

    It's all about ego why not just drop the height by 300m and become the 2nd tallest building in the world and finish the project and then hope that others will also join developing the surrounding area just like downtown Dubai with jeddhah tower as center piece of overall development

    • @rohankore3504
      @rohankore3504 Před rokem +5

      @@malachaicarter4338 dropping by 300m meant 700m building

  • @mogammadabrahams3332
    @mogammadabrahams3332 Před 3 měsíci

    Brilliant video👍🏼

  • @zapfanzapfan
    @zapfanzapfan Před rokem +3

    The stub looks a bit like that concrete hull that sat in Pyongyang for many years that they now have finally clad in glass.

  • @thomaspreudhomme9443
    @thomaspreudhomme9443 Před rokem +2

    This is the kind of sponsor that makes sense on B1M videos

  • @Avishek85
    @Avishek85 Před rokem +4

    Another top notch video by the B1M team! 👏🏼

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  Před rokem

      Thank you so much!

  • @EternamDoov
    @EternamDoov Před rokem +2

    "enter Adrian Smith"
    That's the most generic name
    "if he sounds familiar it's because..."
    Lol

  • @dudermcdudeface3674
    @dudermcdudeface3674 Před rokem

    Can't say I like this kind of spike-looking tower vs. more solid ones, but it's good to aspire upward with architecture.

    • @inyobill
      @inyobill Před rokem

      in order to achieve the desired hight, sever tapering is pretty much required.

  • @jaminlloyd
    @jaminlloyd Před rokem +7

    Great way of working the ad into the content. Was happy to watch instead skipping as it was relevant and interesting.

  • @paolofusco7940
    @paolofusco7940 Před rokem +4

    this sets a very good precedent for the Line..

  • @geoffreylee5199
    @geoffreylee5199 Před rokem +1

    The same design technique used on the CN Tower in Toronto.

  • @AuwaluMuhammad-nx8ge
    @AuwaluMuhammad-nx8ge Před 3 měsíci

    What a great video,i like it and i would like to visits this tallest tower one day.

  • @hb1338
    @hb1338 Před rokem +2

    Has any tall building (say >100 metres) ever failed for technical reasons ? It does seem like the architects and engineers always get it right - with good reason !

  • @GazMoby
    @GazMoby Před rokem +8

    Very enjoyable as usual 👍

  • @louisstanko86
    @louisstanko86 Před rokem +2

    Love how you incorporate the sponsor into your videos, very well done and another top notch video 😊

  • @AbuPaul
    @AbuPaul Před rokem +1

    FYI - the structural system named "buttressed core" by its designer Bill Baker (which BTW made Burj Dubai height possible) was copy\pasted for Jeddah Tower.

  • @jfmezei
    @jfmezei Před rokem +10

    Considering the energy required to pump water up to the top, am curious if it would be possible to build turbines to recapture kinetic energy of waste water falling back down.

  • @Merennulli
    @Merennulli Před rokem +3

    The US needs to follow this up with a 1,609 meter tall building just to taunt all the metric people out there. 😄

  • @AlessioSangalli
    @AlessioSangalli Před 9 měsíci

    Yes the name Adrian Smith sounds very familiar. I didn't known that besides being a famous guitarist he'd also moonshine as an architect

  • @MayuriK_it
    @MayuriK_it Před rokem

    I think that the design of this skyscraper is really cool: I hope the works can be restarted!

  • @jaunedroite
    @jaunedroite Před rokem +3

    Are they any links between the Jeddah project and the Line/Neom? The video says briefly one is private (Jeddah) and the other publicly funded, but I imagine in a country like Saudi Arabia there must be some links between the people, their money etc. At the very least the Saudi government approved all of those plans.

    • @Codraroll
      @Codraroll Před rokem

      On the other hand, the government is not likely to step in and save Jeddah Tower, because they'd rather want all the attention to their own pet projects in Neom.

    • @pacmanc8103
      @pacmanc8103 Před rokem

      @@Codraroll The government already owns Jeddah Tower, I believe. It was private until 2019.

    • @salmanadnan
      @salmanadnan Před rokem

      ​​​@@pacmanc8103 Jeddah tower is 33.3% owned by King holding Co
      In 2019 PIF bought 16.86% of King Holding Co
      PIF ( Public investment fund) is owned by government

  • @MattTee1975
    @MattTee1975 Před rokem +3

    "Adrian Smith. If his name sounds familiar to you, it's because..... HE'S ONE OF THE GUITARISTS FOR IRON MAIDEN!" \m/

  • @maajidmansoor4833
    @maajidmansoor4833 Před 8 měsíci

    Just in process for completion of the project. The discussion taken place today

  • @GermanGreetings
    @GermanGreetings Před 7 měsíci +1

    Jeddahs windows will be concave: their surface being curved inwards.
    Burj Kalifas windows are desingned convex: their surfaces are curved to deflect outwards.
    Are there estimates about melting-spots, walking by daily sunlight ?

  • @oleksandrpatriyuk6813
    @oleksandrpatriyuk6813 Před rokem +7

    Great job Fred + team, 💪

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  Před rokem +1

      Thank you so much!!

  • @dcaseng
    @dcaseng Před rokem +4

    They could just change the plans to accommodate a hundred stories, salvaging it's usage and saving money. Sure, it won't be the tallest building in the world, but it's better than completely abandoning all the work that was done to this point.

  • @specialforces67
    @specialforces67 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Well, here is some good news. I read today that work has been resumed recently to complete the twoer after it had been stalled for a long time. There is a contract bidding process initiated a few days ago to giant companies (including Samsung who built Burj Khalifa). But still waiting for the winner of the contract...

  • @jfmezei
    @jfmezei Před rokem

    Curious whether such a project can really be lead by an architect or whether engineers would be in the driver's seat with the architect kicking on only once the structural design has been finalized. (or is "Architect" in this context refer to a manager of engineers? ).

  • @TheHennes36
    @TheHennes36 Před rokem +35

    Such an amazing project - fingers crossed they will start again and finish this building. To me it’s especially that 1KM mark that makes it soo impressive! Think about it - it would be one KILOmeter into the sky - absolutely insane!!

    • @terraconz
      @terraconz Před rokem +24

      Imho thats just stupid and unnecassary.

    • @skyhappy
      @skyhappy Před rokem

      @TheHennes Bro are you 10? Your comment sounds so naive and cringe

    • @reddwarfer999
      @reddwarfer999 Před rokem +1

      What wasn't mentioned in this video is that the original Kingdom Tower was intended to be one *mile* high.

    • @reddwarfer999
      @reddwarfer999 Před rokem +2

      @@terraconz Rather like your reply.

    • @nomercynodragonforyou9688
      @nomercynodragonforyou9688 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@reddwarfer999 cope

  • @datswassup07
    @datswassup07 Před rokem +3

    They’re better off just redoing the whole thing because it’s been sitting there for years exposed to the elements and that’s a safely hazard. It’s aged in the last 3 years and quite honestly I feel like the burj Khalifa is so popular, I dont think this building will have the same hype

  • @MissouriMatt54
    @MissouriMatt54 Před rokem

    Thank you for the video.

  • @Dr_Larken
    @Dr_Larken Před rokem

    So this is basically software for fluid dynamics! I love it

  • @firefox5926
    @firefox5926 Před rokem +2

    5:18 honestly i would have thought a circular floor plan would have been better seeing as it seems to be what most trees uses thinking specifically of things like the coconut palm and its height to width ration

  • @moosefactory133
    @moosefactory133 Před rokem +15

    I would like to see the Jeddah Tower completed. It would be such a incredible engineering accomplishment.

  • @johnandrews6927
    @johnandrews6927 Před rokem

    One of my favourite CZcams channels because it reveals extraordinary and informative detail. But … advertisements are intrusive - efforts to integrate them unfortunately, for me, make them even move obvious. Of course you need to advertise to survive, but they appear overly conspicuous.

  • @romanwalenciak7849
    @romanwalenciak7849 Před 7 měsíci

    Dziękujemy.

  • @archilieven
    @archilieven Před rokem +3

    I admit that it would be fascinating to see this project finished, but I seems weird build a supertall building in an empty area. It would make more sense to build several lower buildings. Supertall buildings are great to visit once. But imagine having to take the elevator for 1000 m just to go to work each day.

    • @salmanadnan
      @salmanadnan Před rokem

      I mean i live in Jeddah the area is not empty anymore there're alots of residential buildings, shops, mall only the Jeddah economic city area is empty

  • @drewshoto9450
    @drewshoto9450 Před rokem +10

    I hope this project will be completed one day .

    • @ainsleyfrastructurekpopmashups
      @ainsleyfrastructurekpopmashups Před rokem

      Yes, I Hope this Year, it will resume Construction, and Reach 1000m Tall by December 2027, after 17 Years since Burj Khalifa Opened, and Also, Dubai Creek Tower will Restart Works this Decade, and Complete it also by December 2027, so that by 2028, Our World has its First 1000m Tall Building.

    • @timojarun7830
      @timojarun7830 Před rokem

      I hope not.

    • @underarmbowlingincidentof1981
      @underarmbowlingincidentof1981 Před rokem +1

      I hope not... no reason for it to be built really.
      Its the desert so there is enough space around for normal buildings.
      Another western looking giant needle won't do anything.
      They should use money for some original designs or better infrastructure. Stuff that is actually sensible to invest into.

    • @Infinityc702
      @Infinityc702 Před 7 měsíci

      @@timojarun7830then again, what will happen if it is built, end of the world?smh

  • @masudidrissisa4240
    @masudidrissisa4240 Před 3 měsíci

    Let's take a moment to appreciate the level of good production value the B1M.

  • @kayv.d.4656
    @kayv.d.4656 Před rokem +2

    Just put a roof on what is already built, make it affordable housing and call it a day haha 😅

  • @stevenjlovelace
    @stevenjlovelace Před rokem +5

    The Washington Monument stood half-finished for decades. You can still see a line where the stone on the bottom third is slightly more weathered.

    • @4izm0v
      @4izm0v Před rokem +2

      I think it is actually because the stone was sourced from a different quarry

    • @krashd
      @krashd Před rokem +1

      @@4izm0v It may be both, but the monument did sit unfinished for a long time.

  • @skyscraperfan
    @skyscraperfan Před rokem +7

    Money actually is not the issue here. Most of the work had already been done. It may only have reached a small fraction of its height, but more than half of its volume and mass. It would probably only cost about $500 million to complete and that is not a problem for Prince Al-Waleed, who still own his own Airbus A380 and a superyacht. Selling both would be enough to pay for the bill. The problem is the Saudi crown prince, who does not want any attention shifted away from Neom.

    • @nadheem420
      @nadheem420 Před rokem +2

      Comparing insane, absurd and stupid project like neom and cube thingy to a tower just taller than Burj khalifa is never gonna happen. Neom is possible............. then I saw the new plan

  • @OwenAlekos-mh7yw
    @OwenAlekos-mh7yw Před 6 dny +1

    I had a tour, phonomes, sounds similar.
    Wouldn't it be cool to make the world's tallest tower, then have it fold? Like, it folds in half, and then folds in half again. Like, not a tree falling but a type of strength of support for a one time convertible folding...
    As though, the worlds tallest tower is a business and the folding is a type of underground lever. And the folding does something only able to be done with the tower having been built prior...
    Regarding how the ideology of manufacturing facilitations and the world's tallest tower being built for work uniquely rather than being a monument. In fact, the concept would be how many times it could be built with a product.
    It would be cool and have a type of lock or unlock underground requiring the highest standards of architectural engineering and be like a one time use project with a one time only product... Each unlocking would be like a world trade agreement. Could be unbelievable that there is any other way to lock or unlock the underground...
    Having a tour underground and why it could cost something while having a product rather than just being a monument... The dangers of towers and games and fears of heights...

  • @thelazy0ne
    @thelazy0ne Před rokem +3

    To be completed _soon™_ after the first fusion powerplant. ☝️😏