Why Saudi Arabia plans to build the world’s tallest skyscraper

Dubai’s superlative-loving rulers are on notice: Saudi Arabia seems to be getting serious about stealing your crowning glory. State-linked development companies in the Red Sea port of Jiddah have agreed to pony up the money for a skyscraper flirting with the unprecedented one-kilometer mark. That’s about 3,280 feet. Or about 550 feet taller than the […]











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