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The Mukaab (Arabic: المكعّب, romanized: mukaʻʻab, lit. 'cube', ) is a proposed architectural project to build a 400-meter (1,300 ft) tall cube-shaped skyscraper in the al-Qirawan district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, one of the five neighborhoods of the planned real estate development of New Murabba.
The tallest building in the world, as of 2025, is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.The title of "world's tallest building" has been held by various buildings in modern times, including Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, England, and the Empire State Building and the original World Trade Center, both in New York City.
Fulani or Fulbe Empire of Macina of Seku Amadu (1818–1862) Fulani or Fulbe Empire of El Hajj Oumar Tall, Toucouleur Empire (1848–1898) Fulani or Fulbe Empire of Bundu (state) of Malick Daouda Sy (1669–1954) Kanem Empire (700–1380) Bornu Empire (1380–1893) Wadai Empire (1501–1912) Ghana Empire (500–1200) Mali Empire (1230–1670 ...
The Empire State Building Run-Up is an annual race up the stairs to the 86th floor (1,576 steps). The building has 24/7 security. It is monitored with security technology, such as CCTV cameras ...
The Empire State Building was designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon in the Art Deco style. [30] The Empire State Building is 1,250 ft (381 m) tall to its 102nd floor, or 1,453 feet 8 + 9 ⁄ 16 inches (443.092 m) including its 203-foot (61.9 m) pinnacle. [31]
The tallest building in Mecca is the 601 meter megatall skyscraper Clock Towers. It is the world's fourth tallest building and houses the Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower Hotel. The high rise construction boom has extended the skyline of in the past two decades, with the PIF Tower, completed in 2021, becoming Riyadh's tallest building at 385 ...
On February 23, 1997, Ali Hassan Abu Kamal, a 69-year-old Palestinian teacher, opened fire on the observation deck of the Empire State Building in New York City.The gunman killed one person and wounded six others before taking his own life with a gunshot to the head.
The building complex is 300 metres away from the world's largest mosque and Islam's most sacred site, the Great Mosque of Mecca. [9] The developer and contractor of the complex is the Saudi Binladin Group , the Kingdom's largest construction company . [ 8 ]