Kingdom Centre is a 65-storey, 302.3 m skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is the second tallest skyscraper in the country, and the world's third tallest building with a hole after the Shanghai World Financial Center and Tuntex Sky Tower. Besides the shopping mall, Kingdom Tower contains the Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh and state-of-the-art apartments. The 56 m skybridge atop the skyscraper. The building is situated on 100,000 square metres site with carparking for 3,000 vehicles. The upper third of the tower features an inverted parabolic arch. The building utilises butt jointed glazing which, combined with the lack of both distinguished floor lines and other tall buildings around it, gives an impression of immense scale and an iconic quality. The lower two thirds were constructed with a reinforced concrete frame while the top third has a tubular steel frame. The architectural model maker of the Center was Richard Tenguerian. Source
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