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10 million cubic meters of earth has been moved, marking 86% of excavation work has been completed at the Mukaab development, a planned 400m high, 400m wide and 400m long cube-shaped structure in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which will become one of the world’s largest buildings and the tallest in the city.
Financed by the Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, a sovereign wealth sponsor, Mukaab, which translates to cube, will contain 2 million-sq-m of floor space, an internal skyscraper, full-height atrium, plus hospitality, retail, cultural, tourism, hotel and commercial areas.
The project has a design inspired by modern Najdi architecture, with a façade featuring triangles overlayed on horizontal lines.Mukaab will form part of the 19-sq-km New Murabba development, which is under-construction and will become the world’s largest downtown area in any city, according to press reports. It will contain 18 neighbourhoods, a 45,000 capacity stadium, schools and hospitals.
900 employees are working at the New Murabba development currently, using 250 excavators and 400 other pieces of machinery on site.
A temporary bridge will be built connecting the project to King Khalid Road, simplifying construction logistics. |
