Minaret clock tower is unreal !!!

jogiba · 08-04-2011, 05:00 PM

Check this out , the size is unreal !!

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Compare it to the new World Trade Center:
World Skyscraper Construction - SkyscraperPage.com

Last edited by jogiba; 08-04-2011 at 05:32 PM.

Ratmagiclady · 08-04-2011, 07:49 PM

Wow. That really looks... Like a bit much.

Does make me wonder how the WTC is coming along, though.

jogiba · 08-05-2011, 05:25 AM

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The Abraj Al-Bait Towers also known as the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower is a complex under construction in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The building holds and will break several world records in the construction world, including: the tallest hotel in the world, constructed with the tallest clock tower in the world and displaying the world's largest clock face,[1] the world's largest building floor area, and will become the second tallest building in the world upon completion, surpassed only by Dubai's Burj Khalifa.

Abraj Al Bait Towers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**Ash** · 08-05-2011, 05:29 AM

Gonna be a monumentous feat, but those guys are pretty determined architects. Borj el-Arab broke a few records back when it was built too. Pretty spectacular stuff.

Ratmagiclady · 08-05-2011, 11:52 AM

Originally posted by Ash

Gonna be a monumentous feat, but those guys are pretty determined architects. Borj el-Arab broke a few records back when it was built too. Pretty spectacular stuff.

Well, as a former (?) Goth I can only admire something both so munificent and Londonish, but it *does* look like it's totally out of scale with its surroundings.

Eh, forget about the Goth bit. I was just born too early for Steampunk.

(I correct my previous statement I was born too *late,* but my own anachronistic impulse does confuse me at times.

)

Which is the exact impulse that makes me go, 'I should be cheering, why not? Oh, cause it's too damn big.

'

08-05-2011, 05:25 AM	#3
jogiba Banned Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Millstone,NJ Posts: 6,491 Original Poster	World's largest building and tallest hotel Quote: The Abraj Al-Bait Towers also known as the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower is a complex under construction in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The building holds and will break several world records in the construction world, including: the tallest hotel in the world, constructed with the tallest clock tower in the world and displaying the world's largest clock face,[1] the world's largest building floor area, and will become the second tallest building in the world upon completion, surpassed only by Dubai's Burj Khalifa. Abraj Al Bait Towers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

08-05-2011, 11:52 AM	#5
Ratmagiclady Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: GA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,563	Originally posted by Ash Gonna be a monumentous feat, but those guys are pretty determined architects. Borj el-Arab broke a few records back when it was built too. Pretty spectacular stuff. Well, as a former (?) Goth I can only admire something both so munificent and Londonish, but it does look like it's totally out of scale with its surroundings. Eh, forget about the Goth bit. I was just born too early for Steampunk. (I correct my previous statement I was born too late, but my own anachronistic impulse does confuse me at times. ) Which is the exact impulse that makes me go, 'I should be cheering, why not? Oh, cause it's too damn big. ' Last edited by Ratmagiclady; 08-05-2011 at 11:58 AM.

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08-04-2011, 07:49 PM	#2
Ratmagiclady Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: GA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,563	Wow. That really looks... Like a bit much. Does make me wonder how the WTC is coming along, though.

08-05-2011, 05:29 AM	#4
Ash Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toowoomba, Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,920	Gonna be a monumentous feat, but those guys are pretty determined architects. Borj el-Arab broke a few records back when it was built too. Pretty spectacular stuff.