Saudi construction project of the day

Saudi Arabia is preparing to begin construction work on its next giga-project: a cube-shaped skyscraper big enough to fit 20 Empire State Buildings.

The Mukaab will be 400-meters on each side when construction is finished, which would make it the largest built structure in the world. The building will be the centerpiece of New Murabba, a community the country hopes will be a new destination within the capital city of Riyadh.

“It’s masquerading as a building today but it’s so much more,” Michael Dyke, chief executive officer of New Murabba, said in an interview. “Ultimately, a capital city the size of Riyadh deserves to have a global, central icon as other capital cities do.”

Here is more from Zainab Fattah at Bloomberg.  Here are various images based on artist renderings.  Here is further information.