Jeddah Tower reaches 100th floor, on track to become world's tallest building in 2028

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has released exclusive photos showing Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia reaching its 100th floor. The megatall skyscraper, designed as the centerpiece of Jeddah Economic City, will surpass Dubai's Burj Khalifa to become the world's tallest building and the first to reach a kilometer in height. Glass cladding has been applied to lower portions of the reinforced concrete structure, which features a tapered form with three prongs around a central core. Construction restarted in January 2025 after years of delays caused by financial issues, the Covid-19 pandemic, technical challenges with weak soil, and the 2017 corruption purges that led to the detention of developer Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud and the removal of contractor Binladin Group. The tower is expected to be completed in 2028 and will contain apartments, offices, and a Four Seasons hotel, with 56 lifts traveling at 12 meters per second. A cantilevering steel balcony 30 meters in diameter will project from a penthouse at around 600 meters. Co-founder Gordon Gill described the shape as "like a child's drawing of a paper aeroplane." The photography is by Ian Norman Miller of SBG.