Jeddah Tower reaches 430 meters and continues towards the tallest building in the world
Engineer John Peronto, managing director of Thornton Tomasetti and project manager for Jeddah Tower, said the team is moving “very aggressively” to complete the upper observation level, known as the “sky terrace”, on the 160th floor. He estimated that there are approximately 60 weeks left to reach that point, calling it an “important milestone” to be reached soon, on August 2, 2026.
Work on the ambitious Jeddah Tower project now appears to be in full swing after a period of standstill. The megatall skyscraper is once again on track to not only take the title of the world’s tallest building, surpassing the Burj Khalifa by a considerable margin, but also to surpass the 1 kilometer height mark (3,281 feet).
In a recent post on social media, Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal disclosed that the tower has already exceeded 430 meters (1,411 feet) in height. According to him, the 107th floor has been completed, indicating that construction has reached 43% of the overall structural progress.
Learn more: Jeddah Tower advances at a fast pace, exceeds 430 meters and aims to be 1 km high
The Jeddah Tower was designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, with Thornton Tomasetti as an engineering partner for the development of the structure.
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However, not all gigaprojects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are following the same pace or reaching their initially promised dimensions. Several NEOM megastructure contracts were canceled this year, and construction of the 100-mile-long The Line project was “radically reduced” in scope and is now on hold until at least 2030, according to recent reports.
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