This list of tallest buildings in Saudi Arabia ranks the tallest buildings in

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by height. The tallest building in

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is the 601 meter super-tall skyscraper Abraj Al-Bait Royal Clock Tower. It is the world's fourth tallest building and houses the Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower Hotel. The high rise construction boom has extended the skyline of in the past two decades, with the PIF Tower, completed in 2021, becoming Riyadh's tallest building at 385 meters. Riyadh is now the 3rd city in the Middle East after Dubai and Abu Dhabi. A total of 100 skyscrapers have been constructed since 2014 in the city.

Tallest buildings

This section contains a list of completed and topped-out buildings in

that stand at least tall, based on standard height measurement which includes spires and architectural details, but excludes antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. For other structures, see

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Tallest buildings under construction

Tallest buildings approved

Tallest buildings proposed

Horizontal skyscraper

crown prince

Mohammed bin Salman Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud ( ar, محمد بن سلمان آل سعود, translit=Muḥammad bin Salmān Āl Su‘ūd; born 31 August 1985), colloquially known by his initials MBS or MbS, is Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia. H ...

announced that the state will be building a long horizontal skyscraper. Being officially presented under the name of

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, the complex will be a

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placed in

Neom Neom (styled NEOM; ''Neom,'' ) is a city being built in Tabuk Province in northwestern Saudi Arabia. It is planned to incorporate smart city technologies and function as a tourist destination. The site is north of the Red Sea, east of Egypt acr ...

, Tabuk Province, which is designed to have no cars, streets or carbon emissions.

References

External links

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Documents most planned, built and under-construction skyscrapers
Emporis
International database of various buildings
Urbika
Includes many projects not documented by other websites
SkyscraperPage
Database and diagrams of most skyscrapers {{Tallest buildings and structures

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