The Never Ending Race to Build High

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  • @bananawitchcraft
    @bananawitchcraft 2 роки тому +1055

    I can totally see the allure of being an architect. Imagine being responsible for a gigantic sculpture that towers over an entire city, you'd never again worry about dying without leaving your mark on the world.

    • @khaldrago911
      @khaldrago911 2 роки тому +3

      And if you’re building a skyscraper, it’s like you’re pitching one of the world’s biggest schlongs! And it lasts way longer than an hour.

    • @OXIR
      @OXIR 2 роки тому +12

      Sounds like a dream

    • @arryn786
      @arryn786 2 роки тому +69

      Tbh most modern buildings generally look shit. Architects aren’t artists and it really, Really shows🤷‍♂️

    • @manusinghgill8707
      @manusinghgill8707 2 роки тому +39

      It's is designed by structural design engineer, not architect.

    • @xK3NY0x
      @xK3NY0x 2 роки тому

      This is my first video of your channel watching and I am loving it. Can you share please the music in the background while you were talking about the Jeddah Tower

  • @ASLUHLUHC3
    @ASLUHLUHC3 2 роки тому +941

    Looks like the Creek Tower stopped because the Jeddah Tower stopped. But it's ready to continue if anyone else tries something.

    • @Ingenius_
      @Ingenius_ 2 роки тому +55

      Idk about that, Creek tower wouldn’t count as a building as he said, so you can’t advertise it as the tallest building, if Jeddah tower ever finishes

    • @__isagani4208
      @__isagani4208 2 роки тому +76

      @@Ingenius_ it’s still can be the tallest tower in the world and that’s perfectly fine for them. Something similar has happened in the past in the case of CN tower wherein the world struggled to even beat its height until Burj Khalifa came along with its stupendously large vanity height.

    • @XtrAMassivE
      @XtrAMassivE 2 роки тому +41

      yep, exactly. Even if it won't be the tallest building, it will still be tallest something. And tallest something is what draws tourists.

    • @muhammadhaziq8157
      @muhammadhaziq8157 2 роки тому +22

      @@__isagani4208 it is valid. But tallest tower won't be as popular as tallest building. For example, a lot of ppl don't even know the existence of Tokyo SkyTree, which is currently the tallest tower n the 3rd tallest structure, behind burj khalifa n pnb118

    • @TheGeoSami
      @TheGeoSami 2 роки тому +5

      The end is near :/

  • @Freak80MC
    @Freak80MC 2 роки тому +425

    Honestly would love to see a bar graph where each tall building is a bar that is the height of the ENTIRE STRUCTURE (so, counting stuff like radio antennas) and then a bar overlayed on top that is the height of the usable floors. Would be interesting to see how the tallest buildings truly stack against each other like that.
    EDIT: Also would be cool to see the total area of usable floor space of each tallest building as well.

    • @JonMartinYXD
      @JonMartinYXD 2 роки тому +34

      What you are talking about is called "vanity height". B1M did a video on it called "The World's Tallest Buildings Are Shorter Than You Think". If it was up to me, buildings would be ranked by the height of their highest usable floor.

    • @JonMartinYXD
      @JonMartinYXD 2 роки тому +15

      @LTNetjak Burj Khalifa's top occupiable floor is at 585.4 m (70.55% of its "architectural height"), the original 1 World Trade Center's was at 413 m (99.04%). New One World Trade Center, an utterly uninspiring replacement, is 386.5 m (71.4%).

    • @timokho20
      @timokho20 2 роки тому +4

      The shanghai tower would be the tallest by top floor and among the tallest buildings the Guangzhou CTF finance center would hold the most usable floor space (when you count the abraj al bait tower only and not the entire complex).

    • @JonMartinYXD
      @JonMartinYXD 2 роки тому +4

      @@timokho20 According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), the Burj Khalifa's highest occupied floor is 585.4 m and the Shanghai Tower's is 583.4 m.

    • @timokho20
      @timokho20 2 роки тому +3

      @@JonMartinYXD yeah I’ve been seeing conflicting statistics too

  • @TheElizondo88
    @TheElizondo88 2 роки тому +154

    The concept of the Oblisco Capital as the centerpiece for theNew Administrative Capital in Egypt is really cool; however, it doesn't need to be that tall. The Iconic Tower (which is also being built in the NAC) will already be the tallest building in Africa at just over a third of the height. If Egypt scales the Oblisco down to say the size of the One World Trade Center, not only would it will still surpass the Iconic but would be a much more manageable and realistic objective.

    • @seifeldin.
      @seifeldin. 2 роки тому

      Yes true

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon Рік тому +14

      An obelisk skyscraper just sounds like a really cool concept. Even when scaled down it'll still be the tallest obelisk in the world

    • @3nityC
      @3nityC Рік тому +1

      Why only in Africa, when you can be the World because the architect aren't Mediocre.

    • @extragoogleaccount6061
      @extragoogleaccount6061 7 місяців тому

      @@3nityC Because Egypt will go bankrupt and their people will overthrow the government to install a government that doesn't waste their money on such things.

  • @alexc.7274
    @alexc.7274 2 роки тому +13

    Background music w/ transitions is so on point, loving the production quality.

  • @eddyk3
    @eddyk3 2 роки тому +60

    I was speaking to the Architect of the Strata tower in London which opened in 2010 as the 'Tallest Residential Building in London'. He told me to take the title off of 2009s Pan Peninsula Tower they made the aircraft warning lights at the top of the Strata Tower 5cm higher than originally planned.

    • @eddyk3
      @eddyk3 2 роки тому +15

      I forgot to mention they both still claimed the title as the Pan Peninsula tower had the highest apartment even though the building was a few cm shorter.

    • @jihadi-against-oppression
      @jihadi-against-oppression 2 роки тому +2

      "One of the signs of Doomsday is the rivalry of bare-footed and poor shepherds (Nomad Arabs) in constructing high buildings and boasting about it."
      ~ 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗱 (𝗽𝗯𝘂𝗵)

  • @eringanley1796
    @eringanley1796 2 роки тому +114

    Absolutely loving all the latest uploads we've been getting so far! The 3d modeling here is incredibly top notch, and also it's really a fascinating topic. I wonder which one will eventually be the tower to dethrone the Burj Khalifa. Maybe we can get a follow up update if that ever happens? Anything to get more great content!

  • @nikolatasev4948
    @nikolatasev4948 2 роки тому +43

    What really impresses me with Burj Khalifa is that it is the tallest regardless of definition. There is no "it's the highest building, but not the tallest structure" or any of this sort. It is the tallest. Period.

    • @idosounds
      @idosounds Рік тому +4

      There is a 1.43km tall oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico called the Magnolia Platform. However, it hardly counts as a structure or a building by anyone.

    • @nikolatasev4948
      @nikolatasev4948 Рік тому +6

      @@idosounds The weight of the top of the oil rig is not carried by the bottom, so it's not really tall. It's just deep. Just as we don't say the Kola Borehole was 12km tall, even when there was a structural element going from the surface to 12km depth.

    • @idosounds
      @idosounds Рік тому +3

      @@nikolatasev4948 Yea, you’re right. I never really considered it a structure but thought it challenged the Burj Khalifa. I mustn’t have done research lol.

  • @mrmangoberry8394
    @mrmangoberry8394 2 роки тому +558

    I don’t even understand why people want to build such tall buildings, like sure, it gives more space by going up, but when you can’t get to the top easily and safely, there’s no point.

    • @blava3155
      @blava3155 2 роки тому +164

      The point is publicity. Everywhere people talked about Dubai when they built theirs, so the next city knows it will be instantly famous around the globe (and ofc also hope that that fame will bring tourism).

    • @glennbabic5954
      @glennbabic5954 2 роки тому +51

      The Burj Khalifa had so many problems with plumbing they need an endless convoy of tankers moving sewage. Definitely there is a practical limit on building height.

    • @DylanDalal
      @DylanDalal 2 роки тому +26

      It’s cool

    • @dan-theodordorobat2216
      @dan-theodordorobat2216 2 роки тому

      They wany the world to make oral sex to the buildings.

    • @tranium67
      @tranium67 2 роки тому +38

      Tourism/attention= MONEY

  • @slowknife2873
    @slowknife2873 2 роки тому +15

    This Reminds of this verse from hadiths:
    When the Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about the signs of the Final Hour, one of the signs he mentioned was "when you see the barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds competing in constructing tall buildings.”
    It's crazy how 40 years ago the villages of Bedouins exited where they use to travel via Camels on these lands and now look at them they are competing with each other for who builds the tallest skyscraper

    • @_emminowithoutl4995
      @_emminowithoutl4995 2 роки тому +4

      Ah yes flying horse fantasy

    • @slowknife2873
      @slowknife2873 2 роки тому

      @@_emminowithoutl4995 The audacity of a hindu pagan to mock someone for their beliefs smh

    • @alpha-particle6585
      @alpha-particle6585 2 роки тому +7

      ​@@_emminowithoutl4995 Much much better than believing in "a blue man god" "a demon who had *10 👹head and 20 💪arms* " "a flying chariot" and most funny part 🤣 "a flying talking size changing monkey🐵 god"
      And there are many such endless wierd stories....
      Our god is not such fictional superhuman, he's one and there's nothing like him, if you able to compare his attributes with someone he's not a god. He can make anything possible(not a big deal for him to bring your fantasies to existence). And there are many explanations behind it(like burak means light, so on) which I don't care about, Allah knows best

    • @alpha-particle6585
      @alpha-particle6585 2 роки тому +1

      ​​​@@_emminowithoutl4995 Don't know why I'm wasting my time and efforts on dumb ppl like you.....
      But let's see who's fantasies/beliefs come true when we wake up to see the reality ✌️

    • @splintercell5551
      @splintercell5551 2 роки тому

      @@_emminowithoutl4995 do you know how to read?

  • @zombieat
    @zombieat 2 роки тому +134

    interestingly the 8.5m Tower of Jericho in palestine held the record of tallest structure for 4,000 years (8,000bc-4,000bc). i don't think humans will ever break this record again. the egyptians were the with closest with their Great Pyramid of Giza which held the title of tallest structure for 3,881 years. but the egyptian record was cut shorter than 4,000 years by the Lincoln Cathedral of England in 1311.

    • @lexprontera8325
      @lexprontera8325 2 роки тому +8

      Well, for a neolithic structure such as the Jericho tower we do not know the EXACT year, or often even exact century.
      However, it's more like c. 8000 BCE - c. 2650 BCE, so the record stood around 5350 years (give or take)
      (if we assume it was succeeded in 2650 BCE by the Pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser)

    • @zombieat
      @zombieat 2 роки тому +2

      @@lexprontera8325 according to "Tallest historical structures" in the "List of tallest buildings and structures" article on wikipedia. the tower of jericho was succeeded by the Anu Ziggurat in Uruk in 4000 BCE and preceded by Göbekli Tepe in Anatolia before 8000 BCE.

    • @lexprontera8325
      @lexprontera8325 2 роки тому

      Ah, yes, the Sumerians!

    • @akalion213
      @akalion213 2 роки тому +1

      It's almost like it didn't matter back then and still doesn't matter now lmao

  • @TheRealLink
    @TheRealLink 2 роки тому +24

    Love this video as a skyscraper fan! Had the opportunity to visit Burj Khalifa back in 2015 and man, what a sight! Really spot on with your numbers, facts, and research!

  • @Horus100
    @Horus100 2 роки тому +91

    the egyptian tower looks so good

    • @alexandervandevelde2311
      @alexandervandevelde2311 2 роки тому +19

      Ye, a giant obelisk tower would've been pretty cool.

    • @The-ZebraFinch-Channel
      @The-ZebraFinch-Channel 2 роки тому +3

      🇸🇾🇸🇾🔥🔥

    • @vomm
      @vomm 2 роки тому +1

      But it is just stupid propaganda and a hoax. Each floor would have dozens of rooms without a single window because of the insane space per floor. Nobody would want to live in such a building or buy an apartment.

    • @The-ZebraFinch-Channel
      @The-ZebraFinch-Channel 2 роки тому

      @@vomm cry harder hater

    • @WuffiePhoenix
      @WuffiePhoenix 2 роки тому +2

      @@The-ZebraFinch-Channel that's The Syrian Flag, not The Egyptian.

  • @g-rated-g
    @g-rated-g 2 роки тому +38

    Love too see all the videos you've been producing lately! Keep up the good work

  • @Redman147
    @Redman147 2 роки тому +343

    Honestly the Burj Khalifa didn't really use crazy complicated tech to build it. It still uses a massive amount of concrete in it's overall construction which is nuts. It's defining factor is how many pylons they poured under the sand to hold that monstrosity up.

    • @sk-pp8uj
      @sk-pp8uj 2 роки тому +77

      I find it has a more pleasant look than the American ones, they all look like giant red birthday cakes.

    • @bamsuth9650
      @bamsuth9650 2 роки тому +2

      @@sk-pp8uj true

    • @xxDxxism
      @xxDxxism 2 роки тому +1

      @@sk-pp8uj NYC be like

    • @einundsiebenziger5488
      @einundsiebenziger5488 2 роки тому +5

      ... its* overall construction (it's = it is)

    • @xxDxxism
      @xxDxxism 2 роки тому +29

      @@einundsiebenziger5488 settle down grammar police this is the internet

  • @benwillvv
    @benwillvv 2 роки тому +6

    Thanks for this level of clarity!

  • @richardschofield2201
    @richardschofield2201 2 роки тому +126

    Architects do t figure out how to make building resist wind, gravity etc.
    Engineers do.
    Architects are responsible for the vision of the building.
    Engineers make it work.

    • @rahul__sharma__
      @rahul__sharma__ 2 роки тому +2

      very true

    • @annmshoeb2692
      @annmshoeb2692 2 роки тому +1

      form vs function

    • @mehyomollem4763
      @mehyomollem4763 2 роки тому +12

      an architect`s dream is an engineer`s nightmare 🙃🙃😉

    • @hananirtaza3861
      @hananirtaza3861 2 роки тому +4

      So true it's the job of a Structural engineer not an architect to make the idea come to life nevertheless they are never given the true credit they deserve..

    • @arolemaprarath6615
      @arolemaprarath6615 Рік тому +2

      @@hananirtaza3861 The Structural Engineer has a full say of the project than the architect.

  • @free_spirit1
    @free_spirit1 2 роки тому +97

    "You have to measure from the base, and firmly push the ruler into the pelvis"
    - Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, probably

    • @ClementinesmWTF
      @ClementinesmWTF 2 роки тому +26

      “And if there’s a hair sticking out the tip, count it too, but only if it’s a structural hair”

  • @TheUpcomingPayday
    @TheUpcomingPayday Рік тому +18

    “We just built the tallest building! We’re better! Tax put to good use!”
    An airline:

  • @Accuraid
    @Accuraid 2 роки тому +8

    I’m liking because of how calm and informed you sound over this video. Please continue. I love your content. Thank you for how seamless the attachment and conciseness of your sponsor was as well. Phenomenal.

  • @princeofchetarria5375
    @princeofchetarria5375 2 роки тому +66

    I wish the world would embrace more traditional architecture styles like classical, neoclassical, Byzantine etc. These buildings are so elegant, beautiful and functional. Nowadays we seem to just be building glass and concrete monstrosities. The Romans build structures that lasted a thousands years. Most buildings built nowadays I wouldn’t want to see standing in a hundred years tbh

    • @Kendndnd
      @Kendndnd 2 роки тому +4

      So turn your home to church 🤣🤣😁

    • @ihavenoideahowtocallmyself3849
      @ihavenoideahowtocallmyself3849 2 роки тому +10

      It depends on where you live, but when it comes to megatall buildings, it is just not possible to build 1km high Tower in that style.

    • @lly_09
      @lly_09 2 роки тому +4

      You've to consider the culture and tradition of the place if you're gonna build them in classical etc style

    • @gurunhitam3414
      @gurunhitam3414 2 роки тому +4

      Well you need to examine culture first, people don't favor Baroque or classical or victorian style of life anymore, they just love postmodernistic liberalism.

  • @mcrazza
    @mcrazza 2 роки тому +22

    7:14
    Looks like the Atlantis city spaceship from Stargate Atlantis.

  • @leocremonezi
    @leocremonezi 2 роки тому +6

    Very nice video! Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷👊🏻

  • @momojafar9385
    @momojafar9385 2 роки тому +10

    “When you see barefoot destitute shepherds competing in constructing tall buildings.”
    Another prophecy comes true.

  • @ph11p3540
    @ph11p3540 2 роки тому +148

    The really sad part about all these structures is how wasteful and impractical they logistically speaking. They also have a nasty habit of turning their surrounding into urban deserts where the streets are barren and inhospitable to 24/7 friendly street life. Super tall building make for bad neighbors.

    • @EbonySaints
      @EbonySaints 2 роки тому +53

      To be fair and flippant, it's not like Saudi Arabia or the UAE were verdant, lush oases with a vibrant and healthy community to begin with.

    • @blopblop8970
      @blopblop8970 2 роки тому +4

      @@EbonySaints 😭🤣

    • @Omar-uk1dq
      @Omar-uk1dq 2 роки тому +9

      The concept of walkability in urban design tends to only work in areas that don’t become scorching wastelands for at least 3/5ths of the year,hence why most of these projects are in the Middle East

    • @floriank
      @floriank Рік тому

      @@EbonySaints I've live in Downtown Dubai for 5 years, and the Burj Khalifa turned it into that.

    • @Rizefix
      @Rizefix Рік тому +2

      No, the twin towers were economicly astounding and made great office space. It was well designed too. Although some things are impractical, most of these are very useful buildings

  • @ripwednesdayadams
    @ripwednesdayadams Рік тому +2

    those radio masts are crazy tall. i watched a video of a worker climbing one to change the red blinking lightbulb. it was the most nerve-wracking, anxiety inducing video i have ever seen.

  • @seifeldin.
    @seifeldin. 2 роки тому +6

    I’m glad you mentioned Egypt, I honestly thought you will just ignore it

  • @vinncentmann
    @vinncentmann 2 роки тому +2

    Not gonna lie, I was waiting to hear the regular intro music the whole time. Great video by the way!

  • @user-vj9qz3br6l
    @user-vj9qz3br6l 2 роки тому +5

    If I was a building architect, I would design the world’s biggest volume based building and make it wider than it is higher - designed like a giant rectangle

  • @JoJoUchiha07
    @JoJoUchiha07 2 роки тому +6

    a Hadith where the Prophet stated "The hour will not be establish when you see barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds competing in constructing tall buildings.'"

  • @BearsNCigars
    @BearsNCigars 10 місяців тому +3

    Sears Tower is still my favorite building all time been fascinated with it since a kid

    • @Joshthetornadodude
      @Joshthetornadodude Місяць тому +1

      I’m still a kid I didn’t know it existed until i saw the life after people episode and I still love and I don’t understand how people think the petronas towers are “taller”

    • @BearsNCigars
      @BearsNCigars Місяць тому

      @ yea me neither I was like 7 when I visited it wanna go back to see the sky deck such an awesome building

  • @Mhavespass
    @Mhavespass 2 роки тому +2

    Finally seeing something from Malaysia 🇲🇾💙 in neo

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds8581 2 роки тому +56

    I've never been a big fan of super tall buildings and skyscrapers. I find engineering and architecture design that is way more ground based, a totally more enjoyable, useable, effective, productive and engaging than anything a tall building could ever provide.

    • @mishXY
      @mishXY 2 роки тому +14

      have you ever woken up above the clouds/fog and only see some other peaks sticking out.... it is quite breathtaking.

    • @jovimathews
      @jovimathews 2 роки тому +3

      It’s ok, some people are afraid of heights. Many mainland China still live in villages

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth 2 роки тому +5

      That's sooooo 2000 and late... ;-) I like both and they both have a roll to play if you ask me. Good design is good design no matter what form. As is bad design. Too many cut-rate towers ruined the reputation of the format the way that rock and roll was ruined by... oh let's say... Nickelback!

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth 2 роки тому +1

      @@jovimathews To each their own. Tall buildings for some, mini pinwheels and walk up flats for others!

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth 2 роки тому +1

      @@jovimathews Me? I'm a rowhouse fan... I love not having people above and below me, just next to me hopefully with proper sound and insulation!

  • @R.-.
    @R.-. 2 роки тому +65

    Would someone with engineering materials knowledge like to speculate how long these structures will last and what will eventually happen to them?
    Will older steel frame structures outlive modern tubular designs with open floorspace?
    Will we see more collapses in a few centuries or could they start leaning like the tower of Pisa?

    • @MVargic
      @MVargic 2 роки тому +1

      Without maintenance, reinforced pre-stressed concrete core skyscrapers will last centuries more than steel load bearing structures like the WTC twin towers or Sears Tower. With maintenance and repairs, basically any skyscraper on a stable foundation can last indefinitely and materials dont really matter

    • @julmdamaslefttoe3559
      @julmdamaslefttoe3559 2 роки тому +3

      i too think of this regularly, like surely there will be a disaster at the scale of 9/11 but instead structural collapses from shoddy construction, im 22 now, Was alive but not cognative during 2001, and means i got another 50 years maybe, and I just think, whats happened in the world since the 1970s, and 30 years before that there was a damn "world war"
      what will happen by 2070?

    • @Greippi10
      @Greippi10 2 роки тому +12

      Who knows what will happen over a time scale of centuries. I'd assume the tallest buildings would have to be demolished like they we're built, bit by bit from the top down, until it's small enough to be blown up. But what if Dubai is bankrupt by then?
      There's currently a hirgh-rise building in San Francisco that has sunk and is leaning slightly. It's still safe to live in but it seems they haven't even managed to stabilize it yet, even though it was noticed over 5 years ago! However considering how many of these buildings are around the world I think our understanding on soil movements and foundations is a lot better than when the tower of Pisa was built.

    • @xyzmediaandentertainment8313
      @xyzmediaandentertainment8313 2 роки тому +3

      Probably carbon fiber buildings

    • @hiftylonghead892
      @hiftylonghead892 2 роки тому +2

      All it takes is 1 war to ruin these vanity projects

  • @istheyear-ry1el
    @istheyear-ry1el 2 роки тому +20

    It's super hard and challenging to build one in this decade considering unexpected events happening around the world. For example the Merdeka PNB118 has been delayed its completion 4 times already. Mainly due to covid

  • @berlineczka
    @berlineczka 2 роки тому +40

    The most crazy thing is that Burj Khalifa has no connection to sanitary sewers. So, every day hundreds of tank trucks take out the faeces collected in the tower's cesspits and move it out. Just imagine building the biggest building in the world and not connecting it to sewerage. And imagine seeing everyday a long chain of tank trucks full of shit from Burj Khalifa driving through the city.

    • @as1m_
      @as1m_ 2 роки тому +2

      Wasnt this old news? And fixed now

    • @evilapple3427
      @evilapple3427 2 роки тому +3

      @@as1m_ nope, they still haven't fixed that yet. To connect such a tall building to sewage would require significant changes to the sewage system. Trucking might actually be a much cheaper option.

    • @luluatalmadam7331
      @luluatalmadam7331 2 роки тому +2

      @@evilapple3427 THE SEWARGE SYTEM IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATED TO FINSH AT THE END OF 2023

    • @tyronejones5657
      @tyronejones5657 2 роки тому +2

      As my dad is an expatriate, he told me that the sewage system in Dubai for the Burj Khalifa isn’t even an issue. I think people need to wake up from making stupid comments; if you want to see for yourself, fly out and you may be suprised.

    • @berlineczka
      @berlineczka 2 роки тому +2

      @@tyronejones5657 I did some research and it looks that this is an issue for the whole of Dubai, since at least 2010. Most of its skyscrapers are not connected to the sewerage, because it would overload the system. Instead, the waste is being transported via tankers.
      Basically, the sewerage system remembers 19th century and is long too small and too little for the fast developing metropolis.
      They are currently building a new sewerage that is planned to be completed in 2025.
      Nonetheless, it tells you enough about the people who rule Dubai: starting with a shiny show-off objects had priority over developing underbelly infrastructure first.

  • @aaquib2010
    @aaquib2010 2 роки тому +38

    When asked about the last hour (Doomsday) The Prophet replied, “That you see barefoot, unclothed herdsmen (the bedouin Arabs as explained by the prophet himself) competing in the construction of tall buildings.”
    Ref: Sunan Ibn Majah-Hadith 63, Musnad Imam Ahmad bin Hambal-Hadith 2924

    • @aaquib2010
      @aaquib2010 2 роки тому +2

      @@absttractive Different books give numbering differently sometimes. Search for the words and u will find it. This is a commonly known hadith indeed.

    • @absttractive
      @absttractive 2 роки тому +3

      @@aaquib2010 I've found it now that I searched by words, JazakAllahu Khair. :)

    • @aaquib2010
      @aaquib2010 2 роки тому +3

      @@absttractive wa iyyakum brother. Look more into it, u will find that it is indeed about the situation today in UAE and KSA

    • @MrMountainchris
      @MrMountainchris 2 роки тому

      Your sky wizard is imaginary. 🤣

    • @akuheikeiserllen3078
      @akuheikeiserllen3078 2 роки тому +7

      @@MrMountainchris the best you guys can do is ignore a fact by making fun of whom made it, honestly pathetic

  • @sHaKe2702
    @sHaKe2702 2 роки тому +4

    Umar ibn al-Khattab reported: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, one day when a man appeared…. we did not recognize him…. The man said, “Tell me about the final hour.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “The one asked does not know more than the one asking.” The man said, “Tell me about its signs.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “…..you will see barefoot, naked, and dependent shepherds compete in the construction of tall buildings.”
    (Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 8)
    Once barefoot, naked and dependent shepherd, now competing for the construction of tallest building, سبحن الله, the hour is nearby. Let’s all fear the day when we need to stand in front of ﷲ.

  • @andreybushev3020
    @andreybushev3020 2 роки тому +5

    Burj khalifa developer (EMAAR) owns 70% of developments in downtown Dubai so yeah they benefit a lot

  • @wolfenstien13
    @wolfenstien13 2 роки тому +2

    Another awesome video as usual. I really enjoyed this one.

  • @adhdmonster1369
    @adhdmonster1369 2 роки тому +60

    Every building in Egypt should look like a futuristic extension of its Bronze Age kingdoms just like their proposed tower. That would be amazing.

    • @Footballeditforfun
      @Footballeditforfun 2 роки тому +11

      I don’t think Egypt wants to only portrait one point of time, they also want to portrait there current Islamic culture….

    • @azzamkhalil26
      @azzamkhalil26 2 роки тому +7

      They should clean the disgusting nile river before anything

    • @adhdmonster1369
      @adhdmonster1369 2 роки тому +3

      @@Footballeditforfun I don’t care what they want to do. I want it to look like Stargate, dammit!

    • @adhdmonster1369
      @adhdmonster1369 2 роки тому

      @@azzamkhalil26 Fair enough.

    • @RedRocketthefirst
      @RedRocketthefirst 2 роки тому

      @@azzamkhalil26 Their whole country. Its fucking disgusting. But yeah I'm saying that from the Netherlands.

  • @whoisthis345
    @whoisthis345 7 місяців тому

    Oblisco Capitale looks really good. I'd love to see it in person, what a beautiful history. Go Egypt!

  • @narmale
    @narmale 2 роки тому +24

    i would LOVE to see the Oblisco Capitale in person if it were built, its would be amazing... a real tribute to their heritage

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth 2 роки тому +9

      Same. That would be one cool stop on a dream tour of The New Egypt! I have faith in Egypt building this because let's face it with an dictator with ambition and a huge army to construct it like a brand new capital east of Cairo makes it pretty easy to dream up, design and build in due time. Even if I'm not a fan of dictators by any means. Just saying that you tend to get what you want a lot faster for better or for worse... I'm glad Egypt is about modernization of trains and cities, infrastructure and not war like some others...

    • @narmale
      @narmale 2 роки тому

      @@stickynorth yeah i dont care about a political leader like that, they are almost always crooks, but this would be amazing to see standing 1km tall, would be so epic

  • @captain_noodles
    @captain_noodles 2 роки тому +2

    amazing video!!!
    your videos are amazing

  • @Yora21
    @Yora21 2 роки тому +25

    "Proposal" in the world of engineering feats means nothing. Everyone can draw plans for something stupidly big that they have no way of building. Proposed buildings can very well be bajilions of meters high. It's just making stuff up, even if the construction plans would be structurally sound.

  • @PapiJuancho312
    @PapiJuancho312 2 роки тому +2

    As a Chicagoan.. thanks you for calling it the Sears tower

  • @AllocatorsAsia
    @AllocatorsAsia 2 роки тому +22

    It’s a video I’m thinking of doing myself, wtf is up with Malaysia’s obsession with tall buildings? The twin towers, the exchange 106, and now Merdeka 118. Madness haha but really interesting !

    • @damani662
      @damani662 2 роки тому

      to show how high the corruption in the country

    • @dariusz501
      @dariusz501 2 роки тому +7

      Malaysia's obsession with tall building has been started long before Dubai's obsession with tall building. So i might say, it's already inside the dna😅. If malaysia has tonnes of money, they will overshadowing Dubai at no time.

    • @zaxisontherun
      @zaxisontherun 2 роки тому +5

      But China have more skyscrapers than Malaysia

    • @baraodascolinas979
      @baraodascolinas979 2 роки тому +7

      Probably because it is a recent emerging economy, new asian tiger, that had few urbanism before very recently (The urban population only surpassed rural population after the 1990s), a lot of economical growth, small land area (in the peninsula), so demand and money to build high in Kuala Lumpur is available. To @Cat, of course China has more skyscrappers, it has several times the population, economy, cities, etc, but Malaysia is a rather small country that punches way above its weight in tall buildings.

    • @AllocatorsAsia
      @AllocatorsAsia 2 роки тому +1

      @@baraodascolinas979 appreciate ya answer! That’s an awesome insight

  • @florentwozniak7059
    @florentwozniak7059 7 місяців тому

    Malaysia is incredibly underrated when it comes to skyscrapers ... They've got sooo many of them in Kuala Lumpur, I was amazed when I saw that there

  • @goldenfloof5469
    @goldenfloof5469 2 роки тому +8

    Imagine if the worlds tallest structure suddenly because a 10 km tall hoola hoop because someone decided to test how active support could work.

  • @BoydXplorer
    @BoydXplorer 2 роки тому +1

    Wow nice upload. Interesting to watch. Tnx 4sharing full watched 👍

  • @reggiep75
    @reggiep75 2 роки тому +13

    There'll come a time when there'll be a serious collapse, or series of accidents (that money can't cover up), and that'll be all that's need to make people reconsider competitively build upwards.

    • @lamchunting856
      @lamchunting856 2 роки тому +10

      Na, flexing never gets old

    • @kazisamir3411
      @kazisamir3411 2 роки тому +5

      Most middle eastern countries don't get natural disasters like earthquakes so it's not a big problem

    • @user-pr9qb6yi9w
      @user-pr9qb6yi9w 2 роки тому

      @@kazisamir3411 Aleppo disagrees

    • @reggiep75
      @reggiep75 2 роки тому +3

      @@kazisamir3411 - The human rights investigations into worker living conditions are still a problem and they know it. Workers coming from outside of the UAE are not respected in the same manner as workers native to the country.

    • @reggiep75
      @reggiep75 2 роки тому

      @@lamchunting856 - Until the building flexes and bends over to kiss it's own feet. You just know that there's someone who wants something, no matter what, and their money says they're allowed to have it...
      Until the dead bodies are pulled out of the bent steel.

  • @maanmallak8953
    @maanmallak8953 2 роки тому +1

    ففي حديث جبريل المعروف عندما سأل النبيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عن الساعة وقال: أخبرني عن أمارتها. فقال صلى الله عليه وسلم: أن تلد الأمة ربتها، وأن ترى الحفاة العراة العالة رعاء الشاء يتطاولون في البنيان. رواه مسلم

  • @CharliMorganMusic
    @CharliMorganMusic 2 роки тому +3

    The BK may be the tallest, but it's also the only one that requires a convoy of poop trucks to service it on the daily.

  • @ClunFunDun
    @ClunFunDun 2 роки тому +1

    So helpful. Thank you for making the video

  • @sjajsjsja4523
    @sjajsjsja4523 2 роки тому +7

    I care most about highest occipied floor. Seeing how tall we can build purely for spectacle is cool, but I just don't care about it as much.

  • @tehdusto
    @tehdusto 2 роки тому +2

    The way you said "Toronto" as "Toronno" let's me know that you're a real one.

  • @ascott2168
    @ascott2168 2 роки тому +5

    Thanks for clearing up the Sears Tower vs. Petronas Towers height controversy in 3D 👏🏽

    • @vomm
      @vomm 2 роки тому +3

      "Controversy". 99% of all people on the planet immediately see that the Sears Tower is taller. The rest would be Malaysians and a few coked-up academics.

    • @ameybirulkar7503
      @ameybirulkar7503 10 місяців тому

      ​@@vomm yes right.

  • @mysteriousDSF
    @mysteriousDSF 2 роки тому

    Amazing video, I love your channel!!

  • @dfsdfsdfsdfsdsdfsdfsad3652
    @dfsdfsdfsdfsdsdfsdfsad3652 2 роки тому +4

    It was narrated that 'Umar said:
    "We were sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) when a man came to him whose clothes were intensely white and whose hair was intensely black; no signs of travel could be seen upon him, and none of us recognized him. He sat down facing the Prophet (ﷺ), with his knees touching his, and he put his hands on his thighs, and said: 'O Muhammad, what is Islam?' He said: 'To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and that I am the Messenger of Allah, to establish regular prayer, to pay Zakat, to fast in Ramadan, and to perform Hajj to the House (the Ka'bah).' He said: 'You have spoken the truth.' We were amazed by him: He asked a question, then told him that he had spoken the truth. Then he said: 'O Muhammad, what is Iman faith? He said: 'To believe in Allah, His angels, His Messengers, His books, the Last day, and the Divine Decree (Qadar), both the good of it and the bad of it.' He said' You have spoken the truth.' We were amazed by him. He asked a question, then told him that he had spoken the truth. Then he said: 'O Muhammad, what is Ihsan (right action, goodness, sincerity)? He said: 'To worship Allah as if you see Him, for even though you do not see Him, He sees you.' He asked: "When will the Hour be?' He said: 'The one who is being asked about it does not know more than the one who is asking.' He asked: 'Then what are its signs?' he said: 'When the slave woman gives birth to her mistress' (Waki' said: This means when non-Arabs will give birth to Arabs") 'and when you see barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds competing in constructing tall buildings.' The Prophet (ﷺ) met me three days later and asked me: 'Do you know who that man was? I said" 'Allah and his Messenger know best.' He said: 'That was Jibril, who came to you to teach you your religion.'"
    حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ كَهْمَسِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْمَرَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ، قَالَ كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ شَدِيدُ بَيَاضِ الثِّيَابِ شَدِيدُ سَوَادِ شَعَرِ الرَّأْسِ لاَ يُرَى عَلَيْهِ أَثَرُ السَّفَرِ وَلاَ يَعْرِفُهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَجَلَسَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَأَسْنَدَ رُكْبَتَهُ إِلَى رُكْبَتِهِ وَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى فَخِذَيْهِ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا الإِسْلاَمُ قَالَ ‏"‏ شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَإِقَامُ الصَّلاَةِ وَإِيتَاءُ الزَّكَاةِ وَصَوْمُ رَمَضَانَ وَحَجُّ الْبَيْتِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ ‏.‏ فَعَجِبْنَا مِنْهُ يَسْأَلُهُ وَيُصَدِّقُهُ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا الإِيمَانُ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلاَئِكَتِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ ‏.‏ فَعَجِبْنَا مِنْهُ يَسْأَلُهُ وَيُصَدِّقُهُ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا الإِحْسَانُ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ لاَ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَمَتَى السَّاعَةُ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَا الْمَسْئُولُ عَنْهَا بِأَعْلَمَ مِنَ السَّائِلِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَمَا أَمَارَتُهَا قَالَ ‏"‏ أَنْ تَلِدَ الأَمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَكِيعٌ يَعْنِي تَلِدُ الْعَجَمُ الْعَرَبَ ‏"‏ وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبِنَاءِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ فَلَقِيَنِي النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بَعْدَ ثَلاَثٍ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَتَدْرِي مَنِ الرَّجُلُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ ذَاكَ جِبْرِيلُ أَتَاكُمْ يُعَلِّمُكُمْ مَعَالِمَ دِينِكُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏
    Grade: Sahih (Darussalam)
    Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 63
    In-book reference : Introduction, Hadith 63
    English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 63

  • @spencer8035
    @spencer8035 Рік тому

    i love tall buildings. I live in utah and I was excited because they are building the new tallest building in SLC right now which is going to be a whopping 451 foot tall building! Nothing compared to other cities!

  • @glennbabic5954
    @glennbabic5954 2 роки тому +74

    I wonder if these architects detail all the materials, stresses and logistics of building their designs or they just sell them based on cred and pretty pictures.

    • @thewelshdragon1567
      @thewelshdragon1567 2 роки тому +28

      Well they don’t, most of that it passes on to structural and civil engineers who validate the design

    • @phillbozz853
      @phillbozz853 2 роки тому +14

      They don’t care that’s what I’ve heard studying civil engineering

    • @timo5229
      @timo5229 2 роки тому +4

      Architects do some of it but they mainly focus on the design, a structural engineer will figure out how to actually build it

    • @reggiep75
      @reggiep75 2 роки тому +3

      Those people are 'edge lords' and not architects/engineers. The same type of people who'll pass the project to construction companies who use physical labourers from other nations as they matter less to the nation in question that is getting its 'super, I'm the best, high tower' built.

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 2 роки тому +3

      I propose a solid stone pyramid that is 100 kilometers high.
      Unlike those towers, my design is even structurally sound.
      Please include me in these videos for the largest currently proposed structure.

  • @Luxuriousvibestv
    @Luxuriousvibestv 2 роки тому +1

    The crazy thing is that
    It's written in the noble Quraan that one of the end of the world signs is that it will come a time when people race for reaching the skies with their buildings 🥲

  • @Mad_Martigen
    @Mad_Martigen 2 роки тому +19

    The proposed Sky Mile High tower in Japan....a country that's prone to earthquakes? I'm not an engineer but curious as to why would they propose to build such a mega high structure where earthquakes are prone to happen?

    • @notpassword
      @notpassword 2 роки тому +17

      The 3rd tallest structure in the world is in Tokyo. I guess they've figured it out. (I'm also not an engineer)

    • @ahmeddarwich9267
      @ahmeddarwich9267 2 роки тому +1

      I remember watching a video about megastructure I think 6 years ago and it showed some kind of machine or pendulum swing that counters the earthquake

  • @ttpandanationtt6037
    @ttpandanationtt6037 2 роки тому +2

    In a number of narrations, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ expressed the fact that the Day of Judgment would not pass until the appearance of high-rise buildings among the inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula. Thus, in Sahih al-Bukhari we read that among the signs of the Day of Judgment is “when the destitute (al-buhm) camelherds compete in building tall structures.” In Sahih Muslim it is written: “you shall see the barefoot, naked, indigent (al-`âla) shepherds compete in building tall structures.”

    • @daikucoffee5316
      @daikucoffee5316 2 роки тому

      Sure, the towers are useless but Religion is bullshit.

  • @cojack5080
    @cojack5080 2 роки тому +40

    Wait wait wait. Tokyo thinks its a good idea to put a mile high tower, with WIND slots, on a small man-made ILSAND on the WATER'S edge of a tsunami prone ocean?!

    • @red_moon_7760
      @red_moon_7760 2 роки тому +13

      ...and on islands with around 1500 earthquake a year.

    • @MarkWTK
      @MarkWTK 2 роки тому +4

      from a demography point of view, how are they going to occupy it with their declining population

    • @RK-cj4oc
      @RK-cj4oc 2 роки тому +1

      @@MarkWTK not. They are building it to keep their real estate market up. Which will help keep the current population wealthier.

    • @doublejumpvideogames....
      @doublejumpvideogames.... 2 роки тому +7

      Also godzilla

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 2 роки тому +1

      1600 meters

  • @mutazalayan2757
    @mutazalayan2757 2 роки тому +1

    فعن عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه في حديث جبريل، ومجيئه لرسول الله عليه الصلاة والسلام وسؤاله عن الإسلام والإيمان والإحسان، وعن الساعة، أخبره عليه الصلاة والسلام عن أمارتِها، وذكر: “أن تلدُ الأمة ربتها، وأن ترى الحفاة العراة رعاة الشاء يتطاولون في البنيان” رواه مسلم.

  • @rutvikrs
    @rutvikrs 2 роки тому +16

    Imagine being in one of these buildings during a violent storm let alone an earthquake. 😂

    • @Brmeel
      @Brmeel 2 роки тому +15

      They’re designed to hold their place in these situations but yeah it would be quite scary

    • @jihadi-against-oppression
      @jihadi-against-oppression 2 роки тому +5

      "One of the signs of Doomsday is the rivalry of bare-footed and poor shepherds (Nomad Arabs) in constructing high buildings and boasting about it."
      ~ 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗱 (𝗽𝗯𝘂𝗵)

    • @potatoeskimos
      @potatoeskimos Рік тому

      @@jihadi-against-oppression People are not trying competing anymore.

    • @weinser7278
      @weinser7278 10 місяців тому

      @@BrmeelI wouldn’t care tbh

  • @justingroff3682
    @justingroff3682 Рік тому

    MI 4 for someone who is a daredevil loves roller coasters and heights and is mildly afraid but enjoys the fear of being in them and having been to the Sears Tower w my dad in 1998 when it was tallest building in America and later witnessing the 2nd tallest waterfall in the world Yosemite Falls and praying one day to go to S America n Africa to see Victoria and Angel falls. I never got to before my dad died of stage four cancer but I will never forget the time we spent together even the small things like being on the Amtrack on our way to Las Angeles watching of all movies ironically a film called City of Angels and as it ended....crying and trying to hide it as tough men from one another but letting that go and seeing him cry and letting him see me will go down as one of my favorite moments w my father whom i still miss and I know is w Jesus in Paradise right now because he had faith like no other man i ever knew in person He stood for me like a Giant a man that had the courage of Harry Potter and the enjoying of life of otters and riding waves on a boogie board was his favorite thing to do in life period and Good Vibrations by the beach boys was appropriately his favorite song and his favorite other song w my mom was Time in a Bottle both amazing songs but for me Pet Sounds and going to Ocean City MD makes me cry thinking of my father and anytime I get in a skyscraper anytime I go fishing for he spent most of his days mornings and nights out on the Susquehanna River or a pond or lake near our Cecil County Home in Conowingo MD and I always hated them but we went to the west for one main reason to see Lighthouses on the rocky Pacific coast for my dad and we saw 3 near Seattle and between there and Lake Tahoe Oregon but on the coast so about 200 miles of windy 30 mph coastline but so gorgeous i got why he loves those beacons of light for ships that would otherwise wreck and I think of my dad now w tall buildings in general

    • @justingroff3682
      @justingroff3682 Рік тому

      i had no idea i went w my dad in 1998 the year Sears was dethroned that is cool that means I got to see it the last partial year it was still the tallest building in the world so cool it is as if my dad knew about India building the new one so strange so kismet that was a God thing a Jesus moment a Oprah aha thing wow so amazing i can't put how awesome that is into words for someone like me who loves Superman II because I love the Eiffel Tower and all things tall towers and buildings and Space Needles etc

  • @qpwoeiruty108
    @qpwoeiruty108 2 роки тому +3

    in my opinion this is all about people's willing and passion. those were years of competing, prosperity and growth, and Dubai had made everything possible to prove themselves as the one of the biggest tourists cities in the world.
    but now we're living in the era of global pandemic, conflicts or maybe even on the brink of world war 3

  • @randy25rhoads
    @randy25rhoads 7 місяців тому

    An video comparing Minoru Yamasaki’s skyscrapers would definitely be interesting.

  • @robertschneck8583
    @robertschneck8583 2 роки тому +11

    One of these days, Dubai should consider putting in a sewer system.

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth 2 роки тому +3

      With all that black gold coming in before... And now tourism dollars... You'd think so... especially since sewage is actually a huge resource that could be turned into cheap biofuels and electricity with little effort besides an aerobic digester the way some cattle farms here in Alberta use 'em to create enough power to run a city, I shit you not! Or YES in this case... My crappy home town could in theory be run entirely be waste from its High Density Feedlot aka its local "Bovine University Campus." But you know...

    • @troyarrington5492
      @troyarrington5492 2 роки тому +3

      The city is a boom town. It won’t last too long. No need for a long term investment like a sewer system

    • @User-qz2wz
      @User-qz2wz 2 роки тому +1

      Sewage systems have been fixed a while ago

  • @kward0321
    @kward0321 10 місяців тому +1

    What about the CN tower in Toronto which was completed in 1976 and was only surpassed by the midpoint construction of the Burj in the early 2000s

  • @HawkLad
    @HawkLad 2 роки тому +4

    One of the questions that Jibril (‘alayhis salam) posed to Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was, ‘Inform me of the signs of Qiyamah’.
    In response, Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
    “…And you will see barefoot naked poor shepherds/Bedouins vying with one another in the construction of buildings…”
    (Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 1)

  • @GarryLoke
    @GarryLoke Рік тому +1

    03:22 Petronas Twin Towers. Each tower was built by a different contractor, and importantly, in different countries. The purpose was to have each country compete with each other. Interestingly, one of the towers slightly deviated from the original plan. If you look closely with the naked eye, you can spot that.😀 What I can say is that Petronas Twin Towers are still the tallest in the Twin Towers (twin building) category."
    😀

    • @r62aguy85
      @r62aguy85 Рік тому

      Well technically yes now but before 9/11 no as that was held by the twin towers of the World Trade Center

    • @enchantedhamburger8934
      @enchantedhamburger8934 11 місяців тому

      @@r62aguy85 wtc is shorter than the petronas twin towers

  • @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687
    @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687 2 роки тому +27

    Race for building the tallest empty buildings

    • @MVargic
      @MVargic 2 роки тому

      China likely has more empty skyscrapers than rest of the world combined

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth 2 роки тому

      That's the spirit! And besides the office vacancy rate don't matter when you pull in $200M in tourism revenue from slack-jawed bumpkins from Nebraska and Liverpool paying $99 a pop! Hence why every super tall tends to add them. Are they tacky? Yes! But they are very profitable!

  • @toenailcheeseman
    @toenailcheeseman 2 роки тому +1

    Anyone know the name of the background song at 9:00 ??

  • @yi6
    @yi6 2 роки тому +11

    Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him said "One of the signs of Doomsday is the rivalry of bare-footed and poor shepherds in constructing high buildings and boasting about it.” (Bukhari, Fitan: 25; Ahmad bin Hanbal, Musnad, II/313)
    How can the prophet muhammad ( peace be upon him ) know about this 1400 years ago?
    Read about Islam everyone,
    Islam is the Truth. ❤️

    • @notyousef7887
      @notyousef7887 2 роки тому +2

      Allah Hu akbar

    • @deussivenatura5805
      @deussivenatura5805 2 роки тому

      Because he understood man's ego, the need to be better than and tower over others. It's a pretty simply observation.

    • @yi6
      @yi6 2 роки тому

      @@deussivenatura5805 No, because he is the last prophet and messenger of Allah. Peace be upon him. ❤️ Islam is the Truth.

  • @kenocontreras
    @kenocontreras Рік тому +1

    This has become my favorite channel to binge! Thanks a lot for creating such amazing content!

  • @Ragnarok540
    @Ragnarok540 2 роки тому +18

    The tallest building requires a massive number of poop trucks (you read that right) because it is not connected to a sewage system. A bigger building will require a poop train. Why they didn't build a sewage system first? Is not as flashy as the tallest building, that's why.

    • @Anti_degenerate
      @Anti_degenerate 2 роки тому +4

      Cope

    • @RyanTosh
      @RyanTosh 2 роки тому +6

      This is a myth

    • @ab.h440
      @ab.h440 2 роки тому

      At least it’s better than London, when they flushed all the poop and shit into their river when the sewage system couldn’t handle it

    • @revenger211
      @revenger211 2 роки тому +6

      You people will jump on whatever wagon that passes by to justify getting mad at something... this was an old problem that got fixed years and years ago. Hence why all the videos of the "poop trucks" are in crappy quality. That's how old this is.

  • @alparslankorkmaz2964
    @alparslankorkmaz2964 2 роки тому +1

    Nice video.

  • @drabberfrog
    @drabberfrog 2 роки тому +15

    2:40 I love the fact that there are people in this world who genuinely believe the building on the right is taller than one on the left. It really shows that you can be a genius while lacking any common sense.

    • @Dazzle-Delight
      @Dazzle-Delight 2 роки тому

      Yeah, it should really just be given on absolute height, which sears tower is clearly taller. Even the antennas have a limit to how tall they can be on the roof of a building. So if the petronas really wanted to be officially taller, just add taller spires.

    • @giraffestreet
      @giraffestreet 2 роки тому

      B1M also made a video about these building heights controversy (The Worlds Tallest Building is Shorter than You Think).
      Edit: Also B1M made another video about overall combined floor space of these super tall building. And when compared it with Burj Khalifa, the Burj Khalifa has less floor space than many of the top ten worlds tallest building (The True Scales of the Worlds Tallest Building).

  • @cadbimtech7481
    @cadbimtech7481 2 роки тому

    Really good presentation and knowledgeable video

  • @bassamdayem
    @bassamdayem 2 роки тому +5

    This is one of Prophet Muhammad's prophecies about the future, he mentioned this race 1400 hundred years ago.
    The Hadith records that Muhammad (pbuh) was asked about the signs of the “Last Hour” and amongst other things, said:
    “When you see barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds competing in constructing tall buildings.”

    • @user-wu7nv2bj6f
      @user-wu7nv2bj6f 2 роки тому +1

      How cringe. It is normal for humans to build tall buildings. Like the pagans in Egypt did with their Pyramids, or the oldest tallest building also mentioned inside the bible in Canaan / southern Levant. The tower of Jericho. And no, the last hour is not neat. People thought that already with WW II.

  • @saranbhatia8809
    @saranbhatia8809 2 роки тому

    Nicely put together!

  • @robtyman4281
    @robtyman4281 2 роки тому +6

    Notice how it's only 'insecure' countries (ones not sure of themselves or desperate to seek world approval), and those countries with oppressive regimes who are obsessed with trying to build the world's tallest buildings.
    Most countries in the western world don't, as they think there there are more important things to be occupied with. No European country is remotely interested in building the tallest building in the world.
    But then we have ultra strict planning laws which prohibit the construction of buildings above a certain height. And that's how it should be. There comes a point where the safety and welfare of people starts. becoming a real issue where extreme heights are concerned.
    Sooner or later people will experience altitude sickness as the height at which it's still tolerable for humans is breached and exceeded. My guess is that the country where this happens will either be an oil rich Middle Eastern country.......or China.

    • @lexprontera8325
      @lexprontera8325 2 роки тому +1

      Exactly - backward, oppressive, dictatorial regimes build tall towers as if that's some legacy, some mark of culture.
      I was checking something on WP about the Egyptian pyramids and noticed a graph showing the biggest ever pyramid is in North Korea - that idiotic hotel of theirs - a moment for a laugh and a frustrated facepalm.

    • @robtyman4281
      @robtyman4281 2 роки тому

      @NJR ...at least we don't live in a country where the regime kills its own citizens. To have 'free speech ' is to be human. It's the very 'essence' of being alive.
      And no, I'm not at all jealous of the Burj Khalifa or some new insanely high building in a city no one has heard about outside China.
      We really do have better things to think about, and be occupied with. Having the world's tallest building ranks pretty low among most Europeans. They simply aren't bothered and don't care for such things.
      As a continent, Europe may have a chequered, and at times dark history; but by and large European countries know how to treat their own citizens in 2022.
      No one goes 'missing' in suspicious circumstances in the UK, because of a shady regime.
      I would describe the current UK government as being top down and somewhat autocratic - but they're not a brutal regime run by a ruthless and blood thirsty dictator; one who kills those that don't agree with their politics.

    • @robtyman4281
      @robtyman4281 2 роки тому

      @NJR ....blahdy blah blah blah .........🥱

    • @affan3095
      @affan3095 2 роки тому

      @@robtyman4281 indeed democracy'lmao ..
      Irony west talking about oppressive about invading various middle east countries for oil.
      Make proxy wars for their interest..
      Yes very nice developed countries..
      How's the school shootings going on States John!
      Don't worry asian will comes unlike Nazi sympathizers of Ukraine.

    • @affan3095
      @affan3095 2 роки тому

      @@robtyman4281 yes Europeans invaded libya and make it a failed state..
      How is France with it's ex colonies.
      How's raicsm in European countries..
      Yes u get killed in Europe for free speech remember russia!?
      They r good as its.. don't worry
      Isn't Iranian regime was set up by France and uk when shah natinalize their oil.
      Ur statement contradicts what Europeans have done to middle east for decades in name of freedom.
      Isn't Iraq was successful before invasion unlike now..
      Wonder why migrants crisis originated..
      Where were u when billion of fund's r given to Israel .
      Isn't NATO once supported terrsrt group to topple regimes..
      How many war crimes ur people have done in Last decade.?????

  • @finn7530
    @finn7530 2 роки тому

    i like the music you include :)

  • @CookingwithYarda
    @CookingwithYarda 2 роки тому +8

    ''Build the Jedi tower, you must''
    Yoda

  • @The-ism-of-isms
    @The-ism-of-isms 2 роки тому +5

    "One of the signs of Doomsday is the rivalry of bare-footed and poor shepherds in constructing high buildings and boasting about it.” - Prophet Muhammed (saw)
    (Bukhari, Fitan: 25; Ahmad bin Hanbal, Musnad, II/313)
    (For the layman) What is meant by it is the nomads living in the desert invading the state and owning it by force, causing a big change. Thus, their wealth will increase and they will try to construct high buildings and start to boast of them. We witnessed them in this period.

    • @Brmeel
      @Brmeel 2 роки тому

      Don’t forget the part where deserts turn into green land Which is currently happening in Saudi Arabia it’s an another sign of doomsday

  • @faksone
    @faksone Рік тому

    8:44 a pharaonic tower as an oblisk??😲
    Now that's another level of Urbanism

  • @lifeisgood141
    @lifeisgood141 2 роки тому +6

    China still has the most tall skyscrapers. However, It comes to senses that super tall skyscrapers are no longer practical other than for vanity and status statement.

    • @baraodascolinas979
      @baraodascolinas979 2 роки тому +3

      China also recently installed a height limit of 500 meters for new buildings because of economical soundness. A move that many countries could also do, with lowers heights too.

  • @sh0ryualfa393
    @sh0ryualfa393 Рік тому

    7:07 - 7:30
    This reminds me so much of Mirror's Edge futuristic metropolis

  • @charbelh.boutros4971
    @charbelh.boutros4971 2 роки тому +3

    With Tokyo's seismic activity, it's nauseating enough to be on the 5th floor - imagine being on the 200th when a 7.0 strikes... Sky Mile Tower? No thanks! (PS: I love Tokyo)

  • @lokingbob
    @lokingbob 2 роки тому +1

    Thats the Handcock building in chicago not the Willis Tower at 5:20

    • @Riptionator
      @Riptionator 2 роки тому +1

      Hancock not Handcock 😂 but yeah. Came here to say the same.

    • @lokingbob
      @lokingbob 2 роки тому

      @@Riptionator pretty sure it's handcock XD

  • @ensemfunny
    @ensemfunny 2 роки тому +5

    Proud to be Malaysian 🇲🇾 we are the city with mostly had spire 😂

  • @Jeremynano
    @Jeremynano 2 роки тому

    تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ

  • @kazisamir3411
    @kazisamir3411 2 роки тому +5

    Jeddah tower (now named King Salam tower) is planned to restart work at the end of 2023. The work of the economy city is still going on. Only the main tower work is paused

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth 2 роки тому

      I sure hope so! I'm hopeful for any skyscraper proposal, TBH!

    • @jihadi-against-oppression
      @jihadi-against-oppression 2 роки тому

      "One of the signs of Doomsday is the rivalry of bare-footed and poor shepherds (Nomad Arabs) in constructing high buildings and boasting about it."
      ~ 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗱 (𝗽𝗯𝘂𝗵)

  • @TheRandomTurtleOfficial
    @TheRandomTurtleOfficial Рік тому

    Amazing video

  • @rootsmanuva82
    @rootsmanuva82 2 роки тому +3

    In my unofficial book, the The Petronas Towers will forever be a faux record holder. They surpassed the Sears Tower even though the highest floor was 124 feet below the Sears Tower (1,230 ft vs.1,354 ft), has 88 floors instead of 110 and it’s tip at 1,483 feet is 246 feet lower than the Sears Tower which is 1,729 feet. It became the tallest because it’s architectural height was an inconsequential 33 feet higher. When viewed side by side on a diagram the Petronas Towers are literally and visually shorter. And no, I won’t call it the Willis Tower.

  • @Rafatdk
    @Rafatdk 2 роки тому +2

    Who said: when you see the barefooted shepard competing in building taaaaaall buildings then you know the final hour is around the corner,answer: the greatest man ever lived prophet Mohammed.

  • @T21608JR
    @T21608JR 2 роки тому +10

    How can you miss PNB118 which is almost completed 2nd tallest tower in the world?

    • @booaks2980
      @booaks2980 2 роки тому +1

      Because this video is about the tallest building in the future not 2nd or 3rd

    • @T21608JR
      @T21608JR 2 роки тому

      @@booaks2980 what is future about if they can't be completed? Just a joke 🤣