The Never Ending Race to Build High

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    Video Description:
    Ever since the Burj Khalifa became the world's tallest building upon completion in 2010 Dubai has held the title. And that despite many announcements about projects worldwide set to dethrone the Burj Khalifa, such as the Jeddah Tower (Kingdom Tower) in Saudi Arabia, the Azerbaijan Tower, the Sky Mile Tower in Tokyo or the Creek Tower.
    This video explores the difficult projects and looks at their current state.
    Images via Getty
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  • @ASLUHLUHCE
    @ASLUHLUHCE Рік тому +796

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

    • @Ingenius_
      @Ingenius_ Рік тому +50

      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 Рік тому +66

      @@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 Рік тому +36

      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 Рік тому +20

      @@__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 Рік тому +5

      The end is near :/

  • @screwyourhandle
    @screwyourhandle Рік тому +911

    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 Рік 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 Рік тому +8

      Sounds like a dream

    • @arryn786
      @arryn786 Рік тому +64

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

    • @manusinghgill8707
      @manusinghgill8707 Рік тому +35

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

    • @xK3NY0x
      @xK3NY0x Рік 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

  • @Freak80MC
    @Freak80MC Рік тому +368

    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 Рік тому +28

      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 Рік тому +12

      @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 Рік тому +2

      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 Рік тому +3

      @@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 Рік тому +3

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

  • @TheElizondo88
    @TheElizondo88 Рік тому +122

    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. Рік тому

      Yes true

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon 9 місяців тому +9

      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 5 місяців тому +1

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

  • @eddyk3
    @eddyk3 Рік тому +43

    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 Рік тому +10

      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 Рік тому +1

      "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)

  • @TheUpcomingPayday
    @TheUpcomingPayday 8 місяців тому +10

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

  • @Horus100
    @Horus100 Рік тому +69

    the egyptian tower looks so good

    • @alexandervandevelde2311
      @alexandervandevelde2311 Рік тому +15

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

    • @The-ZebraFinch-Channel
      @The-ZebraFinch-Channel Рік тому +2

      🇸🇾🇸🇾🔥🔥

    • @vomm
      @vomm Рік 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 Рік тому

      @@vomm cry harder hater

    • @WuffiePhoenix
      @WuffiePhoenix Рік тому +1

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

  • @eringanley1796
    @eringanley1796 Рік тому +110

    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!

  • @cuddlepuppy69
    @cuddlepuppy69 Рік тому +129

    love the comments on this video of people who havent made it to the end yet. seen 4 mentioning about how the jeddah is on hold and people mentioning the various towers that dont count as buildings, despite the fact neo has talked about all of this

    • @ryan-xe9ez
      @ryan-xe9ez Рік тому +4

      I live in jeddah, the tower resumed work earlier this year

    • @koen-_-8241
      @koen-_-8241 Рік тому

      @@ryan-xe9ez wait really?

    • @TwistRemiss
      @TwistRemiss Рік тому

      @@koen-_-8241 yes, i also live in jeddah aswell. They resumed construction but its moving slowly. Currently, more work is being put into the surrounding district instead of the building itself

    • @ryan-xe9ez
      @ryan-xe9ez Рік тому

      @@koen-_-8241 yes, they're practically building a mini city around it

  • @richardschofield2201
    @richardschofield2201 Рік тому +115

    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__ Рік тому +2

      very true

    • @annmshoeb2692
      @annmshoeb2692 Рік тому +1

      form vs function

    • @mehyomollem4763
      @mehyomollem4763 Рік тому +10

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

    • @hananirtaza3861
      @hananirtaza3861 Рік тому +3

      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 +1

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

  • @Accuraid
    @Accuraid Рік тому +6

    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.

  • @TheRealLink
    @TheRealLink Рік тому +20

    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!

  • @g-rated3514
    @g-rated3514 Рік тому +35

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

  • @alexc.7274
    @alexc.7274 Рік тому +8

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

  • @free_spirit1
    @free_spirit1 Рік тому +82

    "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 Рік тому +24

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

  • @Redman147
    @Redman147 Рік тому +318

    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 Рік тому +74

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

    • @bamsuth9650
      @bamsuth9650 Рік тому +1

      @@sk-pp8uj true

    • @xxDxxism
      @xxDxxism Рік тому +1

      @@sk-pp8uj NYC be like

    • @einundsiebenziger5488
      @einundsiebenziger5488 Рік тому +5

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

    • @xxDxxism
      @xxDxxism Рік тому +28

      @@einundsiebenziger5488 settle down grammar police this is the internet

  • @benwillvv
    @benwillvv Рік тому +5

    Thanks for this level of clarity!

  • @slowknife2873
    @slowknife2873 Рік тому +12

    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 Рік тому +3

      Ah yes flying horse fantasy

    • @slowknife2873
      @slowknife2873 Рік тому

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

    • @alpha-particle6585
      @alpha-particle6585 Рік тому +6

      ​@@_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 Рік 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 Рік тому

      @@_emminowithoutl4995 do you know how to read?

  • @zombieat
    @zombieat Рік тому +125

    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 Рік тому +5

      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 Рік тому +1

      @@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 Рік тому

      Ah, yes, the Sumerians!

    • @akalion213
      @akalion213 Рік тому +1

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

  • @leocremonezi
    @leocremonezi Рік тому +5

    Very nice video! Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷👊🏻

  • @nikolatasev4948
    @nikolatasev4948 Рік тому +26

    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 10 місяців тому +2

      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 10 місяців тому +3

      @@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 10 місяців тому +2

      @@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.

  • @wolfenstien13
    @wolfenstien13 Рік тому

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

  • @mcrazza
    @mcrazza Рік тому +20

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

  • @ph11p3540
    @ph11p3540 Рік тому +142

    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 Рік тому +48

      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 Рік тому +3

      @@EbonySaints 😭🤣

    • @Omar-uk1dq
      @Omar-uk1dq Рік тому +6

      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 10 місяців тому

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

    • @Rizefix
      @Rizefix 7 місяців тому +1

      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

  • @momojafar9385
    @momojafar9385 Рік тому +10

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

  • @mysteriousDSF
    @mysteriousDSF Рік тому

    Amazing video, I love your channel!!

  • @captain_noodles
    @captain_noodles Рік тому +2

    amazing video!!!
    your videos are amazing

  • @mrmangoberry8394
    @mrmangoberry8394 Рік тому +419

    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 Рік тому +137

      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 Рік тому +40

      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 Рік тому +23

      It’s cool

    • @dan-theodordorobat2216
      @dan-theodordorobat2216 Рік тому

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

    • @tranium67
      @tranium67 Рік тому +34

      Tourism/attention= MONEY

  • @seifeldin.
    @seifeldin. Рік тому +4

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

  • @portostrengthunion
    @portostrengthunion Рік тому

    So helpful. Thank you for making the video

  • @saranbhatia8809
    @saranbhatia8809 Рік тому

    Nicely put together!

  • @Mad_Martigen
    @Mad_Martigen Рік тому +18

    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 Рік тому +15

      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 Рік 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

  • @princeofchetarria5375
    @princeofchetarria5375 Рік тому +64

    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

    • @Muslimiintawaawalaalo
      @Muslimiintawaawalaalo Рік тому +4

      So turn your home to church 🤣🤣😁

    • @ihavenoideahowtocallmyself3849
      @ihavenoideahowtocallmyself3849 Рік тому +9

      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 Рік 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 Рік тому +3

      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.

  • @A1441
    @A1441 Рік тому +2

    I like the narrator's very clear and unhurried voice. I can understand it perfectly even though English is my second language. Also, the script is well-written ably supported by wonderful images and videos. Kudos! New subscriber here.

  • @BoydXplorer
    @BoydXplorer Рік тому +1

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

  • @JoJoUchiha07
    @JoJoUchiha07 Рік тому +5

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

  • @AllocatorsAsia
    @AllocatorsAsia Рік тому +21

    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 Рік тому

      to show how high the corruption in the country

    • @dariusz501
      @dariusz501 Рік тому +6

      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.

    • @catzzzz1450
      @catzzzz1450 Рік тому +4

      But China have more skyscrapers than Malaysia

    • @baraodascolinas979
      @baraodascolinas979 Рік тому +6

      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 Рік тому

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

  • @kenocontreras
    @kenocontreras 9 місяців тому +1

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

  • @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.

  • @andreybushev3020
    @andreybushev3020 Рік тому +5

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

  • @narmale
    @narmale Рік тому +21

    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 Рік тому +8

      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 Рік 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

  • @cadbimtech7481
    @cadbimtech7481 Рік тому

    Really good presentation and knowledgeable video

  • @vinncentmann
    @vinncentmann Рік тому +2

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

  • @istheyear-ry1el
    @istheyear-ry1el Рік тому +18

    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

  • @goldenfloof5469
    @goldenfloof5469 Рік 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.

  • @ThePratech
    @ThePratech Рік тому

    Very Nicely Done Video

  • @whoisthis345
    @whoisthis345 15 днів тому

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

  • @user-vj9qz3br6l
    @user-vj9qz3br6l Рік 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

  • @Yora21
    @Yora21 Рік 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.

  • @christianmendonca3517
    @christianmendonca3517 Рік тому

    Your channel is just the best! Keep doing this amazing work.

  • @BearsNCigars
    @BearsNCigars 3 місяці тому

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

  • @Muffin_Top20
    @Muffin_Top20 Рік тому +3

    can we get much higher, high, so high...

  • @robertschneck8583
    @robertschneck8583 Рік тому +10

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

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth Рік 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 Рік 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 Рік тому +1

      Sewage systems have been fixed a while ago

  • @TheRandomTurtleOfficial
    @TheRandomTurtleOfficial 8 місяців тому

    Amazing video

  • @juanmartinramallo6734
    @juanmartinramallo6734 Рік тому

    Very good that all me gustan todos los vídeos muchas gracias che

  • @reggiep75
    @reggiep75 Рік тому +12

    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 Рік тому +10

      Na, flexing never gets old

    • @kazisamir3411
      @kazisamir3411 Рік тому +5

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

    • @user-pr9qb6yi9w
      @user-pr9qb6yi9w Рік тому

      @@kazisamir3411 Aleppo disagrees

    • @reggiep75
      @reggiep75 Рік 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 Рік 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.

  • @berlineczka
    @berlineczka Рік тому +38

    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_ Рік тому +2

      Wasnt this old news? And fixed now

    • @evilapple3427
      @evilapple3427 Рік тому +4

      @@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 Рік тому +2

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

    • @tyronejones5657
      @tyronejones5657 Рік 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 Рік 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.

  • @alparslankorkmaz2964
    @alparslankorkmaz2964 Рік тому +1

    Nice video.

  • @finn7530
    @finn7530 Рік тому

    i like the music you include :)

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds8581 Рік тому +55

    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 Рік 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 Рік тому +3

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

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth Рік 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 Рік тому +1

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

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth Рік 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!

  • @adhdmonster1369
    @adhdmonster1369 Рік тому +58

    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 Рік 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 Рік тому +7

      They should clean the disgusting nile river before anything

    • @adhdmonster1369
      @adhdmonster1369 Рік тому +3

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

    • @adhdmonster1369
      @adhdmonster1369 Рік тому

      @@azzamkhalil26 Fair enough.

    • @RedRocketthefirst
      @RedRocketthefirst Рік тому

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

  • @user-gg3ft7yj2h
    @user-gg3ft7yj2h Рік тому +2

    Finally seeing something from Malaysia 🇲🇾💙 in neo

  • @jihadi-against-oppression
    @jihadi-against-oppression Рік тому +12

    "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)

    • @slowknife2873
      @slowknife2873 Рік тому +3

      I literally just commented the same verse, it's crazy how Arabs themselves don't realize they are doing what prophet And saw predicted they'll do

    • @eaglemaster7
      @eaglemaster7 Рік тому

      What hadidth, give us source?

  • @randy25rhoads
    @randy25rhoads 2 дні тому

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

  • @ascott2168
    @ascott2168 Рік тому +5

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

    • @vomm
      @vomm Рік 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 3 місяці тому

      ​@@vomm yes right.

  • @R.-.
    @R.-. Рік тому +64

    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 Рік 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 Рік 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 Рік 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 Рік тому +3

      Probably carbon fiber buildings

    • @hiftylonghead892
      @hiftylonghead892 Рік тому +2

      All it takes is 1 war to ruin these vanity projects

  • @diegojoseforeropalmera6475
    @diegojoseforeropalmera6475 Рік тому

    great video

  • @justcallmed5297
    @justcallmed5297 Рік тому

    I love your videos great stuff can't wait for more

  • @sjajsjsja4523
    @sjajsjsja4523 Рік 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.

  • @cojack5080
    @cojack5080 Рік тому +38

    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 Рік тому +12

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

    • @MarkWTK
      @MarkWTK Рік тому +5

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

    • @RK-cj4oc
      @RK-cj4oc Рік тому +2

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

    • @doublejumpvideogames....
      @doublejumpvideogames.... Рік тому +6

      Also godzilla

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri Рік тому +1

      1600 meters

  • @florentwozniak7059
    @florentwozniak7059 18 днів 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

  • @spencer8035
    @spencer8035 8 місяців 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!

  • @NomaD10111
    @NomaD10111 Рік тому +11

    7:15 "Tokyo population challenge" LMAO. THE only population challenge they're having is declining Birthrate

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri Рік тому +1

      Good! Less Anime!!

    • @baraodascolinas979
      @baraodascolinas979 Рік тому +2

      Japan as a whole is, but big cities and Tokyo specially are still growing, from internal migration from rural and small and even medium cities, and international migration too in Tokyo. Since anime and cultural stuff is more consumed by urban people with more money and acces to it, i'm sure there will be more anime in the future, not less. Maybe less anime for children, and more anime towards japanese adults and internacional exportation.

  • @aaquib2010
    @aaquib2010 Рік тому +39

    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 Рік 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 Рік тому +3

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

    • @aaquib2010
      @aaquib2010 Рік 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 Рік тому

      Your sky wizard is imaginary. 🤣

    • @akuheikeiserllen3078
      @akuheikeiserllen3078 Рік тому +7

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

  • @grahamturner2640
    @grahamturner2640 Рік тому +2

    0:27 what's the proposed tower furthest to the left?

  • @gbolagadeolajide8595
    @gbolagadeolajide8595 Рік тому

    Nice video

  • @Ragnarok540
    @Ragnarok540 Рік 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 Рік тому +4

      Cope

    • @RyanTosh
      @RyanTosh Рік тому +6

      This is a myth

    • @ab.h440
      @ab.h440 Рік 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 Рік 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.

  • @rutvikrs
    @rutvikrs Рік тому +15

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

    • @Brmeel
      @Brmeel Рік тому +14

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

    • @jihadi-against-oppression
      @jihadi-against-oppression Рік 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 3 місяці тому

      @@BrmeelI wouldn’t care tbh

  • @raisikhtiaruddin87
    @raisikhtiaruddin87 Рік тому

    Amazing😎

  • @toenailcheeseman
    @toenailcheeseman Рік тому +1

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

  • @CookingwithYarda
    @CookingwithYarda Рік тому +8

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

  • @ensemfunny
    @ensemfunny Рік тому +5

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

  • @PapiJuancho312
    @PapiJuancho312 Рік тому +1

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

  • @CharlesGorby
    @CharlesGorby Рік тому +1

    Where do you get your music from?

  • @glennbabic5954
    @glennbabic5954 Рік тому +75

    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 Рік тому +28

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

    • @phillbozz853
      @phillbozz853 Рік тому +14

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

    • @timo5229
      @timo5229 Рік 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 Рік 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 Рік 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.

  • @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687
    @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687 Рік тому +23

    Race for building the tallest empty buildings

    • @MVargic
      @MVargic Рік тому

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

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth Рік 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!

  • @ttpandanationtt6037
    @ttpandanationtt6037 Рік 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 Рік тому

      Sure, the towers are useless but Religion is bullshit.

  • @ishan6771
    @ishan6771 Рік тому

    Can you do tallest residential buildings?

  • @kazisamir3411
    @kazisamir3411 Рік 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 Рік тому

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

    • @jihadi-against-oppression
      @jihadi-against-oppression Рік 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)

  • @lifeisgood141
    @lifeisgood141 Рік 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 Рік 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.

  • @rezabarati1153
    @rezabarati1153 Рік тому

    VERY VERY GOOD

  • @tehdusto
    @tehdusto Рік тому +1

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

  • @youssefelmasry95
    @youssefelmasry95 Рік тому +3

    The Obelisco Capitale 🫶🏼🇪🇬

  • @IllusiveDude
    @IllusiveDude Рік тому +4

    so Spires are like high heels

    • @catzzzz1450
      @catzzzz1450 Рік тому +1

      You still confused about architectural height?

    • @troyarrington5492
      @troyarrington5492 Рік тому

      @@catzzzz1450 obviously you are if you count spires over floor count😂imagine that

  • @michaelyemane2063
    @michaelyemane2063 Рік тому +1

    Can you make a video about the Ethiopian Mesob tower please?

  • @caramelhoneydoggyfun4733
    @caramelhoneydoggyfun4733 9 місяців тому +2

    I love the old wtc and I'm sad that everyone could not eat they're breakfast because of the innocent

  • @0413207583
    @0413207583 Рік тому +12

    Great video but you shouldn't say Architects used techniques to deal with forces. That's the role of the structural engineer not the architect. In Burj Khalifa's case the chief engineer was William Baker. In my experience as a Structural Engineer there are Architects that don't even consider such aspects and focus solely on the aesthetic.

    • @Rampant16
      @Rampant16 Рік тому

      In the case of the Burj the architect was absolutely involved in the structural aspects of the building. The architect Adrian Smith has a bigger portfolio of super tall projects than anyone. At those heights the structure plays too large of a role in the form of the building for the architect not be involved with structural aspects as well.

    • @0413207583
      @0413207583 Рік тому +1

      @@Rampant16 I'm sure played a role in helping shape it for sure. But my point was that calculating forces and stresses and the resultant required structure is not at all the responsibility of the architect. There's inevitably some coordination that needs to occur between form (architect) and function (engineer). The level of which is dependent on the scale and complexity of the structure. Regardless, the structural engineer is the primary person responsible for the structure. They are the ones signing off on the structure with their name, liability and all.

  • @kennybageI
    @kennybageI 9 місяців тому +3

    i think the sears is way more impressive then the petronas

  • @Zelielz1
    @Zelielz1 Рік тому +1

    I llve these videos

  • @technologic21
    @technologic21 8 місяців тому +2

    All these structures are dwarfed by The Citadel in Half Life 2. It's 8,406 meters tall, 860 meters wide, and goes 230 meters underground.

    • @bella_ciao4608
      @bella_ciao4608 4 місяці тому

      Looks like you got the height wrong, pretty sure it’s actually 8400 FEET tall. Your other measurements seem right though