Worlds New Tallest Building 1 Kilometer High Kingdom Tower. The jeddah tower, also known as the kingdom tower, will be the first building in the world to reach a full kilometer into the air. Move over dubai, there&039;s a new world&039;s tallest building rising on the arabian peninsula.

Another building in new york might also get the tallest residential building in the world title when the nordstorm tower is completed in 2018.

Once done, it will be 558 feet taller than the burj with this deal, we will reach new, as yet unheard of highs in real estate development, and will fulfill previously dubbed kingdom tower, the building will boast 200 floors and overlook the red sea. Kingdom tower in jeddah designed by adrian smith + gordon gill architecture, to be the world&039;s the tallest building in the world will be in jaddah. The kingdom tower in jeddah is soon to be the tallest building in the world. The kingdom tower will be the centerpiece and the first construction phase of kingdom city jeddah — new urban development of more than 5.3 million sq m of land in the north of jeddah, overlooking the red sea.