


The building complex is metres away from the world's largest mosque and Islam's most sacred site, the Masjid al-Haram. The central hotel tower, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower, A Fairmont Hotel, has the world's largest clock face and is the third tallest building and fourth tallest freestanding structure in the world. These towers are a part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project that strives to modernize the city in catering to its pilgrims. The Abraj Al-Bait is a government-owned megatall complex of seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Main structural system: reinforced concrete (lower part), steel/concrete composite construction, steel construction (upper part) Ĭladding: glass, marble, natural stone, carbon-/glass- fibre-reinforced plasticĭevelopment: 1,575,815 m 2 (16,961,930 sq ft)
