Ego Arab...

Tanah arab would have the highest bangunan pretty soon...

"DUBAI, 13 March 2008 — Gulf states, flush with proceeds from record high oil prices, are racing to build the world’s tallest tower.
The Kingdom has just joined the fray with a plan to build a one-mile tower in Jeddah, according to the London-based Middle East Economic Digest (MEED).

- Saudi....
Riyadh-based Kingdom Holding Company, which is controlled by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, will invite bids before July for contracts to build the tower in Jeddah.
Called the Burj Al-Meel or the Mile-High Tower, it will be located on the northern side of the Obhur Creek and the Red Sea. It will be spread over an area of more than two million square meters.

- Kuwait...
Kuwait has unveiled a plan to build a 1,001-meter tower. Its height is a reference to the classic work of Arabic literature, “One Thousand and One Nights.”

- UAE...
The emirate’s Burj Dubai, Arabic for Dubai Tower, overtook Taiwan’s Taipei 101 tower as the world’s tallest building when it reached 512 meters in July. Burj Dubai’s height is now over 600 meters.
Although its final height remains a closely guarded secret, developers Emaar Properties have said the one-billion-dollar skyscraper will be more than 700 meters tall and have more than 160 stories.
Dubai’s other property development major, Nakheel, has announced it will build Al-Burj or The Tower, whose projected height has not been revealed but which, according to local press reports, is planned to overtake Burj Dubai.

read here for more details.... arabnews

then... based on The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat yg baru habis congress kat dubai... these are the 20 tallest building by 2020. read more here...

1. the top 3... semua kat gulf area... dgn paling tinggi Al Burj (1km) dan Mubarak Tower (1km) dan Burj Dubai (800m)... cuma Burj Dubai je yg sedang dalam pembinaan, the first two masih peringkat proposal

2. Proposed Doha Convention Center Tower no 10

3. Selain negara arab yg ada 8 bangunan daripada 20, UAE je ada 5, negara lain yg byk proposed bangunan tinggi Korea (4).

4. no 17, bangunan kat mekah binaan saudi bin laden almost 500m. lagi tinggi dr petronas twin tower. Petronas twin tower no 20 dalam senarai...

tp tak sedar ke pak pak arab ni....

Akan tiba suatu masa di mana orang-orang kaya akan pergi haji untuk
bertamasya, orang yang berpunya untuk kepentingan bisnis, orang bijak untuk
pamer dan orang miskin untuk mengemis. ( Diriwayatkan oleh Anas r.a. )

Tidak ada [hari] pengadilan hingga gedung-gedung yang sangat tinggi
dibangun. ( Diriwayatkan oleh Abu Hurairoh r.a. )

As-sa'ah (Hari Kiamat) tidak akan tiba – hingga manusia berlomba-lomba membuat
bangunan yang tinggi ( H.R. Bukhari )