King Abdullah Financial District
Glass-tower business quarter linked by climate-controlled skywalks and a sculptural metro station.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh follows a business quarter planned in two thousand seven by the national pension agency and the Danish architects Henning Larsen, and the gap between its blueprints and the city around it. You'll hear about redrawn plans, held-back bids, a reporter's walk across the site, and the neighbours who doubted it would ever be finished. Best heard beneath the skywalks, with the glass towers on every side.
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