Kingdom Centre Sky Bridge
Glass-walled skybridge spanning a skyscraper's arched crown, with panoramic views over the capital.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Kingdom Centre Sky Bridge in Riyadh is about a zoning rule and the engineers who read it closely. It follows a prince who turned down more than a hundred designs, the American and Saudi architects who finally won him over, and the Arup structural engineer who had to rethink how a tower behaves when its top is mostly air. Stand at either window of the bridge, where the arch drops away beneath you.
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