Kingdom Centre
Mirrored-glass skyscraper crowned by a parabolic opening spanned by a walkable sky bridge.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Kingdom Centre in Riyadh starts with one engineer's blunt description of the tower and the zoning rule that shaped it. It follows the concrete crews, steelworkers and glaziers who built it at the turn of the millennium, and one awkward problem: how to get a walkable bridge across the hole at the top. You'll also hear how the glass and the tower's own orientation fight the desert sun.
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