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Riyadh Water Tower
Mushroom-shaped concrete water tower from the early seventies, rising above a leafy public park.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Riyadh Water Tower follows a concrete mushroom from a drawing board in Sweden to the heart of the Saudi capital, and the architect Sune Lindström, who drew it twice. It touches the fast-growing Riyadh of the late nineteen-sixties, a water network short of pressure, and the hidden reserve kept for days of shortage. Best heard on the lawns of al-Watan Park, looking straight up at the cap.
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