10 Incredible Buildings Nearing Completion

[@zulawoo]

I have a feeling at least half of the items on this list will not only not be completed in '25/26, but just never will be.

[@RCSVirginia]

Whenever I see scenes of Dubai, I always thinks, "As it's all brand new, shouldn't they have built an efficient metro system underneath the skyscrapers to begin with?"

[@Shinzon23]

You assume Dubai isn't a fun house version of the United States but with the Screwed Up Factor crank to 13

[@rickyfitness252]

It's not his version,

[@Martin_Koepl]

Or maybe something totally pointless like a sewer system?

[@gregmccauley1687]

Instead they decided to build it on top for whatever reason. There's a big train that goes through the airport to pretty much everywhere with tram lines around buildings in the marina. Also there's a sewer system, I know this must be shocking information. There's also roads and sidewalks, can you believe it

[@newshodgepodge6329]

A mixed use skyscraper in the heart of Tornado Alley? That ought to make for some great last photos before tragedy.

[@josephnason8770]

As usual, the most beautiful and incredible building is a cathedral.

[@JamieAlice92]

That cube sounds like a horrendous fire hazard

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:30 - Chapter 1 - Legend tower 2030 1:35 - Chapter 2 - The tour triangle 2026 3:05 - Chapter 3 - Ciel dubai marina 2025 4:20 - Chapter 4 - Tiger sky tower 2029 5:15 - Chapter 5 - Discovery tower 2026 6:00 - Chapter 6 - Sagrada familia 2026 7:30 - Chapter 7 - Jeddah tower 2028 8:35 - Chapter 8 - The line phase 1 2030 10:00 - Chapter 9 - Al maktoum international airport 2030 11:05 - Chapter 10 - The mukaab 2030

[@vespurrs]

The Sagrada Familia was designed to be constructed over a timeline of hundreds of years. It seems they're ahead of schedule.

[@micmdaaussie]

Quick question: Who is going to want to go to Saudi Arabia, UAE, or similar places? I don't know about anyone else, but the middle east is on my bucket list of places to avoid unless the plane has to make an emergency landing - and the pilot had better have a good reason to land there!

[@Crioten]

-starfishes love you guys

[@TheCrosshare]

I was about to say that while all of these would be completed, 5-10 years late even, that sacra da familia would probably just be starting a "final" refurbish state :D

[@tazimusmaximus]

So I love most of your vids man but it seems like none of these are started, let alone 'nearing completion'.

[@duncancurtis5108]

Don't forget to check the electrics first before you open.

[@pepperjack6421]

Yeah we are building a skyscraper to the moon, we got tired of flying there and are just in side quest mode.

[@fabmaxmm]

Darling, Triangle is at the Porte de Versailles in the 15th ardt of Paris, right next to the Périphérique (the ring road around the city); ain't no way to call that in the center of Paris. Need help with history, geography, or anything else than sports? Give me a holler.

[@geoffreyridge54]

and who will the people be that can afford this? where will they come from.?

[@TheRealCoolDude1989-nt5ed]

Like the last should the worlds first Rubik's cube , but is a building in realty . So maybe. they should go all out ,and put colour squares on too , then it really would look like Rubik's cube , but as Mega building ,which no doubt have lot heads turning that one .

[@michaelpipkin9942]

6:10 I actually, out loud said,"WOW!!!!!" God, that is an impressive building. I guess that's the point. For God.

[@josephnason8770]

Amen.

[@spencerwiltse2855]

"From the front it will look like a triangle, from the side it will look like an angle line going up to a point" ..... Like... A Triangle?

[@xeeda2259]

🤣

[@nathanielstephenson7932]

That last one was throwing off serious Borg vibes...

[@neverseenbeforenow]

0:51 Went to downtown LA today, it is still in shambles, no work seems to have been done and well...we'll see what happens ig

[@robertbendinelli9843]

How many of these have not even started, let alone will be completed?

[@anthonybraden157]

Unless I'm mistaken, Toronto isn't in the US (for now). As an Okey, though, having the tallest skyscraper in the US doesn't even begin to overshadow our apparent pride in being #2 for *worst* state for education.

[@UKPtrk]

Did I miss something? When did he claim Toronto was in the US?

[@wattyler6075]

The one in Paris looks like the one in Pyongyang.

[@josephnason8770]

Same deluded architect probably.

[@geoffwiddowson4945]

The mukaab only began construction in October 2024. That's not my idea of 'nearing completion'

[@plessis2023]

Those oil rich states monarches have to much time and money.

[@dwaynefoley1020]

*too

[@Ghost8305.]

3:39 Persian Gulf*

[@johannessamuelsson6578]

It's political (aka spot the Iranian /s)

[@JosephThomas-t3n]

MINES BIGGER NO , MINES BIGGER WANNA BET , MINES GONNA BE BIGGER ....

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

The Dubai and Saudis are going overdrive for their building projects.

[@JamieAlice92]

They know their oil won’t last forever, so they’re building as much now as they can. In 20 years they’ll be back to being poor.

[@zeroprivacy3966]

I believe it's because they cannot simply relax with a cold one and a hot-dog. They need to overcompensate somehow

[@davidmccarthy6061]

If completed, the occupancy rate of these buildings will be interesting.

[@charocco6]

Hmmmm Bladerunner?

[@chrisneville4265]

Simon I'm concerned; your voice is strained and you're out of focus (while your bookshelves are in focus). Hope you are keeping well and not narrating so many videos that you're wearing yourself out.

[@josephnason8770]

He is getting tired because of having to mention Imperial and metric dimensions. Chose one: Imperial.

[@PhilBertran]

Friends don't let friends go to Dubai.

[@3zadam]

comparing NY to Toronto is a stretch

[@vladimirjar3800]

I 3d printed 2 of these towers

[@vladimirjar3800]

MAYONNASE!

[@7-ten]

May on nase?

[@vladimirjar3800]

@@7-ten no MAYONNASE!

[@7-ten]

@vladimirjar3800 on your cheeseburger? A lot of people want no mayonnaise on their cheeseburger.

[@Rich-fr2yv]

Toronto? Its not an American city. YET

[@UKPtrk]

Never heard of the continent of North America? Seems that education system really is failing you

[@danieldavis9348]

The line will probably never be finished. It's based on technology that doesn't exist in hope that it will develop.

[@ryanb9873]

Meanwhile they can't fix the potholes on the streets outside my neighborhood in the supposed wealthiest nation on Earth...

[@TheRealIceman10]

"Nearing Completion" but includes buildings that have not even started.

[@cameronsatterfield14]

The Oklahoma City tower being prime among them - that will never get built.

[@adiaz2494]

Nice spambot meeting in the comment section...

[@y-not]

Apparently, attractive women always comment 2 sentences of praise followed by 3 emojis 🤷‍♂🤷‍♂🤦‍♂

[@lilnutty6821]

They all look pretty hot but

[@goncalovazpinto6261]

Dammmmn! Simon broke the Matrix!

[@ImARealHumanPerson]

They make us all look bad amirite?

[@FreeTatsuya]

See you can learn something new ​@y-not

[@thejaebeing]

I cant belive the Saudis are building an actual borg cube.

[@rosariocastro6386]

A whole bunch of ugly buildings trying to be the "tallest" or something equally stupid, an ugly building that will make a beautiful city uglier with its existence, an airport that will break another pointless record and a Unesco World Heritage Site and architectural masterpiece that will finally be finished over a century after it's inception... one of this is not like the others. 🤨

[@josephnason8770]

Yes the cathedral is not like the others in any way shape or form except being above ground. Anyone visiting all of these would be delusional to not believe the cathedral is by far the most beautiful.

[@martinh8784]

Ciel Dubai Marina in Dubai: let's hope that they haven't forgotten to connect it to a sewage system so they don't have to rely on thousands of honey trucks a day like the Burj Khalifa 🤣🤣🤣

[@abxorb]

But more importantly... Will those new Dubai towers have working sewage drains this time? 😂

[@Bob_Smith19]

Nope

[@justingilson3432]

Ayyy yo Simon how much do you pay for these positive comment bots?!? 😂

[@abxorb]

"I really appreciate your insightfulness and wit! You are a great example of amazing comments on KZbin! 💀 🍆🤖 " /j of course

[@rokulus7910]

We are the UAE. Resistance is futile.

[@goncalovazpinto6261]

We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Inshallah.

[@glennlaroche1524]

I mean, they ARE building a giant cube ffs....

[@vberl9573]

@@glennlaroche1524 The giant cube is being built in Saudi, not the UAE. Riyadh is in Saudi

[@glennlaroche1524]

@@vberl9573 so? Maybe nag the original commenter abt that---wasn't my mistake. I'm just here for the Borg jokes, dude, go cry abt it.

[@josephnason8770]

United Atheist Europeans. Resist them.

[@thecellulontriptometer4166]

The building in Paris makes me sad. In my opinion Paris is the most beautiful city in the world because it has retained its historic styles. I hope that it does not change it too much.

[@Bob_Smith19]

The Line is nothing more than a dystopian nightmare. Thankfully it won’t ever be completed.

[@stevenr5534]

Don't be too sure that it won't be completed. Humans seem to love dystopian nightmares!

[@JoeBeaudette]

These rich Arabs are completely out of control

[@tymccarthy9661]

Legends Tower in OKC is a joke, it will not happen. It is the NEOM of Oklahoma. A marketing ploy to get developers and private equity firms money, so treat it with a grain of salt.

[@OkieOtaku]

You're literally describing EVERY SINGLE MEGA TALL BUILDING. Way to be optimistic....

[@Mouritzeen]

Hopefully the one in Paris won’t be built

[@TheAdrianFlo]

Yeah, it's horrendous.

[@laurenmp7486]

It's already under construction.

[@murrayscott9546]

Simon, and your writers . If y'all ever hatcha plan 'bout starting a cult, sign me up !

[@mikekolokowsky]

So the first Borg cube will be ground based. 22 million sq ft of office space. Is this why the C suite is pushing worker bees back into the office? To occupy their idiot square footage numbers, because they must be compensating for something?

[@juliojimenez9794]

A playstaion 5 😂😂😂

[@samedmundson6470]

Simon..take a break..your voice sounds like crap.

[@remedialone6987]

most of these haven't even started construction yet and are astronomical in size. why would you even entertain the idea that most of these will be finished by 2030?

[@ME-ke7qc]

all of which will never materialise

[@vberl9573]

The airport in Dubai and the dubai marina tower will both be completed. The rest, probably not. The current airport in dubai is in major need of being replaced and has been for over a decade. The entire UAE knows this. This is why they started making this airport in the desert. The airport will be big but it wont be much bigger than many other airports that already exist. Just look at somewhere like Chicago O'hare or Beijing capital airport. The main difference with al maktum airport will be the terminal size.

[@scottrjmatmsncom]

The church is almost done though

[@tylerchrist3249]

There's at least 3 that are so far along only something catastrophic would prevent their completion. 2 towers in the UAE and the Sagrada Familia for sure, probably the French Triangle, and probably a variation that's significantly shorter of the planned Oklahoma City skyscraper. I doubt they get that to 1907 ft tall, but could easily see them finding a way to make something 1100 or 1200 ft tall.

[@laurenmp7486]

Well Sagrada Familia is almost done, Tour Triangle is under construction and definitely going to be finished and the two in the UAE are going to get finished too.

[@Nathan-vt1jz]

Does Dubai really have the demand for all these high end skyscraper hotels and housing?

[@chibifirestorm]

it's statistically the most visited city in the World for tourists

[@NorthernXY]

What's even more amazing, the US has aircraft that cost more than some of these buildings.

[@AnotherPointOfView944]

Clearly a waste of money. They will be redundant before they see service.

[@NorthernXY]

@@AnotherPointOfView944 The B2 Spirit has been in service for about 35 years and will be replaced soon with an improved version that looks similar. It's so not-redundant China has a Chinese knock-off, which means its fuel tank is probably filled with water and located at an airport with an airstrip with half the runway actually dirt, just painted to look like a runway.

[@philwithcheese]

@@AnotherPointOfView944 Redundant is GOOD for military aircraft since if you have to use them against a peer enemy there is a tendency for some of them to blow up.

[@strikeunion]

I like how 20% of these youre just like, might never get done... whats the title of this video again 😂

[@oxcart4172]

You'd think that SOMEONE with billions of whatever currency they have would want to help stop people starving to death, but it never seems to happen

[@jaquestraw1]

Outside of Sagrada Familia, a bunch of ugly glass and concrete. Depressing garbage

[@Julia-uh4li]

Wow, I'd never heard such a critical comment about it before you. I loved it.... 🤷‍♀️

[@obelic71]

Gaudi did design out ot the box buildings FOR greatnes. Only few are true masters in design like Santiago Calatrave who designed the stunning TGV railway station at the airport of Lyon! The other big buildings mentioned here are just ego driven vanity projects who have no soul.

[@josephnason8770]

You are correct. The others were inspired by children stacking blocks or watching plastic melt.

[@johncarlson1579]

Its pronounced Bone saw!

[@psmirage8584]

Welcome to Makab. You will be assimilated.

[@scanspeak00]

The taller a building the less it cares about humanity.

[@EarlFisher-k6w]

I rarely build anything more than 20 feet tall. NONE of them cares about people. Nor cats, nor fires nor anything, because they aren't alive.

[@turqeeman]

It will stand as a monument in 10 thousand years 90 feet above the sand and our future selves will beat it with sticks

[@chiphausl]

1/137

[@victorvanweelden4902]

And then another much deadlier pandemic hits...

[@AcornElectron]

The state of this comment bot comment section 😂. Something about how inspiring this video is? Does that fit the narrative 😂😂😂

[@dont-worry-about-it-]

I didn't know their was a city in the US called Toronto 🥴

[@EarlFisher-k6w]

LOL. Simon has a near miss.

[@EarlFisher-k6w]

Simon had a near miss.

[@UKPtrk]

When did he claim that it was?🤔

[@ellisvener5337]

Oklahoma City? Isn’t that still in the Tornado Alley?

[@Bob_Smith19]

It’s Tornado Alley, and yes. But OKC hasn’t had a direct hit.

[@Dont_Poke_The_Bear]

Tornado Alley*

[@AnotherPointOfView944]

@@Bob_Smith19 and?

[@addicted2monster88]

Yeah but they moved Tornado alley.

[@OkieOtaku]

No different than building in an earthquake zone. Build it right in the first place, you won't have issues. Tulsa had a skyscraper take a direct hit from a pretty bad tornado several years ago, and it's still structurally sound and standing today

[@2l84t]

Is yt making coin off the pornbots?

[@Outside85]

Seeing most of these just makes me wonder how long they will last before the original builders go bankrupt and have to sell off their vanity projects if they ever get them finished?

[@Gorilla_Jones]

The UAE 😂 The oils running out boys, prepare yourselves.

[@donnadees1971]

Who cares! Utmost outlandish ness.

[@DavidBenner-cy4zl]

Oklahoma! Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain. Where the waving wheat can sure smell sweet. I cannot picture a super skyscrapper in the Mid-West. Cloud scratcher to my German friends. One tornado could end it all.

[@trance9158]

The tornado is not a problem... But who the hell would want to move to Oklahoma to live or work in the eyesore. It's a red state that has no use for it.

[@OkieOtaku]

We have several skyscrapers across Oklahoma, in both OKC (already home to one of the tallest in the south), and in Tulsa (second tallest in Oklahoma). Tulsa even had one take a direct hit from a devastating tornado a several years back, it still stands today, structurally sound. No different than building a skyscraper in Tokyo with all the earthquake, just have to build it right to begin with.

[@DavidBenner-cy4zl]

@OkieOtaku I've been to both places. Last time in Oklahoma was probably 1960? Has much changed? Last time in Tokyo was 1971. If I visit family in Oklahoma or Missouri, I'll look for the building. From 20 miles away? My brother-in-law is a recent emmigrant to Oklahoma.

[@Hillbilly001]

LOL!!! A building that tall in Okie City, right in the heart of tornado alley, won't be that tall if a good sized twister passes by. LOL!!! It'll be a whole lot smaller and scattered over the whole city. LOL!!!! Can you say "boondoggle."

[@OkieOtaku]

Have you looked at historical meteorological data for tornadoes in OKC proper? No? Yeah, your comment tells that

[@Hillbilly001]

@OkieOtaku A good twister doesn't have to get on the ground to make a mess. I saw enough of them when I was posted to Ft. Riley KS. And it doesn't matter what the history is because it'll only take one. According to the National Weather Service Okie City is hit by tornados on average 5 times a year. I looked it up Bozo. LOL!!! So you can now go outside and apologize to the nearest tree for wasting it's hard work.

[@whiterabbit9131]

Maybe NY will build a 911m skyscraper cuz you know...

[@thomasbrown7452]

I call bull crap on the line. What a joke.

[@chlorineismyperfume]

Pisses me off that the futuristic, unrealistic, barely underway, and decades away Saudi projects were included in this video about projects "nearing completion". Stop including this bullshit.

[@johnpauljones9244]

Oh no, are you ok Simon? Hope you get to feeling better.

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1st

[@EmmanuelBrito]

..doesn’t food lose flavor the higher you are?

[@GaylordHinshaw]

The Line project sounds like thebold sci-fi trope "arcology"

[@ElfinE80]

Many of these will at some point be little forgotten relics in the desert.

[@Jimir]

Would love to see a video at some point about the some tech used in navies that don't get talked about as often, like the thing for helping land helicopters on non-carriers, and the things they use to transfer fuel from a supply ship to another ship.

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