The Never Ending Race to Build High

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Ever since the Burj Khalifa became the world's tallest building upon completion in 2010 Dubai has held the title. And that despite many announcements about projects worldwide set to dethrone the Burj Khalifa, such as the Jeddah Tower (Kingdom Tower) in Saudi Arabia, the Azerbaijan Tower, the Sky Mile Tower in Tokyo or the Creek Tower.
This video explores the difficult projects and looks at their current state.
Images via Getty

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

Looks like the Creek Tower stopped because the Jeddah Tower stopped. But it's ready to continue if anyone else tries something.

[@Ingenius_]

Idk about that, Creek tower wouldn’t count as a building as he said, so you can’t advertise it as the tallest building, if Jeddah tower ever finishes

[@__isagani4208]

@@Ingenius_ it’s still can be the tallest tower in the world and that’s perfectly fine for them. Something similar has happened in the past in the case of CN tower wherein the world struggled to even beat its height until Burj Khalifa came along with its stupendously large vanity height.

[@XtrAMassivE]

yep, exactly. Even if it won't be the tallest building, it will still be tallest something. And tallest something is what draws tourists.

[@muhammadhaziq8157]

@@__isagani4208 it is valid. But tallest tower won't be as popular as tallest building. For example, a lot of ppl don't even know the existence of Tokyo SkyTree, which is currently the tallest tower n the 3rd tallest structure, behind burj khalifa n pnb118

[@TheGeoSami]

The end is near :/

[@screwyourhandle]

I can totally see the allure of being an architect. Imagine being responsible for a gigantic sculpture that towers over an entire city, you'd never again worry about dying without leaving your mark on the world.

[@khaldrago911]

And if you’re building a skyscraper, it’s like you’re pitching one of the world’s biggest schlongs! And it lasts way longer than an hour.

[@OXIR]

Sounds like a dream

[@arryn786]

Tbh most modern buildings generally look shit. Architects aren’t artists and it really, Really shows🤷‍♂️

[@manusinghgill8707]

It's is designed by structural design engineer, not architect.

[@xK3NY0x]

This is my first video of your channel watching and I am loving it. Can you share please the music in the background while you were talking about the Jeddah Tower

[@Freak80MC]

Honestly would love to see a bar graph where each tall building is a bar that is the height of the ENTIRE STRUCTURE (so, counting stuff like radio antennas) and then a bar overlayed on top that is the height of the usable floors. Would be interesting to see how the tallest buildings truly stack against each other like that. EDIT: Also would be cool to see the total area of usable floor space of each tallest building as well.

[@JonMartinYXD]

What you are talking about is called "vanity height". B1M did a video on it called "The World's Tallest Buildings Are Shorter Than You Think". If it was up to me, buildings would be ranked by the height of their highest usable floor.

[@JonMartinYXD]

@LTNetjak Burj Khalifa's top occupiable floor is at 585.4 m (70.55% of its "architectural height"), the original 1 World Trade Center's was at 413 m (99.04%). New One World Trade Center, an utterly uninspiring replacement, is 386.5 m (71.4%).

[@timokho20]

The shanghai tower would be the tallest by top floor and among the tallest buildings the Guangzhou CTF finance center would hold the most usable floor space (when you count the abraj al bait tower only and not the entire complex).

[@JonMartinYXD]

@@timokho20 According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), the Burj Khalifa's highest occupied floor is 585.4 m and the Shanghai Tower's is 583.4 m.

[@timokho20]

@@JonMartinYXD yeah I’ve been seeing conflicting statistics too

[@TheUpcomingPayday]

“We just built the tallest building! We’re better! Tax put to good use!” An airline:

[@TheElizondo88]

The concept of the Oblisco Capital as the centerpiece for theNew Administrative Capital in Egypt is really cool; however, it doesn't need to be that tall. The Iconic Tower (which is also being built in the NAC) will already be the tallest building in Africa at just over a third of the height. If Egypt scales the Oblisco down to say the size of the One World Trade Center, not only would it will still surpass the Iconic but would be a much more manageable and realistic objective.

[@seifeldin.]

Yes true

[@Nugcon]

An obelisk skyscraper just sounds like a really cool concept. Even when scaled down it'll still be the tallest obelisk in the world

[@3nityC]

Why only in Africa, when you can be the World because the architect aren't Mediocre.

[@eddyk3]

I was speaking to the Architect of the Strata tower in London which opened in 2010 as the 'Tallest Residential Building in London'. He told me to take the title off of 2009s Pan Peninsula Tower they made the aircraft warning lights at the top of the Strata Tower 5cm higher than originally planned.

[@eddyk3]

I forgot to mention they both still claimed the title as the Pan Peninsula tower had the highest apartment even though the building was a few cm shorter.

[@jihadi-against-oppression]

"One of the signs of Doomsday is the rivalry of bare-footed and poor shepherds (Nomad Arabs) in constructing high buildings and boasting about it." ~ 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗱 (𝗽𝗯𝘂𝗵)

[@Accuraid]

I’m liking because of how calm and informed you sound over this video. Please continue. I love your content. Thank you for how seamless the attachment and conciseness of your sponsor was as well. Phenomenal.

[@g-rated3514]

Love too see all the videos you've been producing lately! Keep up the good work

[@eringanley1796]

Absolutely loving all the latest uploads we've been getting so far! The 3d modeling here is incredibly top notch, and also it's really a fascinating topic. I wonder which one will eventually be the tower to dethrone the Burj Khalifa. Maybe we can get a follow up update if that ever happens? Anything to get more great content!

[@alexc.7274]

Background music w/ transitions is so on point, loving the production quality.

[@cuddlepuppy69]

love the comments on this video of people who havent made it to the end yet. seen 4 mentioning about how the jeddah is on hold and people mentioning the various towers that dont count as buildings, despite the fact neo has talked about all of this

[@ryan-xe9ez]

I live in jeddah, the tower resumed work earlier this year

[@koen-_-8241]

@@ryan-xe9ez wait really?

[@TwistRemiss]

@@koen-_-8241 yes, i also live in jeddah aswell. They resumed construction but its moving slowly. Currently, more work is being put into the surrounding district instead of the building itself

[@ryan-xe9ez]

@@koen-_-8241 yes, they're practically building a mini city around it

[@richardschofield2201]

Architects do t figure out how to make building resist wind, gravity etc. Engineers do. Architects are responsible for the vision of the building. Engineers make it work.

[@rahul__sharma__]

very true

[@annmshoeb2692]

form vs function

[@mehyomollem4763]

an architect`s dream is an engineer`s nightmare 🙃🙃😉

[@hananirtaza3861]

So true it's the job of a Structural engineer not an architect to make the idea come to life nevertheless they are never given the true credit they deserve..

[@arolemaprarath6615]

@@hananirtaza3861 The Structural Engineer has a full say of the project than the architect.

[@slowknife2873]

This Reminds of this verse from hadiths: When the Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about the signs of the Final Hour, one of the signs he mentioned was "when you see the barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds competing in constructing tall buildings.” It's crazy how 40 years ago the villages of Bedouins exited where they use to travel via Camels on these lands and now look at them they are competing with each other for who builds the tallest skyscraper

[@_emminowithoutl4995]

Ah yes flying horse fantasy

[@slowknife2873]

@@_emminowithoutl4995 The audacity of a hindu pagan to mock someone for their beliefs smh

[@alpha-particle6585]

​@@_emminowithoutl4995 Much much better than believing in "a blue man god" "a demon who had *10 👹head and 20 💪arms* " "a flying chariot" and most funny part 🤣 "a flying talking size changing monkey🐵 god" And there are many such endless wierd stories.... Our god is not such fictional superhuman, he's one and there's nothing like him, if you able to compare his attributes with someone he's not a god. He can make anything possible(not a big deal for him to bring your fantasies to existence). And there are many explanations behind it(like burak means light, so on) which I don't care about, Allah knows best

[@alpha-particle6585]

​​​@@_emminowithoutl4995 Don't know why I'm wasting my time and efforts on dumb ppl like you..... But let's see who's fantasies/beliefs come true when we wake up to see the reality ✌️

[@splintercell5551]

@@_emminowithoutl4995 do you know how to read?

[@TheRealLink]

Love this video as a skyscraper fan! Had the opportunity to visit Burj Khalifa back in 2015 and man, what a sight! Really spot on with your numbers, facts, and research!

[@benwillvv]

Thanks for this level of clarity!

[@zombieat]

interestingly the 8.5m Tower of Jericho in palestine held the record of tallest structure for 4,000 years (8,000bc-4,000bc). i don't think humans will ever break this record again. the egyptians were the with closest with their Great Pyramid of Giza which held the title of tallest structure for 3,881 years. but the egyptian record was cut shorter than 4,000 years by the Lincoln Cathedral of England in 1311.

[@lexprontera8325]

Well, for a neolithic structure such as the Jericho tower we do not know the EXACT year, or often even exact century. However, it's more like c. 8000 BCE - c. 2650 BCE, so the record stood around 5350 years (give or take) (if we assume it was succeeded in 2650 BCE by the Pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser)

[@zombieat]

@@lexprontera8325 according to "Tallest historical structures" in the "List of tallest buildings and structures" article on wikipedia. the tower of jericho was succeeded by the Anu Ziggurat in Uruk in 4000 BCE and preceded by Göbekli Tepe in Anatolia before 8000 BCE.

[@lexprontera8325]

Ah, yes, the Sumerians!

[@akalion213]

It's almost like it didn't matter back then and still doesn't matter now lmao

[@Horus100]

the egyptian tower looks so good

[@alexandervandevelde2311]

Ye, a giant obelisk tower would've been pretty cool.

[@The-ZebraFinch-Channel]

🇸🇾🇸🇾🔥🔥

[@vomm]

But it is just stupid propaganda and a hoax. Each floor would have dozens of rooms without a single window because of the insane space per floor. Nobody would want to live in such a building or buy an apartment.

[@The-ZebraFinch-Channel]

@@vomm cry harder hater

[@WuffiePhoenix]

@@The-ZebraFinch-Channel that's The Syrian Flag, not The Egyptian.

[@wolfenstien13]

Another awesome video as usual. I really enjoyed this one.

[@free_spirit1]

"You have to measure from the base, and firmly push the ruler into the pelvis" - Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, probably

[@ClementinesmWTF]

“And if there’s a hair sticking out the tip, count it too, but only if it’s a structural hair”

[@mcrazza]

7:14 Looks like the Atlantis city spaceship from Stargate Atlantis.

[@russelllukenbill]

yep.

[@Redman147]

Honestly the Burj Khalifa didn't really use crazy complicated tech to build it. It still uses a massive amount of concrete in it's overall construction which is nuts. It's defining factor is how many pylons they poured under the sand to hold that monstrosity up.

[@sk-pp8uj]

I find it has a more pleasant look than the American ones, they all look like giant red birthday cakes.

[@bamsuth9650]

@@sk-pp8uj true

[@xxDxxism]

@@sk-pp8uj NYC be like

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... its* overall construction (it's = it is)

[@xxDxxism]

@@einundsiebenziger5488 settle down grammar police this is the internet

[@portostrengthunion]

So helpful. Thank you for making the video

[@captain_noodles]

amazing video!!! your videos are amazing

[@leocremonezi]

Very nice video! Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷👊🏻

[@ph11p3540]

The really sad part about all these structures is how wasteful and impractical they logistically speaking. They also have a nasty habit of turning their surrounding into urban deserts where the streets are barren and inhospitable to 24/7 friendly street life. Super tall building make for bad neighbors.

[@EbonySaints]

To be fair and flippant, it's not like Saudi Arabia or the UAE were verdant, lush oases with a vibrant and healthy community to begin with.

[@blopblop8970]

@@EbonySaints 😭🤣

[@Omar-uk1dq]

The concept of walkability in urban design tends to only work in areas that don’t become scorching wastelands for at least 3/5ths of the year,hence why most of these projects are in the Middle East

[@floriank]

@@EbonySaints I've live in Downtown Dubai for 5 years, and the Burj Khalifa turned it into that.

[@Rizefix]

No, the twin towers were economicly astounding and made great office space. It was well designed too. Although some things are impractical, most of these are very useful buildings

[@A1441]

I like the narrator's very clear and unhurried voice. I can understand it perfectly even though English is my second language. Also, the script is well-written ably supported by wonderful images and videos. Kudos! New subscriber here.

[@mysteriousDSF]

Amazing video, I love your channel!!

[@Yora21]

"Proposal" in the world of engineering feats means nothing. Everyone can draw plans for something stupidly big that they have no way of building. Proposed buildings can very well be bajilions of meters high. It's just making stuff up, even if the construction plans would be structurally sound.

[@momojafar9385]

“When you see barefoot destitute shepherds competing in constructing tall buildings.” Another prophecy comes true.

[@vinncentmann]

Not gonna lie, I was waiting to hear the regular intro music the whole time. Great video by the way!

[@saranbhatia8809]

Nicely put together!

[@nikolatasev4948]

What really impresses me with Burj Khalifa is that it is the tallest regardless of definition. There is no "it's the highest building, but not the tallest structure" or any of this sort. It is the tallest. Period.

[@idosounds]

There is a 1.43km tall oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico called the Magnolia Platform. However, it hardly counts as a structure or a building by anyone.

[@nikolatasev4948]

@@idosounds The weight of the top of the oil rig is not carried by the bottom, so it's not really tall. It's just deep. Just as we don't say the Kola Borehole was 12km tall, even when there was a structural element going from the surface to 12km depth.

[@idosounds]

@@nikolatasev4948 Yea, you’re right. I never really considered it a structure but thought it challenged the Burj Khalifa. I mustn’t have done research lol.

[@Mad_Martigen]

The proposed Sky Mile High tower in Japan....a country that's prone to earthquakes? I'm not an engineer but curious as to why would they propose to build such a mega high structure where earthquakes are prone to happen?

[@notpassword]

The 3rd tallest structure in the world is in Tokyo. I guess they've figured it out. (I'm also not an engineer)

[@ahmeddarwich9267]

I remember watching a video about megastructure I think 6 years ago and it showed some kind of machine or pendulum swing that counters the earthquake

[@BoydXplorer]

Wow nice upload. Interesting to watch. Tnx 4sharing full watched 👍

[@ripwednesdayadams]

those radio masts are crazy tall. i watched a video of a worker climbing one to change the red blinking lightbulb. it was the most nerve-wracking, anxiety inducing video i have ever seen.

[@princeofchetarria5375]

I wish the world would embrace more traditional architecture styles like classical, neoclassical, Byzantine etc. These buildings are so elegant, beautiful and functional. Nowadays we seem to just be building glass and concrete monstrosities. The Romans build structures that lasted a thousands years. Most buildings built nowadays I wouldn’t want to see standing in a hundred years tbh

[@Muslimiintawaawalaalo]

So turn your home to church 🤣🤣😁

[@ihavenoideahowtocallmyself3849]

It depends on where you live, but when it comes to megatall buildings, it is just not possible to build 1km high Tower in that style.

[@lly_09]

You've to consider the culture and tradition of the place if you're gonna build them in classical etc style

[@gurunhitam3414]

Well you need to examine culture first, people don't favor Baroque or classical or victorian style of life anymore, they just love postmodernistic liberalism.

[@mrmangoberry8394]

I don’t even understand why people want to build such tall buildings, like sure, it gives more space by going up, but when you can’t get to the top easily and safely, there’s no point.

[@blava3155]

The point is publicity. Everywhere people talked about Dubai when they built theirs, so the next city knows it will be instantly famous around the globe (and ofc also hope that that fame will bring tourism).

[@glennbabic5954]

The Burj Khalifa had so many problems with plumbing they need an endless convoy of tankers moving sewage. Definitely there is a practical limit on building height.

[@DylanDalal]

It’s cool

[@dan-theodordorobat2216]

They wany the world to make oral sex to the buildings.

[@tranium67]

Tourism/attention= MONEY

[@kenocontreras]

This has become my favorite channel to binge! Thanks a lot for creating such amazing content!

[@cadbimtech7481]

Really good presentation and knowledgeable video

[@narmale]

i would LOVE to see the Oblisco Capitale in person if it were built, its would be amazing... a real tribute to their heritage

[@stickynorth]

Same. That would be one cool stop on a dream tour of The New Egypt! I have faith in Egypt building this because let's face it with an dictator with ambition and a huge army to construct it like a brand new capital east of Cairo makes it pretty easy to dream up, design and build in due time. Even if I'm not a fan of dictators by any means. Just saying that you tend to get what you want a lot faster for better or for worse... I'm glad Egypt is about modernization of trains and cities, infrastructure and not war like some others...

[@narmale]

@@stickynorth yeah i dont care about a political leader like that, they are almost always crooks, but this would be amazing to see standing 1km tall, would be so epic

[@JoJoUchiha07]

a Hadith where the Prophet stated "The hour will not be establish when you see barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds competing in constructing tall buildings.'"

[@BearsNCigars]

Sears Tower is still my favorite building all time been fascinated with it since a kid

[@whoisthis345]

Oblisco Capitale looks really good. I'd love to see it in person, what a beautiful history. Go Egypt!

[@seifeldin.]

I’m glad you mentioned Egypt, I honestly thought you will just ignore it

[@andreybushev3020]

Burj khalifa developer (EMAAR) owns 70% of developments in downtown Dubai so yeah they benefit a lot

[@juanmartinramallo6734]

Very good that all me gustan todos los vídeos muchas gracias che

[@christianmendonca3517]

Your channel is just the best! Keep doing this amazing work.

[@istheyear-ry1el]

It's super hard and challenging to build one in this decade considering unexpected events happening around the world. For example the Merdeka PNB118 has been delayed its completion 4 times already. Mainly due to covid

[@azriakmar3254]

You sound Malaysian

[@AllocatorsAsia]

It’s a video I’m thinking of doing myself, wtf is up with Malaysia’s obsession with tall buildings? The twin towers, the exchange 106, and now Merdeka 118. Madness haha but really interesting !

[@damani662]

to show how high the corruption in the country

[@dariusz501]

Malaysia's obsession with tall building has been started long before Dubai's obsession with tall building. So i might say, it's already inside the dna😅. If malaysia has tonnes of money, they will overshadowing Dubai at no time.

[@catzzzz1450]

But China have more skyscrapers than Malaysia

[@baraodascolinas979]

Probably because it is a recent emerging economy, new asian tiger, that had few urbanism before very recently (The urban population only surpassed rural population after the 1990s), a lot of economical growth, small land area (in the peninsula), so demand and money to build high in Kuala Lumpur is available. To @Cat, of course China has more skyscrappers, it has several times the population, economy, cities, etc, but Malaysia is a rather small country that punches way above its weight in tall buildings.

[@AllocatorsAsia]

@@baraodascolinas979 appreciate ya answer! That’s an awesome insight

[@randy25rhoads]

An video comparing Minoru Yamasaki’s skyscrapers would definitely be interesting.

[@caramelhoneydoggyfun4733]

I love the old wtc and I'm sad that everyone could not eat they're breakfast because of the innocent

[@goldenfloof5469]

Imagine if the worlds tallest structure suddenly because a 10 km tall hoola hoop because someone decided to test how active support could work.

[@user-vj9qz3br6l]

If I was a building architect, I would design the world’s biggest volume based building and make it wider than it is higher - designed like a giant rectangle

[@user-gg3ft7yj2h]

Finally seeing something from Malaysia 🇲🇾💙 in neo

[@technologic21]

All these structures are dwarfed by The Citadel in Half Life 2. It's 8,406 meters tall, 860 meters wide, and goes 230 meters underground.

[@bella_ciao4608]

Looks like you got the height wrong, pretty sure it’s actually 8400 FEET tall. Your other measurements seem right though

[@ascott2168]

Thanks for clearing up the Sears Tower vs. Petronas Towers height controversy in 3D 👏🏽

[@vomm]

"Controversy". 99% of all people on the planet immediately see that the Sears Tower is taller. The rest would be Malaysians and a few coked-up academics.

[@ameybirulkar7503]

​@@vomm yes right.

[@R.-.]

Would someone with engineering materials knowledge like to speculate how long these structures will last and what will eventually happen to them? Will older steel frame structures outlive modern tubular designs with open floorspace? Will we see more collapses in a few centuries or could they start leaning like the tower of Pisa?

[@MVargic]

Without maintenance, reinforced pre-stressed concrete core skyscrapers will last centuries more than steel load bearing structures like the WTC twin towers or Sears Tower. With maintenance and repairs, basically any skyscraper on a stable foundation can last indefinitely and materials dont really matter

[@julmdamaslefttoe3559]

i too think of this regularly, like surely there will be a disaster at the scale of 9/11 but instead structural collapses from shoddy construction, im 22 now, Was alive but not cognative during 2001, and means i got another 50 years maybe, and I just think, whats happened in the world since the 1970s, and 30 years before that there was a damn "world war" what will happen by 2070?

[@Greippi10]

Who knows what will happen over a time scale of centuries. I'd assume the tallest buildings would have to be demolished like they we're built, bit by bit from the top down, until it's small enough to be blown up. But what if Dubai is bankrupt by then? There's currently a hirgh-rise building in San Francisco that has sunk and is leaning slightly. It's still safe to live in but it seems they haven't even managed to stabilize it yet, even though it was noticed over 5 years ago! However considering how many of these buildings are around the world I think our understanding on soil movements and foundations is a lot better than when the tower of Pisa was built.

[@xyzmediaandentertainment8313]

Probably carbon fiber buildings

[@hiftylonghead892]

All it takes is 1 war to ruin these vanity projects

[@finn7530]

i like the music you include :)

[@ThePratech]

Very Nicely Done Video

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I've never been a big fan of super tall buildings and skyscrapers. I find engineering and architecture design that is way more ground based, a totally more enjoyable, useable, effective, productive and engaging than anything a tall building could ever provide.

[@mishXY]

have you ever woken up above the clouds/fog and only see some other peaks sticking out.... it is quite breathtaking.

[@jovimathews]

It’s ok, some people are afraid of heights. Many mainland China still live in villages

[@stickynorth]

That's sooooo 2000 and late... ;-) I like both and they both have a roll to play if you ask me. Good design is good design no matter what form. As is bad design. Too many cut-rate towers ruined the reputation of the format the way that rock and roll was ruined by... oh let's say... Nickelback!

[@stickynorth]

@@jovimathews To each their own. Tall buildings for some, mini pinwheels and walk up flats for others!

[@stickynorth]

@@jovimathews Me? I'm a rowhouse fan... I love not having people above and below me, just next to me hopefully with proper sound and insulation!

[@kennybageI]

i think the sears is way more impressive then the petronas

[@spencer8035]

i love tall buildings. I live in utah and I was excited because they are building the new tallest building in SLC right now which is going to be a whopping 451 foot tall building! Nothing compared to other cities!

[@TheRandomTurtleOfficial]

Amazing video

[@sjajsjsja4523]

I care most about highest occipied floor. Seeing how tall we can build purely for spectacle is cool, but I just don't care about it as much.

[@NomaD10111]

7:15 "Tokyo population challenge" LMAO. THE only population challenge they're having is declining Birthrate

[@Perririri]

Good! Less Anime!!

[@baraodascolinas979]

Japan as a whole is, but big cities and Tokyo specially are still growing, from internal migration from rural and small and even medium cities, and international migration too in Tokyo. Since anime and cultural stuff is more consumed by urban people with more money and acces to it, i'm sure there will be more anime in the future, not less. Maybe less anime for children, and more anime towards japanese adults and internacional exportation.

[@justcallmed5297]

I love your videos great stuff can't wait for more

[@sh0ryualfa393]

7:07 - 7:30 This reminds me so much of Mirror's Edge futuristic metropolis

[@robertschneck8583]

One of these days, Dubai should consider putting in a sewer system.

[@stickynorth]

With all that black gold coming in before... And now tourism dollars... You'd think so... especially since sewage is actually a huge resource that could be turned into cheap biofuels and electricity with little effort besides an aerobic digester the way some cattle farms here in Alberta use 'em to create enough power to run a city, I shit you not! Or YES in this case... My crappy home town could in theory be run entirely be waste from its High Density Feedlot aka its local "Bovine University Campus." But you know...

[@troyarrington5492]

The city is a boom town. It won’t last too long. No need for a long term investment like a sewer system

[@User-qz2wz]

Sewage systems have been fixed a while ago

[@aaquib2010]

When asked about the last hour (Doomsday) The Prophet replied, “That you see barefoot, unclothed herdsmen (the bedouin Arabs as explained by the prophet himself) competing in the construction of tall buildings.” Ref: Sunan Ibn Majah-Hadith 63, Musnad Imam Ahmad bin Hambal-Hadith 2924

[@aaquib2010]

@@absttractive Different books give numbering differently sometimes. Search for the words and u will find it. This is a commonly known hadith indeed.

[@absttractive]

@@aaquib2010 I've found it now that I searched by words, JazakAllahu Khair. :)

[@aaquib2010]

@@absttractive wa iyyakum brother. Look more into it, u will find that it is indeed about the situation today in UAE and KSA

[@MrMountainchris]

Your sky wizard is imaginary. 🤣

[@akuheikeiserllen3078]

@@MrMountainchris the best you guys can do is ignore a fact by making fun of whom made it, honestly pathetic

[@florentwozniak7059]

Malaysia is incredibly underrated when it comes to skyscrapers ... They've got sooo many of them in Kuala Lumpur, I was amazed when I saw that there

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nice video.

[@ensemfunny]

Proud to be Malaysian 🇲🇾 we are the city with mostly had spire 😂

[@reggiep75]

There'll come a time when there'll be a serious collapse, or series of accidents (that money can't cover up), and that'll be all that's need to make people reconsider competitively build upwards.

[@lamchunting856]

Na, flexing never gets old

[@kazisamir3411]

Most middle eastern countries don't get natural disasters like earthquakes so it's not a big problem

[@user-pr9qb6yi9w]

@@kazisamir3411 Aleppo disagrees

[@reggiep75]

@@kazisamir3411 - The human rights investigations into worker living conditions are still a problem and they know it. Workers coming from outside of the UAE are not respected in the same manner as workers native to the country.

[@reggiep75]

@@lamchunting856 - Until the building flexes and bends over to kiss it's own feet. You just know that there's someone who wants something, no matter what, and their money says they're allowed to have it... Until the dead bodies are pulled out of the bent steel.

[@diegojoseforeropalmera6475]

great video

[@raisikhtiaruddin87]

Amazing😎

[@qpwoeiruty108]

in my opinion this is all about people's willing and passion. those were years of competing, prosperity and growth, and Dubai had made everything possible to prove themselves as the one of the biggest tourists cities in the world. but now we're living in the era of global pandemic, conflicts or maybe even on the brink of world war 3

[@Muffin_Top20]

can we get much higher, high, so high...

[@AidanChinSungLing]

Anyone can explain why do they count the antenna of Petronas Towers as its height but not Sears Tower?

[@WeldersDisease]

Eventually this just becomes a game of who can build the first space elevator

[@adhdmonster1369]

Every building in Egypt should look like a futuristic extension of its Bronze Age kingdoms just like their proposed tower. That would be amazing.

[@Footballeditforfun]

I don’t think Egypt wants to only portrait one point of time, they also want to portrait there current Islamic culture….

[@azzamkhalil26]

They should clean the disgusting nile river before anything

[@adhdmonster1369]

@@Footballeditforfun I don’t care what they want to do. I want it to look like Stargate, dammit!

[@adhdmonster1369]

@@azzamkhalil26 Fair enough.

[@RedRocketthefirst]

@@azzamkhalil26 Their whole country. Its fucking disgusting. But yeah I'm saying that from the Netherlands.

[@pop5678eye]

Many of these vanity phallic symbols are functionally impotent. They often have trouble filling up their space and when they do it's dysfunctional. In New York the tallest residential skyscrapers have elevators that frequently break down (imagine with having to walk 80 stories worth of stairs or being stuck in an elevator for hours at 1000ft) and to this day Burj Khalifa's septic system relies on a long line of trucks retrieving its sh!t each day because the tower could not be connected to the city's sewage system.

[@jordanjoestar-turniptruck]

Even back in the original WTC design, getting a proper elevator setup without taking up too much floorspace was a huge challengs. And those buildings were FAT compared to these newer towers

[@Zelielz1]

I llve these videos

[@theplasmatron3306]

Imagine having to take the stairs all the way up to the top floor in the tallest building in the world.

[@rutvikrs]

Imagine being in one of these buildings during a violent storm let alone an earthquake. 😂

[@Brmeel]

They’re designed to hold their place in these situations but yeah it would be quite scary

[@jihadi-against-oppression]

"One of the signs of Doomsday is the rivalry of bare-footed and poor shepherds (Nomad Arabs) in constructing high buildings and boasting about it." ~ 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗱 (𝗽𝗯𝘂𝗵)

[@potatoeskimos]

@@jihadi-against-oppression People are not trying competing anymore.

[@weinser7278]

@@BrmeelI wouldn’t care tbh

[@glennbabic5954]

I wonder if these architects detail all the materials, stresses and logistics of building their designs or they just sell them based on cred and pretty pictures.

[@thewelshdragon1567]

Well they don’t, most of that it passes on to structural and civil engineers who validate the design

[@phillbozz853]

They don’t care that’s what I’ve heard studying civil engineering

[@timo5229]

Architects do some of it but they mainly focus on the design, a structural engineer will figure out how to actually build it

[@reggiep75]

Those people are 'edge lords' and not architects/engineers. The same type of people who'll pass the project to construction companies who use physical labourers from other nations as they matter less to the nation in question that is getting its 'super, I'm the best, high tower' built.

[@Yora21]

I propose a solid stone pyramid that is 100 kilometers high. Unlike those towers, my design is even structurally sound. Please include me in these videos for the largest currently proposed structure.

[@denifnaf5874]

500 years later: the citadel's on full alert i've newer seen it lit up like that!

[@grahamturner2640]

0:27 what's the proposed tower furthest to the left?

[@cojack5080]

Wait wait wait. Tokyo thinks its a good idea to put a mile high tower, with WIND slots, on a small man-made ILSAND on the WATER'S edge of a tsunami prone ocean?!

[@red_moon_7760]

...and on islands with around 1500 earthquake a year.

[@MarkWTK]

from a demography point of view, how are they going to occupy it with their declining population

[@RK-cj4oc]

@@MarkWTK not. They are building it to keep their real estate market up. Which will help keep the current population wealthier.

[@doublejumpvideogames....]

Also godzilla

[@Perririri]

1600 meters

[@sHaKe2702]

Umar ibn al-Khattab reported: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, one day when a man appeared…. we did not recognize him…. The man said, “Tell me about the final hour.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “The one asked does not know more than the one asking.” The man said, “Tell me about its signs.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “…..you will see barefoot, naked, and dependent shepherds compete in the construction of tall buildings.” (Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 8) Once barefoot, naked and dependent shepherd, now competing for the construction of tallest building, سبحن الله, the hour is nearby. Let’s all fear the day when we need to stand in front of ﷲ.

[@PapiJuancho312]

As a Chicagoan.. thanks you for calling it the Sears tower

[@tehdusto]

The way you said "Toronto" as "Toronno" let's me know that you're a real one.

[@0413207583]

Great video but you shouldn't say Architects used techniques to deal with forces. That's the role of the structural engineer not the architect. In Burj Khalifa's case the chief engineer was William Baker. In my experience as a Structural Engineer there are Architects that don't even consider such aspects and focus solely on the aesthetic.

[@Rampant16]

In the case of the Burj the architect was absolutely involved in the structural aspects of the building. The architect Adrian Smith has a bigger portfolio of super tall projects than anyone. At those heights the structure plays too large of a role in the form of the building for the architect not be involved with structural aspects as well.

[@0413207583]

@@Rampant16 I'm sure played a role in helping shape it for sure. But my point was that calculating forces and stresses and the resultant required structure is not at all the responsibility of the architect. There's inevitably some coordination that needs to occur between form (architect) and function (engineer). The level of which is dependent on the scale and complexity of the structure. Regardless, the structural engineer is the primary person responsible for the structure. They are the ones signing off on the structure with their name, liability and all.

[@Ragnarok540]

The tallest building requires a massive number of poop trucks (you read that right) because it is not connected to a sewage system. A bigger building will require a poop train. Why they didn't build a sewage system first? Is not as flashy as the tallest building, that's why.

[@Anti_degenerate]

Cope

[@RyanTosh]

This is a myth

[@ab.h440]

At least it’s better than London, when they flushed all the poop and shit into their river when the sewage system couldn’t handle it

[@revenger211]

You people will jump on whatever wagon that passes by to justify getting mad at something... this was an old problem that got fixed years and years ago. Hence why all the videos of the "poop trucks" are in crappy quality. That's how old this is.

[@adventurefaps9571]

Good video, like the bigem but less shilly

[@jihadi-against-oppression]

"One of the signs of Doomsday is the rivalry of bare-footed and poor shepherds (Nomad Arabs) in constructing high buildings and boasting about it." ~ 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗱 (𝗽𝗯𝘂𝗵)

[@slowknife2873]

I literally just commented the same verse, it's crazy how Arabs themselves don't realize they are doing what prophet And saw predicted they'll do

[@eaglemaster7]

What hadidth, give us source?

[@justingroff3682]

MI 4 for someone who is a daredevil loves roller coasters and heights and is mildly afraid but enjoys the fear of being in them and having been to the Sears Tower w my dad in 1998 when it was tallest building in America and later witnessing the 2nd tallest waterfall in the world Yosemite Falls and praying one day to go to S America n Africa to see Victoria and Angel falls. I never got to before my dad died of stage four cancer but I will never forget the time we spent together even the small things like being on the Amtrack on our way to Las Angeles watching of all movies ironically a film called City of Angels and as it ended....crying and trying to hide it as tough men from one another but letting that go and seeing him cry and letting him see me will go down as one of my favorite moments w my father whom i still miss and I know is w Jesus in Paradise right now because he had faith like no other man i ever knew in person He stood for me like a Giant a man that had the courage of Harry Potter and the enjoying of life of otters and riding waves on a boogie board was his favorite thing to do in life period and Good Vibrations by the beach boys was appropriately his favorite song and his favorite other song w my mom was Time in a Bottle both amazing songs but for me Pet Sounds and going to Ocean City MD makes me cry thinking of my father and anytime I get in a skyscraper anytime I go fishing for he spent most of his days mornings and nights out on the Susquehanna River or a pond or lake near our Cecil County Home in Conowingo MD and I always hated them but we went to the west for one main reason to see Lighthouses on the rocky Pacific coast for my dad and we saw 3 near Seattle and between there and Lake Tahoe Oregon but on the coast so about 200 miles of windy 30 mph coastline but so gorgeous i got why he loves those beacons of light for ships that would otherwise wreck and I think of my dad now w tall buildings in general

[@justingroff3682]

i had no idea i went w my dad in 1998 the year Sears was dethroned that is cool that means I got to see it the last partial year it was still the tallest building in the world so cool it is as if my dad knew about India building the new one so strange so kismet that was a God thing a Jesus moment a Oprah aha thing wow so amazing i can't put how awesome that is into words for someone like me who loves Superman II because I love the Eiffel Tower and all things tall towers and buildings and Space Needles etc

[@IllusiveDude]

so Spires are like high heels

[@catzzzz1450]

You still confused about architectural height?

[@troyarrington5492]

@@catzzzz1450 obviously you are if you count spires over floor count😂imagine that

[@lifeisgood141]

China still has the most tall skyscrapers. However, It comes to senses that super tall skyscrapers are no longer practical other than for vanity and status statement.

[@baraodascolinas979]

China also recently installed a height limit of 500 meters for new buildings because of economical soundness. A move that many countries could also do, with lowers heights too.

[@michaelyemane2063]

Can you make a video about the Ethiopian Mesob tower please?

[@snowysmile9082]

I hope my great grandchildren could see the construction of tokyo tower of babel