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Makkah Royal Clock Tower 601 m ↗
Mecca · Saudi Arabia · Completed 2012
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SL Rasch
SL Rasch designed the clock-tower top at Makkah after the underlying towers had already been structurally calculated. The addition made control of self-weight a fundamental design constraint.
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First completion2012
Latest completion2012
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Large clock faces, hands, supporting structure and the crescent required different materials and specialist interfaces. The lightweight crown cannot be understood simply as more floors stacked on the hotel.
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