Saudi Arabia unveils giant cube-shaped supertall skyscraper for downtown Riyadh

The Saudi Arabian government has announced plans to build a 400-metre-high cube-shaped skyscraper named Mukaab as part of its Murabba downtown plan in Riyadh.

Set to be built to the northwest of central Riyadh, the 19-square-kilometre development is being planned as a new downtown area for the Saudi capital city.

Described as the "new face of Riyadh", it will be built around the Mukaab structure, which will be "one of the largest built structures in the world".

The structure will be 400 metres high, making it officially a supertall skyscraper, and 400 metres long on each side. It will become the tallest building in the city.

[endtimes]

Reminds me of Babylon. I doubt this is going to end well.

[ThisIsWhereTheFunBegins]

The graphics are realistic and the gameplay looks insane, the developers really outdid themselves. Can't wait for it to drop on Steam!

[Hussain_Zaki]

I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

-Percy Bysshe Shelley

[stickynorth]

For those who thought NEOM's The Line wasn't dystopian and ominous enough for ya... ;-)

[CheddahCheez]

All of those things flying around are holograms ang giant graphics on giant screens. Awesome.

[nedjohnson]

So it’s basicly a tower inside a giant green screen. Did lucasfilm give them The Volume technology?

[hmn]

Wow, I wonder what kind of other project they are gonna announce in the next few weeks. They keep on coming.

[CanadianPrepper]

In the middle of a desert that gets hotter every year. This is getting ridiculous.

[Rocksolidhandyman]

Hopefully they plan on growing lots of trees that would promote a longterm sustainable ecosystem.

[Justreal]

It could be Maze Runners of real life.

[sol-hunter]

This gave me a great idea for a cyberpunk campaign, and I was drawing blanks before. Thanks!

[dcchavez]

Looks like that cube from the old HellRaiser movie.

[Gerhard]

Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 will be the new mega destination

[gtavtheavengergunnerlegend]

this is definitely a wonder of the world

[a.s.f.g.]

So they really just said, let's build a giant mecca to consumerism

[Muhammad_]

🇸🇦𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚🇸🇦
We don't stop with projects Alhamdulillah 🤲🏻

[rudimartinez]

The occult of the black cube strikes again. Nice flex!

Pro-tip…. Releasing this video on Saturdays to give an extra nod to Saturn would have been more legit FRFR no cap. Ari216 would have smiled a bit more.

[BH..]

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[Solaris]

We are the borg, resistance is futile!

[gilkin]

The plan also calls for strengthening the presence of women in the labour force and easing Saudi hardliner social norms. "Our vision is a tolerant country, Islam is its constitution, and its moderation is moderate, " he said when announcing the vision.