7 Interesting facts about the 3rd tallest skyscraper in the world.

There are so many skyscrapers in the world some are huge some are enormously large and some are just excitingly beautiful making you speechless and awestruck at the same time.

Now here we are talking about the tallest ones around the world, skyscraper by the way means a very tall building which consists of many storeys.
I have never been interested in any of the buildings and constructions or the effort taken by the architects to design such beautiful masterpieces until I have actually been to one of the tallest building and looked down from the rooftop. I can't explain the feeling I got when I watched the sunset from there. Lets talk about the interesting facts about it!

KINGDOM CENTRE Tower

1. It is the 3rd tallest building with a hole in   the world after Shanghai World                   Financial center and 85 Sky Tower in Taiwan.

2. The hole or the parabolic arch is actually huge which is atop the building which is connected by a sky bridge from one corner to the other.

3. It is 99 storey skyscraper of which 2 are below the ground was designed in joint venture of USA and Saudi based architects.

4. It was constructed merely within 3 years of time and it cost a whopping 453 million US $.

5. It was constructed and developed by Prince Waleed Bin Talal, the controversial 'Arabian Warren buffet' as the TIME magazine says.

6. This huge 992 ft skyscraper which is made of reinforced concrete columns and a steel frame structure is situated on the King Fahad road in Riyadh the capital city of Saudi Arabia.

7. The sky bridge is a heavy 300 ton steel stucture to which visitors after paying fees and taking two elevators reach.

 So these are the facts which I collected after visiting this tower myself let me know if you have any facts which I must know.