What a US$15 Billion Building Looks Like

Sign inAbraj Al Bait is the world's most expensive building which comprises of seven skyscrappers with the total cost of construction totalling US$15 billion

•What is a Building

 A building is defined as a structure with a roof and walls, or a relatively permanent enclosed construction over a plot of land.

The buiing is located the city of Mecca, in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia and its just couple of meters away from the Great Mosque of Mecca.

•Who Owns the Building?

The building is owned by Saudi Arabia's government which was part of King Abdulaziz Endowment Project initiative.

•Architectural Facts 

-The build Makkah Royal Clock house's the World's Largest clock face.

-It is also the fifth tallest standing in the world.

-The clock Tower Museum is also located in he building.

-The tallest tower in the complex is the tallest buil.

ding in Saudi Arabia, with a height of 601 metres (1,972 feet).

-the Abraj Al-Bait Towers has two large prayer rooms (one for men, one for women) capable of holding more than 10,000 people.

-The complex also consist of a five star hotel.

-The complex also house a five story shopping mall.

Saudi Arabia's largest construction company "Saudi Binladin Group" was in charge of the complex construction.

The Construction was started 2004 and was Completed in 2011 is reported to have a whooping cost of about US$15 billion