The clock tower contains the Clock Tower Museum that occupies the top four floors of the tower. The central hotel tower, which is the Makkah Clock Royal Tower, is the fourth-tallest building and sixth- tallest freestanding structure in the world. These towers are a part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project that aims to modernize the city in catering to its pilgrims. The Abraj Al Bait, also known as the Clock Towers ( Arabic: أبراج الساعة, romanized: Abrāj al-Sāʿa, lit.'Towers of the Clock'), is a government-owned complex of seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. SL Rasch GmbH and Dar Al-Handasah Architects
Main structural system: reinforced concrete (lower part), steel/concrete composite construction, steel construction (upper part) Ĭladding: glass, marble, natural stone, carbon-/glass- fibre-reinforced plasticĭevelopment: 1,575,815 m 2 (16,961,930 sq ft) (389.4 acres)
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