Jeddah Tower Surpasses 95th Floor as Architects Target Record-Breaking Milestone This Month

The Jeddah Tower is set to reach its 100th floor this month, moving closer to becoming the world's tallest building with a projected 2028 completion date.

By: AXL Media

Published: Apr 5, 2026, 5:28 PM EDT

Source: Information for this report was sourced from Newsweek

Ascending Toward a Century of Stories

The Jeddah Tower is approaching a major engineering milestone as construction enters a high-velocity phase. Architect Gordon Gill confirmed that the structure has currently reached the 95th floor, with the 100th floor expected to be completed within the next two weeks. As the building ascends, the floor plates naturally decrease in size, allowing the delivery of floor-by-floor construction to accelerate. This progress marks a critical turning point for the project, which aims to reach an unprecedented height of more than one kilometer, or approximately 3,281 feet, effectively redefining the global skyline.

Surpassing the Burj Khalifa

Once finalized, the Jeddah Tower will officially claim the title of the world's tallest building from Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, which stands at 2,717 feet. Both structures share a common architectural lineage, having been designed by Adrian Smith. The current phase of development focuses on moving past the 100-story mark toward the observation deck level. Following the completion of the inhabited floors, the final architectural element will be the addition of the spire, which will crown the tower and push its official height beyond the three-thousand-foot threshold.

Efficiency Through Simple Geometry

Architecturally, the Jeddah Tower is defined by what Gill describes as a "tripod" silhouette, featuring three distinct wings that terminate at different heights. Gill likens the aesthetic to a child’s folded paper airplane standing on its end, emphasizing that the tower’s power comes from its visual simplicity. Despite its massive scale, the building is designed for extreme efficiency. The aerodynamic shape is specifically engineered to manage wind loads while reducing the amount of steel and concrete required, thereby lowering the embodied carbon footprint associated with high-rise infrastructure.