Unlike the Burj Khalifa, the Azerbaijan Tower will “be on a city of 41 artificial islands called the Khazar Islands that’ll cost $100 billion to construct and be home to the world’s tallest building — it will reach 1050 meters into the sky.” Click here to see more. Continue reading for a video presentation.
To put that height into perspective, that’s 220 meters taller than the Pringles-can shaped Burj Khalifa and 50 meters taller than the Kingdom Tower (expected completion in 2016/2017). The tower will also be able to survive 9.0 magnitude earthquakes, in case you’re the worrying type.
[via Dvice]