Neom

Siranna's eye-catching hexagonal design is meant to complement the rugged surrounding landscape

Architecture

Extraordinary hexagonal hotel planned for Saudi's Neom giga-project

It has been a crazy year for Saudi Arabian architecture, but the country isn't done surprising us yet. Plans have now been revealed for an unusual hexagonal hotel that will be nestled into the rugged desert landscape.

Epicon will feature two skyscrapers, the shorter of which will rise to a height of 225 m (roughly 740 ft), while the taller will reach 275 m (900 ft)

Architecture

Pair of spectacular skyscrapers to rise like a mirage in the Saudi desert

Another day, another spectacular-looking skyscraper project revealed for Saudi Arabia. Named Epicon, the development will be centered around two futuristic-looking towers that are meant to evoke a desert mirage.

UK firm Atkins has been commissioned to help realize an ambitious plan to build a linear city in the Saudi Desert called the Line

Architecture

Ambitious 170-km-long Saudi skyscraper city gets construction go ahead

Imagine taking a population the size of New York and putting it into a 170-km-long skyscraper in the desert. An incredibly ambitious project named the Line is doing just that, and UK firm Atkins has been commissioned to help realize it.

The Line would measure a total length of 170 km (105 miles), and be home to 9 million residents if realized

Architecture

The incredible plan for a 170-km-long skyscraper in the Saudi desert

Saudi Arabia has revealed plans for an architecture project so ambitious that it almost beggars belief. The Line project is envisioned as a 170-km-long skyscraper home to approximately 9 million people – or around the same as the population of NYC.

The building site for Neom: a futuristic city where the desert meets the Red Sea, with views of Egypt across the water, and plans for a giant bridge to cross the span

Good Thinking

Introducing Neom, the 500 billion-dollar, ultra-high tech future megacity of Saudi Arabia

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is looking past the oil era to a new age of global commerce, and he's building a half-trillion dollar, futuristic paradise of a megacity as its centrepiece. Neom is Dubai 2.0, a lavish international hub based on next-level tech and a new, progressive Saudi politics.