That’s your oil money, hard at work; designed and built by the West with the West’s money, and made so that the House of Saud can bilk the richer pilgrims during their Hajj. Best part is that many historical sites, including the house of Mohammed’s Uncle, were demolished to clear land for this abomination that barely has a hint of Muslim influence to it. Even the Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Towers were built from the ground up on Islamic architecture and design.
I mean, for a city as central to a faith of over a billion people, the architecture leaves much to be desired in both extremes, both rich and poor.
Creativewritingfailsays
Kind of reminds me of ten penny tower in FO
woronwolksays
It looks so ugly, especially when shown amongst the tallest buildings in the world. Like, there are more or less masterpieces of architecture like Burj Khalifa, Shanghai tower, Goldin Finance tower, Central Park tower, Willis Tower, Lakhta center, Q1 and others, and then there’s this
kashafmirzasays
The Saudis have ruined mecca
meditate42says
This building btw, is by far the most expensive building in the world, it cost about 15 billion to construct. Number 2 on that list cost about 6 billion to construct.
crushedmansays
I made an architectural model of this area for work in about 1997 and none of this shit was there.
dnuohxof1says
Looks like religious capitalism…. huh, how about that.
tms10000says
The Tower Hotel in Mecca is to religious sites what the Las Vegas Excalibur Hotel and Casino is to medieval castles.
Except that, you know, Mecca is an actual religious site. And the caricatures-as-casino theme of Las Vegas kinda fits the glory of excess of that town.
lp_ciegosays
Aside from comically bad taste, why does it have a clock? Is there religious symbolism in that?
elMcKDaddysays
More appropriately r/evilbuildings
PumpyChowdownsays
Whoever was responsible for this needs to be dealt with. Mecca was so beautiful and now it’s a gaudy, Disneyesque freakshow. Absolutely ruined.
LabTech41 says
That’s your oil money, hard at work; designed and built by the West with the West’s money, and made so that the House of Saud can bilk the richer pilgrims during their Hajj. Best part is that many historical sites, including the house of Mohammed’s Uncle, were demolished to clear land for this abomination that barely has a hint of Muslim influence to it. Even the Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Towers were built from the ground up on Islamic architecture and design.
I mean, for a city as central to a faith of over a billion people, the architecture leaves much to be desired in both extremes, both rich and poor.
Creativewritingfail says
Kind of reminds me of ten penny tower in FO
woronwolk says
It looks so ugly, especially when shown amongst the tallest buildings in the world. Like, there are more or less masterpieces of architecture like Burj Khalifa, Shanghai tower, Goldin Finance tower, Central Park tower, Willis Tower, Lakhta center, Q1 and others, and then there’s this
kashafmirza says
The Saudis have ruined mecca
meditate42 says
This building btw, is by far the most expensive building in the world, it cost about 15 billion to construct. Number 2 on that list cost about 6 billion to construct.
crushedman says
I made an architectural model of this area for work in about 1997 and none of this shit was there.
dnuohxof1 says
Looks like religious capitalism…. huh, how about that.
tms10000 says
The Tower Hotel in Mecca is to religious sites what the Las Vegas Excalibur Hotel and Casino is to medieval castles.
Except that, you know, Mecca is an actual religious site. And the caricatures-as-casino theme of Las Vegas kinda fits the glory of excess of that town.
lp_ciego says
Aside from comically bad taste, why does it have a clock? Is there religious symbolism in that?
elMcKDaddy says
More appropriately r/evilbuildings
PumpyChowdown says
Whoever was responsible for this needs to be dealt with. Mecca was so beautiful and now it’s a gaudy, Disneyesque freakshow. Absolutely ruined.