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did you know?
did you know?
Beijing’s tallest building
to be equipped by KONE
China Zun, a 528-meter-high
building in Beijing’s central business
district, derives its name and design
from “Zun,” an ancient Chinese
wine vessel – a tall cup with a broad
mouth, without any hands or legs.
The 108-story skyscraper will provide
office space, a private club and an
observation deck, and will feature
the latest energy-saving technologies.
The building, to be completed by
2018, will house 101 elevators and
41 escalators provided by KONE and
will include 21 eco-efficient KONE
DoubleDeck elevators that can reach
speeds of 10 meters per second.
Megacities (10 million or more inhabitants)
Large Cities (5 to 10 million inhabitants)
Medium-sized cities (1 to 5 million inhabitants)
Cities of 500,000 to 1 million inhabitants
Urban areas smaller than 500,000
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Population (millions)
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The high-speed elevators
will rise 660 meters to
the observation deck,
making it the world’s
highest elevator rise.
KONE’s Kingdom
Tower progress card
SOURCE: UN WORLD URBANIZATION PROSPECTS 2014
GROWTH OF CITIES OF ALL SIZES
THE FIRST PHASE OF ELEVATOR
installations have begun at
KONE’s Kingdom Tower project in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Pre-installation activities for fitting the elevator system’s
guiderails have been initiated by the team.
Eventual installation of guiderails and KONE elevator cars
will progress as Kingdom Tower’s central structure rises in
the coming years.
The next phases of the project will cover manufacturing
and delivery of KONE’s vertical transportation solutions
– the world’s fastest and highest DoubleDeck elevators,
supported by revolutionary KONE UltraRope® technology –
and the latest People Flow Intelligence solutions.
KONE’s DoubleDeck elevators travel at a speed of over
10 meters per second to reach the highest livable floor in
the world in 52 seconds. The high-speed elevators will rise
660 meters to the observation deck, making it the world’s
highest elevator rise. In total, KONE will manufacture and
install 57 elevators and eight escalators at Kingdom Tower,
which will be the world’s tallest building once completed
in 2018.
Over the past two years, KONE Areeco, KONE’s Saudi
Arabian joint venture, in conjunction with KONE’s global
experts, has been involved in the planning and design of all
vertical transportation systems for Kingdom Tower that rise
to a height of more than one kilometer. /
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