The Line Saudi Arabia

2022 - 7 - 27

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Future or fantasy? Designs unveiled for one-building city stretching ... (CNN)

"The Line" is touted as a one-building city in the desert which will stretch over 106 miles and house millions but critics have cast doubt on whether the ...

"The designs ... will challenge the traditional flat, horizontal cities and create a model for nature preservation and enhanced human livability. Similar ghost town fates befell other costly projectsin the Yujiapu Financial District in Tianjin, China, and Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar. The Line forms part of a Saudi rebrand plan ---coined Vision 2030--- to rival its Gulf neighbors such as Dubai and Abu Dhabi as travel hotspots and reshape the kingdom's economy. The group has been highly critical of Saudi Arabia's visa sponsorship system, known as kafala. "This was a heinous crime," bin Salman said in an interview with CBS in 2019. It will span 34 square kilometers (13 square miles), according to the press release.

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The Line: Saudi Arabia's City of the Future Design (Pro Tool Reviews)

Saudi Arabia Announces The Line As A Futuristic 100% Renewable Energy City ... We've often imagined what our cities of the future might look like, but I'll be the ...

They expect the first 1.5 million residents to be living in The Line by 2030. What will you be allowed to race? We’ve often imagined what our cities of the future might look like, but I’ll be the first to admit that Saudi Arabia’s The Line was nowhere on my radar.

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Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman revealed the first glimpses of what The Line will look like.

There was also a mention of a sports stadium built 1,000 feet above the ground and the issue of how the project could disrupt the migration of birds as well as snatch lands away from the tribes of the region. The Line is being designed to put humans first in the pecking order of urban planning and strip off the need for roads to move cars and buses around. “We cannot ignore the livability and environmental crises facing our world’s cities, and NEOM is at the forefront of delivering new and imaginative solutions to address these issues.

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Video reveals 170-kilometre-long mirrored skyscraper The Line in ... (Dezeen)

This video unveils the design for The Line, a 500-metre-tall mirror-clad skyscraper that will be built to house nine million people in Saudi Arabia.

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