KAFD Grand Mosque · 21 mKAFD Metro Station · 28 mPP 10 Parcel 2.09 · 34 mThe Gem Building · 38 mPPA 30 Parcel 2.05 Residential Tower · 40 mKAFD Conference Center · 42 mPPA 30 Parcel 2.07 Tower A · 49 mPPA 30 Parcel 2.08 · 53 mCascading Condos · 60 mPP 10 Parcel 3.05 Residential Tower · 67 mPPA 30 Parcel 5.06 · 77 mCrystal Tower 2 · 80 mPP 10 Parcel 4.07 · 81 mPPA 30 Parcel 4.01 · 82 mPP 10 Parcel 3.05 Office Tower · 83 mW Riyadh - KAFD · 87 mPP 10 Parcel 3.04 Residential Tower · 98 mPP 10 Parcel 1.12 · 102 mPP 10 Parcel 2.14 · 105 mThe Terraces (PPA 30 Parcel 2.12) · 105 mPPA 30 Parcel 5.03 Tower 1 · 105 mPPA 30 Parcel 5.05 Office Tower · 125 mPP 10 Parcel 4.08 · 126 mCrystal Tower 1 · 135 mPPA 30 Parcel 3.09 · 138 mPP 10 Parcel 3.04 Office Tower · 145 mPPA 30 Parcel 5.05 Residential Tower · 149 mVillas in the Sky · 160 mPPA 30 Parcel 4.09 · 182 mTadawul Tower · 200 mSNB Head Office (former Samba Headquarters Tower) · 231 mRiyad Bank Tower · 264 mKAFD World Trade Center · 304 mPIF Tower (Public Investment Fund Tower) · 385 mH

King Abdullah Financial District · Buildings

KAFD Skywalk (Skyway) Network

Other names: KAFD skybridges, climate-controlled skywalks

Height
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Architect
Henning Larsen (masterplan), Foster + Partners (listed in 2010 as "SNFP", i.e. Sir Norman Foster and Partners), Gensler, RTKL, FXFowle, Will Bruder (bridge designers named in 2010)
Status
Complete
Contractor
Mohammed Alrashid Trading & Contracting (Marco) for two skybridges awarded 2024
Main occupants
KAFD DMC

Facts

  • Guinness World Record (July 2025): world's largest continuous pedestrian skyway network, 15.46 km, 42 climate-controlled skywalks linking 95 buildings
  • 30,000 m2 of glass and over 3,000 t of steel; 5 million safe man-hours by 1,200 personnel
  • Record previously held by Minneapolis (set 2016)
  • 2010 plan: about 70 skybridges; Henning Larsen: 4 km of climatised footbridges; Argaam 2024: 48 suspension bridges planned

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