The Clock Towers, or Abraj Al Bait, stand in Mecca about 300 meters from the Great Mosque. SL Rasch and Dar Al-Handasah Architects designed them for the Saudi Binladin Group, which was also the main contractor. Construction began in 2002, the complex was completed in 2011 and it opened in 2012, at a cost of US$15 billion. The article calls the style Postmodern New Classical.
The main tower is 601 meters (1,972 feet) with 120 floors. Each clock face is 43 meters across. The complex has seven hotel towers, a Fairmont hotel, a five-story mall and a museum on the top four floors.
A prayer room sits in the crescent at the top. The complex is government-owned.
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