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Makkah extension proposal leaked.

Written by Ihsaan Abrahams

Friday, 29 May 2009

Mecca, the holiest city in Islam, is going to be redesigned, and a proposed master plan just leaked to YouTube.

Because of the extreme sensitivity of the project, details about the redesign have been sparse. Nonetheless, it seems destined to become one of the most high-profile architecture projects in a generation. Commissioned by the Saudi Royal Family, with an estimated budget of $13 billion, it would address massive overcrowding, which has led to thousands of trampling deaths during the yearly Hajj, which draws 1.7 million pilgrims.