Burj al-Malaz (Arabic: برج الملز, lit.

'Malaz Tower'), also known as Burj al-Arab[1] (Arabic: برج العرب, lit.

'Arab Tower'), Imarat al-Barmil[2] (Arabic: عمارة البرميل, lit.

'barrel apartment building') and Capitol Records Building,[3] was a cylindrical-shaped apartment building on al-Jamiʽah Street in the al-Malaz district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

[4] It was built in the mid-1960s by Egyptian construction conglomerate Osman Ahmed Osman and was one of the most prominent landmarks of the district in the 1970s.