Owner : Central Bank Of Kuwait (http://www.cbk.gov.kw/WWW/index.html)
Project Name : Central Bank Of Kuwait
Location : Sharq area, Kuwait City
Floors/Hight : 42F/240m
Construction Start : 2006
Construction End : Unknown

Building Location:

The new Central Bank of Kuwait building will be constructed in the Sharq area on a plot adjacent to the Arabian Gulf Street from the north, the Abdullah Al–Ahmed Street from the south, Al–Babtain Central Library of Arabic Poetry from the west, and the Office of the State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs (formerly the Ministry of Health) from the east.

Plot Area:

The Plot area where the building is to be built covers around 26,000 square meters (twenty six thousand square meters approximately).

Total Building (Covered) Area:

The building consists of a tower for offices with a total area of around 75000 square meters (three basements, a ground floor, and 41 floors above the ground level), and a multi–storey car park building (three basements, a ground floor, and 4 floors above the ground level) with a total area of around 65000 square meters.

The Exterior of the Building:

The main podium, lower-front of the building is rectangular in plan. The upper part is triangular tower. The northern-front facing the Arabian Gulf will be built as a pyramidal steel structure with a curtain wall made of aluminum and glass. The south western and south eastern fronts will be built of concrete covered by marble or granite. On top of the tower, there will be a viewing lantern with glazed walls and ceilings (photos attached).

Building Height:

The height of the building is around 240 meters.

Project Manager:

All–phase project management contract has been signed with the local PMC company in collaboration with the American DMJM company.

Architect and Supervisor Engineering Office:

Project design and supervision contract has been signed with the international HOK Office in collaboration with its local partner the Pan Arab Consulting Engineers Office. They had won the architectural design competition in which a number of international offices specialized in bank designs (both central and commercial) had participated.



http://www.intelligentbuildanddesign.com/projects/cbk/images/CBK_View-From-Sea.jpg

http://www.intelligentbuildanddesign.com/projects/cbk/images/CBK_View-From-City.jpg

http://www.intelligentbuildanddesign.com/projects/cbk/images/CBK_Banking-Hall.jpg


Interesting viewpoints from the CBK website
http://www.cbk.gov.kw/Images/cbkHQ/cbk-section.jpg
http://www.cbk.gov.kw/Images/cbkHQ/cbk-site.jpg

Can't wait for this project to pick up pace..:cheers:




06-09-06

06-09-06

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16th, October, 2008:

16th, October, 2008:

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July 5th, 2009 :

from mxxy

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29th NOV 09

mobile update 29th NOV 09

you can see the tower's podium peeking above the fence... i saw the core is around level 4 or 5
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December 11th, 2009 :

mobile update
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23-1-2010


central bank of kuwait project
on 23-1-2010 - now the core is rising
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5th, May, 2010


5th, May, 2010:

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30-06


30-06

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:cheers:PD.

6th, September, 2010


6th, September, 2010:

This is from Alafasy TV during Tahajod prayer from the Grand Mosque...

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By Thamerium

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By Thamerium

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by charles54
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On the left one can see the building

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26.11.2010
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January 2nd, 2011

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19th, January, 2011

By Thamerium

19th, January, 2011:


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Thanks for the updates, strange building, but nice!

From flickr

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khalid almasoud

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by kuwaiti tower

From flickr

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Very cool.Stunning view:)

6-5-2011

6-5-2011

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by Thamerium

8th, October, 2011:



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Good structural.

cool design, nice cladding

From the Kuwaiti forum

today

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at night

30-10-2012

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Topped out?

It looks like it!

Nice cladding!

Looks bit like Ruyguong in the term of shape (triangle)

^^ u can said that again :okay:

From flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5207/5343327030_4b3702c70a_b.jpg

wow very nice addition for Kuwait City
:eek:

Update yesterday by Flickr

looks huge ( in the right )

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8199/8196606067_bcc3d4cdec_b.jpg

What is that tall building under construction in the middle of that picture? Looks 200 meters +

^^ I have no idea

Cool building :drool:
I love buildings with sloped triangular outlines, especially ones with nice cladding.
Reminds me of Torre Insignia
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Update 20 November 2012 from Flickr far left

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A clear photo taken 20 November 2012 Flickr

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Facade looks nice

Update taken 89 minutes ago

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2013-03-22 by charles54

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