Owner : Olympic Council Of Asia
Location : Arabian Gulf Street(Waterfront), Salmiya.
Floors/Hight : about 22F / ??
Construction Start : 2005
Construction End : 2007

Project Overview : H.Q. building for "Olympic Council Of Asia". The project includes an Olympic Academy, Olympic Museum and a 5 stars Hotel .

http://www.top4arab.com/ol1.jpg

http://www.top4arab.com/o3.jpg

http://www.top4arab.com/ol2.jpg

I think the hotel will be under the Hilton management.

This is a fantastic piece of work by a world famous architect called Kenneth Yeang .. this is not his first proposal to kuwait, but he finally got something to be built and i am sure this building will be published in magazines and books around the world ..
we need more projects in kuwait that are designed by famous architects ...
and the building looks funky too :)

^^ actually it looks like a zaha hadid copycat..

that is a horrible design. i dont really like it. i dont like the name of the street either disgusting.

but the desing could have been better because the skyscraper seems like it was designed in a day. it looks really crooked. i cant really explain it.

to his deffense, Yeang designs takes almost forever, he tries as much as possible to reduse the need for AC for some reason, i can assure u that this building will be different that what people might think about it now, and yes i agree .. it looks like what Zaha might have designed but they both studied together remember ;)

Weird building...I like it! Looks like the architechts were inspired by an ice berg:)

this building wont be build, because the street does not exist.

this building wont be build, because the street does not exist.


Could you guys shut up about the name of the street? Now whos trolling? :| :D

that is a horrible design. i dont really like it. i dont like the name of the street either disgusting.

but the desing could have been better because the skyscraper seems like it was designed in a day. it looks really crooked. i cant really explain it.


this building wont be build, because the street does not exist.

lol calm down guys it's only a street name :booze:

I think I'm gonna use "AGS" short name from now on .

(AGS = arabian gulf street , airanian gulf street ... whatever you wanna call it :tongue2: )

lol calm down guys it's only a street name :booze:

I think I'm gonna use "AGS" short name from now on .

(AGS = arabian gulf street , airanian gulf street ... whatever you wanna call it :tongue2: )
but its not the airanian gulf. its the persian gulf.

and kuwaiti, this is not trolling, what you do is trolling.

Picture taken from the construction site on the 14-07-2005

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/895b36c77c.jpg

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/998840a46e.jpg

recently i found this render for Olympia Complex -kuwait , its not the approved design ,i find this one is much more appropriate :)
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/bcf0e406e6.jpg

he he he

opes i did it agine ,,,,,,, i manged to sneak in :cheers:
Exclusive on SSC :cheers:

pictures taken this saturday

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^^Thanks for being our spy Skoulikimou!

I heard that this project is on hold for some reason or another. Your pictures show the unearthed site, but no workers in sight. Does is look like the site is being worked on?

^^Thanks for being our spy Skoulikimou!

I heard that this project is on hold for some reason or another. Your pictures show the unearthed site, but no workers in sight. Does is look like the site is being worked on?
well there was few workers , i dont really understand what they have been doing for the past few months , apparently there are just moving sand from here to there :cheers:

keep up the hard work guys :)

Yeang lands Olympic HQ design :

Architect Ken Yeang has been appointed to design the headquarters for the Olympic Council of Asia, which is based in Kuwait City.

The 65,000 m2 building will become the main home of the Olympics in Asia. It will cost at least £70m and will include a 35-storey tower containing office space and a hotel. The complex will also have two swimming pools – one for men and one for women, as mixed bathing is not allowed in Kuwait.

Commenting on the Kuwait scheme, Yeang said: “The Olympic building will be designed with sustainability in mind. It’ll be a green building.”
Click to Check (http://www.building.co.uk/issueIndex.asp?issueCode=11738)

hey again.

the complex is due for completion at the end of 2007. the hotel will have twenty floors, and around 200 rooms. the hotel operator is rumored to be between two of the world's most celebrated hotel chains: Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton. Four Seasons has announced that they will open a 200+ room hotel in Kuwait in Salmiya in late 2007, so the chances of it being in this landmark complex are quite high. Ritz-Carlton has also been looking to manage a hotel in Kuwait, but it might be built somewhere else.

kuwaiti_patriot

I hope that any one of these hotel chains manage this hotel as they're both great :)

don't forget simphony complex .. it is also in salmyia and contain a hotel

I read an article that came out today that stated that the project is expected to be completed by the end of January 2007 and that the Olympic Council of Asia would move into there two months after the transfer of the project.
The article also stated that the project will have a theatre and a library :)

Halaaa shabab shlonkum , today on the newspaper there was an advertaising about the new design of Olympic Council Of Asia HD in kuwait .

In my opinion idon't like it because the first design was very unique !!

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4208/dsc005582qd.jpg

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/1281/dsc005554qn.jpg

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/1081/dsc005528sf.jpg

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http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3107/dsc005571rj.jpg

Oh no why ?? :bash:

This design is lovely but the older one was more unique :( I see that they have changed the project designer to ECADI ! I like Hamzah & Yeang more .

Here are some renders of the project that I found on the Olympic Council of Asia's website.

http://www.ocasia.org/images/HQ/1.JPG

http://www.ocasia.org/images/HQ/2.JPG

http://www.ocasia.org/images/HQ/3.JPG

http://www.ocasia.org/images/HQ/4.JPG

http://www.ocasia.org/images/HQ/5.JPG

http://www.ocasia.org/images/HQ/6.JPG

http://www.ocasia.org/images/HQ/7.JPG

http://www.ocasia.org/images/HQ/8.JPG

http://www.ocasia.org/images/HQ/9.JPG

It actually looks quite good :) I've changed my mind about this project :)

that way the project was on hold !!
Bu Yusef do you know how many floors the new project will have ?

superb architecture , however i would love to see the old design of Olympic Council of Asia being build somewhere in salmiya , these two projects will add futuristic touch to salmya skyline ;)

that way the project was on hold !!
Bu Yusef do you know how many floors the new project will have ?

I'm guessing from the render that it's going to be around 40 floors for each tower :)

that way the project was on hold !!
Bu Yusef do you know how many floors the new project will have ?

I think 30 to 33 floors as you can see from the renders.


Dubliner

Thank you for these fantastic renders.

Much better than the older design .. maybe the old one is unique but if we compared them this one is not you uniqe bas it look very nice :)

this new design is crap ...

much better than the old one . cant wait to see it standing there :)

I guess this will be the first steel structure/tower in kuwait .. correct me if I'm wrong

The design is great !!! Much better than the old one .. My personal view !!

Does any one knows ECADI web address ?

hello again.

wow. i'm speechless. the former concept was fairly interesting, and would have been nice to see. however, this new design is absolutely breathtaking. it would easily make a dramatic entry on the salmiya skyline when it will be completed. but how can completion be in January 2007? that's in nine months. also, since i don't live in kuwait, i never get access to the newspaper. could someone tell me what the new project will consist of? i'm interested! thank you all so much, and good job working on this forum. i'm glad to be around people like you and see all this great information.

kuwaiti_patriot

Does any one knows ECADI web address ?http://www.ecadi.com/
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://www.ecadi.com/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Decadi%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26rls%3DGGLG,GGLG:2006-08,GGLG:en



someone tell me what the new project will consist of?
Olympic Council Building
Office Tower
Hotel Suites Tower
5 Star Hotel
Shopping Mall
Car Parking

thats what they have written in the Ad.

and according to SITCO's website (http://www.sitco.cc/) its a 3 years contract/deadline so it will finish in 2009 or maybe 2008 since they started last year.

hello again.

wow. i'm speechless. the former concept was fairly interesting, and would have been nice to see. however, this new design is absolutely breathtaking. it would easily make a dramatic entry on the salmiya skyline when it will be completed. but how can completion be in January 2007? that's in nine months. also, since i don't live in kuwait, i never get access to the newspaper. could someone tell me what the new project will consist of? i'm interested! thank you all so much, and good job working on this forum. i'm glad to be around people like you and see all this great information.

kuwaiti_patriot

I only said that it will be completed in Jan 2007 because I read an article that stated that it will be completed then. Moreover this article wasn't that old it was dated on the 5th March :) But I guess they're mistaken because the building can never be completed by 2007 :)

I guess this will be the first steel structure/tower in kuwait .. correct me if I'm wrong

The first structural steel towers in Kuwait are:
1. Hammod Tower - Fahed Al-Salem street (Completed)
2. Kuwait Trade Center - Soor street (Under Construction)

hi.

just wondering, could someone take a photo of the OCA Headquarters' construction site? i'm just wondering if they actually started construction on the site or not, or if they've even made any progress. i'd do it if i could, only i'm not in the country right now. i will be on thursday for ten days; score.

kuwaiti_patriot

hi
any updates from the construction site ?
did the start constructions yet?

i like the new one better

I think that the construction site is quite small for this project. the newly proposed once is huge!!!

hi
any updates from the construction site ?
did the start constructions yet?
it is under construction :cheers:

I think that the construction site is quite small for this project. the newly proposed once is huge!!!
i believe 65,000 sq m is more than enough for a project of this scale :)

Update

They began to put the 1st crane tower ,and the project will contain 5 crane towers :eek:
Olympia towers will be 35 Floors according to the workers on construction site

picture taken in 2-05-2006

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http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/F9y/Olympia2.jpg

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http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/F9y/Olympia4.jpg
thy put the 1st crane tower :)

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/F9y/Olympia5.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/F9y/Olympia6.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/F9y/Olympia7.jpg

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http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/F9y/Olympia10.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/F9y/Olympia11.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/F9y/Olympia12.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/F9y/Olympia13.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/F9y/Olympia14.jpg

god bless you Faisal ;)

WOW Faisal thanks a million. You just made my day :) Do you by any chance know the height of the towers ?

You're welcom guys

Do you by any chance know the height of the towers ?

Yes ,It will be 140 M :)

^^ Aha thanks :)

Faisal, did you just take all these photos ?

who own`s Almawared real estate ?

please don`t tell me Fahed AlAhmed`s Sons !!!

but its really good project .. there is no tall towers in salmiya it will be very good mark of salmiya :)

who own`s Almawared real estate ?

please don`t tell me Fahed AlAhmed`s Sons !!!

but its really good project .. there is no tall towers in salmiya it will be very good mark of salmiya :)

Isn't the united real estate company the owner of kuwait business city ? Yeah this will be a landmark for Salmiyah :)

Faisal, did you just take all these photos ?

yes, what do you mean ? :bash:

yes, what do you mean ? :bash:

Lol nothing. I was just asking whether this was recent or not ?

*yawn*

thanks for the update faisal

entaw sahraneen wella gaymeen mbacher?

Ya36eeek El3aFiYa Faisal, great work

thank you Faisal... today i passed by it and i saw the cranes o gelt etha r7t el-bat ill post skouli about it. but thank you faisal :) ... o entaw 9ej ga3deen early LOL.

graet job Faisal thanx for the pics pal am so happy :D

cant wait to see it :)

thanks for the update faisal

Ya36eeek El3aFiYa Faisal, great work

thank you Faisal...

graet job Faisal thanx for the pics pal am so happy

You're Welcome guys :)

Ana kent sahran bas madry 3n elbajey ;)

Isn't the united real estate company the owner of kuwait business city ? Yeah this will be a landmark for Salmiyah :)
i`m not sure :(

united real estate in english and almawared real estate in arabic ! is it the same ?

Isn't the united real estate company the owner of kuwait business city ? Yeah this will be a landmark for Salmiyah :)
yeah Dubliner she owns KBC, Marina Mall and she is one of Kameko holding daughters..:runaway: as i remember :)

:sleepy:

yeah Dubliner she owns KBC, Marina Mall and she is one of Kameko holding daughters..:runaway: as i remember :)

Yeah I thought so too. Here's what I think happened. The Olympic council of Asia wanted to build a new headquarters building but they can't build it alone since they are probably not going to be able to finance it completely. So they get a partner who decides to change the design of the project :)

hmm..... maybe !! the mall and the hotel bigger than the olympic council side so maybe your right.

guys there no updated pictures ?

Neio here is some update, but i forgot my camera at home, so here is some update form my stupid, wanna be 1mp :bash: mobile cam :sleepy: !!!!

http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/7317/image000758cu.jpg
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/293/image000785jr.jpg

I spooked to the construction engineer there and the news is that the building contain form the East (<) Olympic Council HQ than twin towers about 49 floors !!!! (and i asked him really and he granted his talk !! :weirdo: ), than a mall about 4 floors and than a hotel about 6 floors,

cool isn't it, imagine the place with me, al-blagat street begin to be gorgeous, new show biz, the scientific center, OLYMPIA, symphony mall the street will be amazing ..

Cool update ahmedjam thanks a lot

welcome Q84Ever

nice photos ahmedjam :) thanx

Thanx ahmedjam. gread work .

WoooooW (49 floors ) in salmiya!!!

Thanks for the update ahmedjam but if the tower is really going to be 49F then it has to have a minimum height of 196m :)

i dont think it will be 49F because the the maximum floor limits is 40F outside the kuwait city .

Emm maybe it will be 39 floors , thats good too ;) is there anything official ??

okay, welcome guys, i think its not 49 floors !! cuz al-baladii says 40 floors out of Kuwait city !! i wonder why he said 49 floors !!! we will see whether he is right or wrong !!! @@

that's tight.

the OCA finally lifted off the ground (even though we can't see it from the streetside yet). it's gonna be great, the twin towers along with the Amwaj Residential Building, Symphony/Hotel Missoni, and InterContinental will redefine the skyline of the Salmiya waterfront. the place is going to look AMAZING when this project wraps up in 2009.

thanks for the update A-Jam. keep up the good work.

oh yeah, i have a new 6MP digital camera, and i'm coming to Kuwait on June 10. i can start taking pictures and posting them; holding my fair share. :)

kuwaiti_patriot

Welcome Kuwaiti Patriot
Ohhhhh, you are the only one who imagined with me salmiya skyline
and welcome to kuwait dear (O Allah y3enik 3ala el 7ar) ;)

night shot of Olympia construction site

picture taken on 05-06-06 by Tooomz (http://www.flickr.com/photos/toomi/page2/)

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/1690/161135750f2d98b893bb3le.jpg

مشكور على الصور أخ أحمد .... بصراحة التصميم الجديد للمشروع جميل جدا وطبعا موقع المشروع ممتاز

I just take an update from days a ago <<!! (Do.Hv.Ti.)

SEE, 6ale3, look, Shooof, ragarde, mera, they are making a progress

from the street :)
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/9679/img0061tf7.jpg

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/2151/img0031bu5.jpg
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/2151/img0031bu5.jpg
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3ajeeb ;) thanx ahmedjam they are fast

Welcome :)

thnx 4 the update ahmadjam

welcome :)

update from radiant guy << from flickr

http://www.flickr.com/images/spaceball.gif
http://www.flickr.com/images/spaceball.gif <<< I'm not able to show you the picture !!

updates, anyone?

i'm sure this place has risen a bit higher. i'd take the photo myself, only i'm several thousand miles away right now.

thanks.

kuwaiti_patriot

the olympia HQ is on the the 4th floor < < i think, and the whole project << now they are completing the basement

hehehe i passed it couple of days ago, dont have my camera :) but a part of it is above ground, i think the hotel, right ??

anyone wants to update us ?? :S
last time i saw all the projects site is on ground level and they are working on the 1st floor.... and the left part of the project is about 4-5 floors :)

e7m e7m faisal ?? where are you :P

Update 25/11/06 ;p

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e8/7amani/DSC00277.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e8/7amani/DSC00278.jpg

AWESOME!

CrazY, you're a godsend. that's amazing, this place moved forward a lot in the past few months. earlier this year it was one big sandpit and now the basic structure for the OCA Headquarters building is about to start on the sixth out of EIGHT floors!

by the way, CrazY, the hotel is on the right part of the project; it's an eleven-floor building with curving walls.

according to a website and some very good sources, expected completion of this complex is due for March 2008.

cheers.

kuwaiti_patriot

^^ wow thats fast march 2008 ;)

thanx i thought this was the hotel or one of the towers :S thanx

kuwaiti_patriot these are great news, but last weak I visited the construction site, I talked to the construction manger and here's what he says:

the towers are 30F each
there is a model in al-ahliya showroom next to the C-site
they are completing the third basement <sorry no photos forgot my cam>

When is the project going to be completed?

Opening in the second half of 2008
'Hilton Hotels' signs management of second hotel in Kuwait

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e8/7amani/olympia.jpg


The 'Hilton Hotels Company 'stated that it has signed an agreement to manage the second facility in Kuwait. The Hotel 'Hilton Olympia Kuwait',which opens in the second half of 2008. This hotel is located in the project which includes the new headquarters of the Asian Olympic Council and that it would reflect an important brand, which currently operates 14 leading business hotel in the Arabian Peninsula.

The new hotel will take the form of twin tower designs rising high in the skies of Kuwait. One of the towers will be allocated for commercial offices,while other will join to the family of Hilton Hotels, note that the twin towers will be connected via a closed bridge between them.

Its location on the Gulf Street in the heart of the Salmiya, one of the most important places in Kuwait. 70 luxurious apartments and 200 hotel rooms for the guests, an area of 45 square meters for one. The hotel will include many new facilities, including the two restaurants, conference rooms for meetings, versatile conferences halls , spread over an area of 1600 square meters. The swimming pool and health club, cafe and shop for retail sale, in addition to a warehouse and parking.

The new hotel will be a great addition to the Hilton Hotel brand in Kuwait. Hilton Hotel already has Hilton Kuwait Resort in the country, which offers 367 rooms with private beach along the 2 km, and facilities for concerts and events.

Article (http://www.alqabas.com.kw/Final/NewspaperWebsite/NewspaperPublic/ArticlePage.aspx?ArticleID=224117)

wow I like that, signing a lot of a hotel management agreements in kuwait its a good news for me ;)

thanx crazy for the wonderful news ;)

thats good news for me too,
maybe paris hilton will come to the opening ceremony and ahmedjam can meet her and take her autograph :lol: LOOL ;p

thats good news for me too,
maybe paris hilton will come to the opening ceremony and ahmedjam can meet her and take her autograph :lol: LOOL ;p

me to me to.. I'll date her in baba 6aher resturant she will love it ;p :cheers:

OuOiOeOaOi i wish that Britney spears come with her as long there friends, to take a photos for her without panties LOL

it's will be a big event LOOOOL :P

And Crazy thank you for the news

I will take Christina Aguilera autograph no way for pairs :P

Thanks a lot CrazY for the article. Cool, so the hotel will be located in one of the the twin towers and not somewhere else :cheer:

LOOOOL ahmedjam britney spears is a mother now ;p you cant date her

SWISH.

Hilton Olympia Kuwait? THAT'S AWESOME!

so there will be two hotels in the complex; one of the twin towers and the eleven-story building on the development's west end? now we'll just have to see what hotel number two will be...

hats off to CrazY.

kuwaiti_patriot

:bowtie:

maybe the hilton will manage both the west end and the tower :)

i don't think so.

the tower looks like it can accommodate 270 units. the west end looks like it has less rooms. both of them combined look like they can handle about 500, so i have a hunch that Hilton is only gonna manage the tower and the west end will be part of another group.

look at the Kuala Lumpur Sentral development: a rail terminal connecting downtown Kuala Lumpur with Kuala Lumpur International Airport with two hotels, the Hilton Kuala Lumpur and Le Méridien Kuala Lumpur. i think this might follow the same idea. it would be cool, i think. pity though, with the location and landmark status, this place should be a Conrad.

kuwaiti_patriot

HELLLLLLO @@
:banana: :cheers: :banana:
surprise Olympia has a Internet video C......

chick this out BUT please open it with Internet explorer because it didn't work with FireFox (http://62.215.169.28:8080/img/image.cgi?next_file=main_fs.htm)

ENJOY BIG TIME :)

COOOOOOOL,, omg thats sooo cool !! thanx aj :banana:

what if i have firefox and safari thats it.....no i wanted to see that :(

same problem here creed :(

I used Internet explorer but

it's NOT WORKING :bash:

WHY? :ohno:

damn....y is it not a universal browser :(

same problem here creed :(

I used Internet explorer but

it's NOT WORKING :bash:

WHY? :ohno:

damn....y is it not a universal browser :(

hmmmmm........ I guess it will be available when they are at work, because Crazy and I tested it at the same time and it' works, so tomorrow chick the site from 10am tell 3pm << not sure, test it and tell me, OK Guys, and i'm saying it again it works with IE only, not FireFox because it needs ActiveX control :)

Taken By Parallax1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/parallax1/) 13-11-2006


http://static.flickr.com/119/308073189_c88b1dad2f_o.jpg

nice thanx bu yousef

thanks bu yusef, and the project is on ground level that's cool :)

I meant as a whole :)

GUUUUYS try the video cameraa NOOOW !! its ON
OMG this is COOOOL,, TRY IT

the steel structure of the two towers reached the first floor !!! :cheer::cheer:
quickly !!!!

check this out !! if anybody can't view the video !!
COOOOOOOOL ;p :cheer: :banana:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e8/7amani/kw-oly.jpg

wow, cool stuff thnx crazy ;)

crap.

i just checked the URRC website and it says the complex will have ONE hotel, and it's the eleven-story low-rise, so THAT will be the Hilton Olympia Kuwait. there won't be a second hotel, so that mildly buggers me.

however, it says the complex will house a mall (the base of the hotel and towers), the OCA Headquarters, an office tower (one of the twins), a residences tower (the other twin), and the Hilton Olympia Kuwait (the low-rise). residences would be extremely prestigious in this development, don't you think?

i think Ahmedjam mentioned that there was an office for the project behind the site. where exactly is it? (the URRC site said that the Olympia BROCHURE is now available at their offices, so it should have lots of information and images). let's get brochures.

thanks for the updates, people.

kuwaiti_patriot

hmmm,, im gonna get me an apartment there ;p

The thread about this in the CONSTRUCTION UPDATE forum are asking about the hight of the towers. Are you sure its 140 m???

nooo we still don't now 140 is an estimation !! but they say its 35 so i suppse it will be 160+ like other towers in kuwait with the same floor count

still nothing official :(

Hilton set for second Kuwait property

HILTON Hotels Corporation has announced the signing of its newest property, the Hilton Olympia Kuwait, part of a landmark development to house the new Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) headquarters.

Due to open in the second half of 2008, the hotel will become Hilton’s second in Kuwait, and is a highly anticipated addition to the leading hotel brand’s portfolio of 14 established properties in the Arabian Peninsula.
The Hilton Olympia Kuwait will be owned by United Resources Real Estate, and managed by Hilton’s International Operations.

“We are thrilled to have signed our second property in Kuwait – a key development market for us in our global pipeline,” said Rudi Jagersbacher, Hilton Hotels’ vice president, International Operations, Arabian Peninsula speaking at the opening of the OCA General Assembly in Doha, last month. “The addition of a second property will strengthen our market position. The Hilton Olympia Kuwait will offer guests a one-of-a-kind stay in an exceptional city, where all their needs will be met whether it’s business or leisure.”
The twin tower, multi-purpose project exhibits a unique and cutting-edge architectural design, positioning it high on the Kuwait skyline. One tower will house offices, while the other will stand as a Hilton hotel, linked together by an enclosed walkway.

Located on the Gulf Road in the heart of Salmiya, Kuwait’s largest and most prime locale, the hotel will open with 200 guest rooms, each occupying a floor space of 45 square metres, and 70 apartments.
“The Hilton Olympia Kuwait project is our first partnership with Hilton,” said Ghassan M Al Saleh, chairman and managing director, United Resources Real Estate. “We are delighted to join hands with Hilton for this development, which we foresee to be a tremendous success, and look forward to a fruitful and longstanding relationship.”
The hotel’s facilities include two restaurants, meeting and conference rooms, a business centre, a multi-purpose function room measuring 1,600 square metres, a swimming pool and a health club with a café and shop. Parking, storage and additional service requirements will be provided.

Click to Check (http://www.ttnworldwide.com/Articles.asp?Article=6185)

a little update from the webcam ;)

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The photo picture taken by Bu Yousef looks taller. But thanks for the webcam thingi.

The photo picture taken by Bu Yousef looks taller. But thanks for the webcam thingi.

the picture take by Bu Yousef is the marked low rise building as is it appear in the render below

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^^^Aha... thanks for the correction!

a little something ;p

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^^ this picture dont make any much sense !!

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^^ this picture dont make any much sense !!

why ??

and why did they change the angle of the web-cam ?? :mad:

maybe one of the workers set on it ?!! ;p

THE OLYMPIA TOWERS ARE IN HOLD PPL:bash: .. cuz they want to have a premission to add more 4 floors 35+4=39f....so both of them r in hold so ppl dont be so happy...!!!

trusted sources from ppl work at the project:)

ok,, but towers outside kuwait city can be up to 40 floors,, maybe they're waiting for new premissions for the 4 more floors added ;p

lol we have to wait and see >(

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Update 12/02/07

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update 17/03/07

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they were demolishing an ugly building behind it :)
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Hey Crazy They demolished Buffalo's cafe ?? :bash:

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very good progress

lol yeah faisal i think so ;p loool

no u guys they didnt u can see it on the right hand corner of the 3rd pic
and great building cant wait to c it done

ýeah maybe it was another building next to it !! i dont remember there was something :S

I can see it ;)

Ashshshshshwwaaaa

yesterday

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are those steal beams perminant ?

well, it looks like it

It's rising ,,,good

nice update crazy

Nice :)

I like it , Go Kuwait :banana:

I requested it from Martins to made this drawing for olympia and he will add it to SSP.com but when he finish from the hotel and mall to be complete

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enjoy :)

wow that a good work man thanx for posting and thanx for Martins for his grait work its so wonderful drowing :cheers:

Update 01-05-2007


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:)

i passed it today ;)

great update faisal :)

1st thanks faisal, ana mooomar elmokan 9arliiy maybee 2 weeks,(i didn't pass by it from two weeks)

2ed it is a big structure look at the hotel core WOW it is huge

wow rising really fast, but dont u guys think the foot print of the towers is a bit small? or is it only me?

Thank You Nice Update

13/06/07

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Wow, the project has advanced a lot !

18-06-07
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Olympia building burnt b4 it's completed
The building of the Asian Olympic Council, which is still under construction in the area of the club and overlooks the Arabian Gulf Street got on fire that covered almost three floors.
A major fire broke out yesterday afternoon in a building called the Asian Olympic Council «Olympia», which consists of 22 played, and is still under construction in the area of the club, and the flames devoured the role of the 19 and lasted until the flames role of the 21, which led to material losses and some damage as a result of the fall rebound Flames resulting from the combustion of wood at the top of the building contributed to the expansion of the fire; where signed some of the buildings of the project led to the burning of a building consisting of three roles and store away from the site about 50 meters, in addition to some palm trees near the street.

He said Brigadier General Yousef Al-Ansari, director of the General Department of Atomic extinguishing l «Gazette» has been reporting on the fire in the one and a half yesterday afternoon, and within two hours were almost complete control with four centers, including the Center for attribution. As for the reasons behind the fire Ansari stated that the primary causes may be the result of the work «Laham» iron at the top of the building and the availability of large quantities of the wood; Because it is under construction, which contributed to the rapid-fire movement from one place to another, and this unfortunately is not always warn employment Others trained to carry out such acts against the seriousness of such tools and methods used without security precautions and safety.

Ansari stressed that the strategy and practice new ways of firefighters we facilitated the process control within a short period, which is a good achievement for firefighters, and the cooperation of security officials and the owner of the project, in addition to the engineering office, thus opening the way for firefighters to freedom of movement easily.

Through Mansouri expressed his delight to be among contributors to extinguish the fire for the young Kuwaiti sports!

It is noteworthy that the project consists of the first towers comprising hotels and other administrative offices, in addition to a shopping mall and a small building for the Asian Olympic Council, and previously «Gazette» dealt with the unprecedented number of parliamentary questions submitted by MP Adel Alasreaoui Affairs and the Ministers for Finance and Public Works on the project which is being built land of State Holdings, owned by the Asian Olympic Council and investors from one of the companies under the «BOT» in the interest of the original owner, which raises a lot of suspicions about the legal.

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how unfortunate :ohno:

they should do something about the sun's heat!! damn

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they should do something about the sun's heat!! damn

ya, atleast they should use it 4 better things like solar energy since we have a lot of heat, and as u know solar energy and wind evergy give u 3 times the power of the normal power generaters which polute the environmnet

الصرعاوي: مقر أولمبيا بـ 450 ديناراً لمدة 20 سنة


بشار الصايغ
وجّه النائب عادل الصرعاوي الشكر لوزير المالية بدر الحميضي على الشفافية والوضوح التي تعامل بها في رده على السؤال البرلماني الذي وجهه اليه النائب الصرعاوي بشأن المجلس الأولمبي الآسيوي والمبنى الخاص به، مؤكدا انه مازال بانتظار ردود وزير الشؤون الاجتماعية والعمل ووزير الدولة لشؤون البلدية على باقي الأسئلة البرلمانية الموجهة اليهم في الشأن ذاته حتى يتسنى الوقوف على تفاصيل وحقيقة هذا الملف.

وكشف الصرعاوي ان الدولة قامت بتوقيع عقد أملاك دولة مع المجلس الأولمبي الآسيوي بواقع 451 دينارا و750 فلسا لمدة 20 سنة بواقع 22 دينارا و858 فلسا سنويا لمساحة تبلغ 18,820 ألف متر مربع تقدر قيمة هذه المساحة حسب الأسعار السائدة حاليا بـ100 مليون دينار، وقد قام المجلس الأولمبي بتوقيع عقد مع احدى الشركات المحلية لاستثمار هذا الموقع ولاقامة فندق ومكاتب ادارية وقاعة افراح ومجمع تجاري، مشيرا الى انه لم يستدل على طبيعة هذا العقد والتفاصيل الخاصة به حتى الآن.

وقال الصرعاوي «ورد في اجابة وزير المالية بان الصفة القانونية للمجلس الأولمبي الآسيوي هي قرار تخصيص صادر من اللجنة المكلفة بالقيام باختصاصات المجلس البلدي والتي كانت تحت اشراف نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء ووزير دولة لشؤون مجلس الوزراء ووزير دولة لشؤون مجلس الأمة السابق محمد ضيف الله شرار»، متسائلا هل ينشئ قرار التخصيص صفة قانونية للمجلس الأولمبي الآسيوي.

واضاف الصرعاوي ان اجابة وزير المالية عن سؤال اذا ما كان التعاقد مع المجلس الأولمبي الآسيوي بصفته جمعية نفع عام أم منظمة اقليمية دولية، كانت بان ذلك العقد وقع وفقا بالاتفاقية المؤرخة بتاريخ 28 يونيو 2003 المبرمة بين دولة الكويت والمجلس الأولمبي الآسيوي، متسائلا كيف تتعامل وزارة المالية مع اتفاقية لم تستكمل اجراءاتها الدستورية من واقع اعتمادها من مجلس الأمة.

وبين الصرعاوي ان عقد أملاك الدولة وقع في سبتمبر 2004، في حين ان الاتفاقية اعتمدت من مجلس الأمة بتاريخ 27 مارس 2006 وصدر بها قانون رقم 6 لسنة 2006.

وبين الصرعاوي أن عقد املاك الدولة تم توقيعه على اساس الاتحادات والأندية الرياضية أي انه خاضع لوزارة الشؤون وهيئة الشباب والرياضة، في حين ان الاتفاقية الموقعة بين دولة الكويت والمجلس الأولمبي تعتبر المجلس منظمة دولية خاضعة لوزارة الخارجية وليس على أساس الاتحادات والأندية الرياضية.

وأشار الصرعاوي الى ان العقد مدته 3 سنوات تجدد تلقائيا لمدة لا تزيد على 20 سنة، وفي حال انتهاء مدة العقد تؤول المباني والمنشآت التي اقامها المجلس الأولمبي على العقار الى الدولة دون مقابل، كما يجيز العقد للمجلس الأولمبي تأجير جزء من الأرض مع طرف آخر خلال فترة استغلاله لها، متسائلا الأ يعتبر هذا العقد B.O.T؟ وكيف تكون الاجابة بأنه ليس من عقود الـ B.O.T.

كما تساءل الصرعاوي عن الفروقات ما بين العقد الأصلي للمجلس الآسيوي الأولمبي منذ انشائه والذي منحه 3500 متر مربع والعقد الجديد الذي اجاز للمجلس الأولمبي اقامة فندق وبرجين اداريين يتضمن كل منهما 20 دورا اجماليهما 40 دورا على مساحة 18,820 الف متر مربع، ولا يستغل منها المجلس الاولمبي سوى خمسة أدوار، وعن صحة طلب المجلس الأولمبي الآسيوي.

وطالب الصرعاوي مجلس الوزراء باعطاء هذا الأمر أهمية قصوى ومتابعة كل التفاصيل للمحافظة على أملاك الدولة التي تعتبر خطا أحمر لدى الجميع، مطالبا وزيري الشؤون والبلدية بالرد على الأسئلة المقدمة لهما بشأن هذا الامر والتي مضى عليها ما يقارب الشهرين، متسائلا ان كانت هذه هي التنمية التي تنشدها الحكومة ويوقفها مجلس الأمة

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فساد المجلس الأولمبي وصمت جريدة الوطن


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كتبت أمل خالد: كلما أثيرت قضية فساد، أو تربح على حساب المال العام وأملاك الدولة، تظهر أسماء ليست بغريبة علينا، أسماء لها الفضل في زراعة ثقافة الفساد، جذورها متغلغلة في مؤسسات الدولة، من السلطة التنفيذية الى السلطة التشريعية، مرورا في مناصب الدولة القيادية وحتى أبسطها، تقطف ثمار فسادها أموالا وأراض، وسلطة تنمو يوما بعد يوم.

لطالما تحدثنا عن قوى الفساد، وذكرنا أسماء بشكل علني، ورمزنا لشخصيات آخرى لم نكن نملك ادلة مادية على تورطهم مع مافيا الفساد، ولكننا اليوم نعود بقضية فساد آخرى، وصورة أخرى لاستغلال المناصب القيادية بالأدلة والمستندات.

اذا أردت أن تؤجر طابقا في منزل لتسكن مع عائلتك مساحته لا تتعدى ال 250 متر مربع، فالقيمة عادة ما تتراوح ما بين 350 الى 400 دينار شهريا، بل وأن الحكومة تدفع لك 150 دينار شهريا بدل ايجار، والقادم الى الكويت وأراد السكن بغرفة مساحتها 20 متر مربع بفندق خمس نجوم فالتكلفه 150 دينار الى 200 دينار يوميا شاملة الافطار، واذا أردت تأجير "حوطة" في منطقة امغرة مساحتها 1000 متر مربع فالأيجار يصل الى 500 دينار سنويا، وهكذا نجد ان قيمة الأيجارات في الكويت خيالية ومرتفعة مقارنة بالدول الأخرى المجاورة.

ولكن ما رأيكم بأرض حكومية مساحتها 19 ألف متر مربع تقريبا مطلة على شارع الخليج العربي مؤجرة بـ 22 دينار سنويا؟ خاصة واذا ما علمنا ان قيمة الأرض السوقية تصل الى 100 مليون دينار كويني، بل وان عقد الايجار لمدة 3 سنوات قابلة للتجديد لما لا يزيد عن 20 سنة، أي أن أيجار الأرض لمدة عشرين سنة بـ 450 دينار فقط تقريبا!

معقولة؟ ممكن، في الكويت جميع الاحتمالات واردة، وقد يكون هذا السعر الرمزي لإيجار الأرض الحكومية مقابل عمل خيري أو ذا منفعة على الدولة، قد يكون مستشفى يخفف من زحام المرضى ويرفع من مستوى الخدمات الصحية، ممكن، قد تكون الأرض مخصصة لجامعة تساهم في تخريج طلبة وطالبات بتخصصات نادرة يحتاح لها سوق العمل المحلي .. ممكن، قد تكون الأرض لمشروع مركز تجاري ضخم تريد الدولة اقامته وتأجير محلاته على الشباب الكويتي بأسعار رمزية ضمن خطة لتشجيعهم للتوجه الى العمل الحر وتقليل معدل البطالة المقنعة في أجهزة الدولة .. أيضا ممكن!

حقيقة تلك الأرض الحكومية، أنها لم ولن تكن يوما ذا عاد أو منفعة على الدولة، لأن الأطراف الموقعة للعقد لا يمكن أن تسعى للخير لهذه الأرض الطيبة أو لمجتمعة، حقيقة تلك الأرض انها قدمت على طبق من ذهب لما يسمى المجلس الأولمبي الآسيوي – منظمة دولية غير حكومية – لاستغلاله لبناء مقره الدائم في الكويت.

خصصت اللجنة المكلفة بالقيام باختصصات المجلس البلدي والتي يشرف عليها حينها محمد ضيف الله شراره – تعرفونه؟ - وكان حينها نائباً لرئيس مجلس الوزراء ووزير دولة لشئون مجلس الوزراء ووزير دولة لشئون مجلس الأمة أرض مساحتها 19 ألف متر مربع تقريبا بمنطقة السالمية على شارع الخليج العربي لاقامة المبنى الدائم للمجلس الأولمبي الآسيوي، ووقعت حكومة دولة الكويت ممثلة بوزارة المالية – أملاك الدولة والمجلس الأولمبي الآسيوي ويمثله رئيسه والمفوض بالتوقيع أحمد الفهد الصباح – أكيد تعرفونه – وكان حينها وزيرا للطاقة، عقدا لايجار تلك الأرض بـ 22 دينار سنويا بتاريخ 4/9/2004

مبنى دائم للمجلس الأولمبي الآسيوي على تلك المساحة؟ لننتظر ونرى، ومع مررو الأيام والشهور، بدأ المجلس الأولمبي الآسيوي بانشاء "مقره الدائم" واضعا أمام الأرض لافته تكشف عن المخطط النهائي لمبناه والذين هو عبارة عن برجين كل منهما يتكون من 20 طابقا ومبان ضخمه حوله.

لنعيد تجميع الخيوط قبل الدخول بمزيد من التفاصيل، أرض حكومية مساحتها حوالي 19 ألف متر مربع تؤجر بـ 22 دينار سنويا للمجلس الأولمبي الآسيوي لاقامة "مقره الدائم" المكون من برجين كل منهما يتكون من 20 طابق ومباني أخرى مجاورة.

خلال الفقرات السابقة، وضعت كلمة المقر الدائم بين علامتي تنصيص لأميزها عن باقي الجملة وتثبيتها بعقل القارئ كون أن لي معها عودة.

المقر الدائم الذي سعى المجلس الأولمبي الآسيوي لبناءه على أرض كويتية عبارة عن برجين مكون كل منهما من 20 طابق، ومباني محيطة، لكن هل المجلس يحتاج الى كل تلك المنشآت؟ بالتأكيد لا، فالمجلس لا دور له في النشاط الرياضي الآسيوي، واكتفى بخمسة أدوار من أصل أربعين دور! ولكن ماذا عن باقي الأدوار وكل هذا البناء العظيم!؟

أحد أبراج هذا البناء خصص ليكون فندق، اما البرج الثاني مكاتب تجارية، أما البناء حول البرجين مركز تجاري، لتعود ايرادات هذا البناء الى المجلس الأولمبي الآسيوي!!! وحين نقول المجلس الأولمبي فنحن نعني رئيسه والمفوض بالتوقيع أحمد الفهد الصباح.

نعيد تجميع فصول الفضيحة، المجلس الأولمبي الآسيوي برئاسة أحمد الفهد الصباح، يطلب تخصيص أرض لبناء مقره، اللجنة المكلفة بالقيام باختصاص المجلس البلدي باشراف محمد ضيف الله شرار تخصص أرض مساحتها 19 ألف متر مربع على شارع الخليج، أملاك الدولة تؤجر الأرض للمجلس الأولمبي بـ 450 دينار لمدة 20 سنة، أحمد الفهد الصباح يشيد فندق ومجمع تجاري ومكاتب ادارية على الأرض المخصصة له تدر عليه سنويا ما لا يقل عن مليون دينار كويتي!

نشكر النائب عادل الصرعاوي على كشف تلك الحقائق ونطالبه بالاستمرار في متابعة هذا الملف وتوسيع الجهود واشراك النواب الآخرين حتى تأخذ القضية الزخم الاعلامي المطلوب.

وبعد شكر النائب الصرعاوي، نتوجه الى الجهاز الاعلامي للفساد جريدة الوطن الصفراء، لماذا لم تذكر جريدة الوطن الصفراء شيئا عن هذا الموضوع؟ ولماذا لم يتطرق كتاب الجريدة الصفراء الى تلك القضية!! هل يتجرأوا؟ سؤال الى خليفة علي الخليفة وفؤاد الهاشم.


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well .. thanx alonsi for all those information. we all know how corrupt the government is, but this project is needed, and thank god its being built. let them argue about it after its completed. hehehe wala 7ala .. we sank to yet another low.

08/10/07

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yo.

i just passed by the site this morning and i noticed that the North Twin Tower (the one that didn't burn) seems to be installing its curved crown. if you look at it, the steel is curving inwards to join the steel columns the workers put up at the top, so it looks like the towers' height were cut down by at least ten floors.

any info about a possible height decrease?

kuwaiti_patriot

I THINK IT WILL BE FINISHED WITH 30 FLOORS, HOWEVER IT,S STILL EXEADING BULDINGS RULES AT SALMIA AREA WHICH DONT ALLAWED MORE THAN 20 FLOORS

baladiya changed the rules like a few weeks ago, 40 floors outside city center, 100 floors in the city center

Taken in 28-11-07 "today"

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ewww, they made it alot shorter !! yuck

Huh? That's weird.

i told you so.

the towers just look plain silly now. they're stubbier, they look fatter, and now that the skygardens in the center have been taken out and the bridge removed, they're borderline hideous. when did the height reduction even take place?

another stellar move by Kuwait's brilliant planning committees.

kuwaiti_patriot

^^ u sed it.. yet another show of brilliance :ohno:

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Good job crazy...

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الفنية تبحث زيادة مساحات مشروع المجمع الأولمبي وارتفاعه

تبحث اللجنة الفنية في المجلس البلدي باجتماعها بعد غد الاحد زيادة مساحات وارتفاع مشروع المجمع الأولمبي الاسيوي بمنطقة السالمية قطعة 71، بالاضافة الى اختيار موقع بديل لديوانية الصيادين في منطقة السالمية.


The technical committee in the municipal council will examine in a meeting on Sunday, increasing the space and height of the Asian Olympic Council in Salmiya, block 71 in addition to selecting an alternative site for fishermen Diwaniyah in Salmiya.

AlQabas (http://www.alqabas.com.kw/Final/NewspaperWebsite/NewspaperPublic/ArticlePage.aspx?ArticleID=388897)
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WTF,, the project is about to finish !!! Now they look into the height ?? :ohno:

huh..... really!!!..... but they wud have to demolish stuff or remove the crown to increase height..!! :ohno:

though i wudnt mind them increasing the height to the orginal plan if not higher!!! :lol: hehe...

at least the hotel part is nice :P

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Just one of many amazing project in Kuwait...Good luck

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have 2 say the building is lookin good....but i feel its a bit short....!!!!

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Wallah this project could be great if they kept the proposed height and design… The original one was supposed to have a bridge that connects both of the twin towers… Simply, they ruined it… I wonder what the reasons were for the owner of this project to shorten the height! Running out of money? Maybe…

And thanks, Mak2000, for the photos… I rarely go to this part of Salmiya… Great to see this update…

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^^ WOW! Thanks Danny 21 for this pic.

great project....wish it was taller

^^ yup it's missing itz original height n wud hav been gr8 with the sky bridge in between.. but... that got scrapped.. :(

^^ WOW! Thanks Danny 21 for this pic.
ur welcome thrasher

Would be better with purplish glass.

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wooooow what agr8 pic danny thanx

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الصرعاوي يتعهد بمتابعة مشروع الأولمبي الآسيوي
20/12/2008

د النائب عادل الصرعاوي ضرورة متابعة مشروع المجلس الاولمبي الآسيوي، خاصة ان هناك دعماً من مجموعة كبيرة من الاعضاء داخل مجلس الامة للوصول الى الحقيقة لخلفيات هذا المشروع.
وتمنى الصرعاوي الوصول الى هذه الحقيقة فور الانتهاء من التحقيق بأسرع وقت ممكن، مشيرا الى ان التحقيق توقف في هذا الموضوع بسبب استقالة الحكومة.
وأشار الصرعاوي الى اهمية الاخذ بالاعتبار البيانات المنشورة امس في «القبس» بشأن هذا الموضوع، وفقا للأسئلة البرلمانية الموجهة من قبلنا بهذا الخصوص، متمنيا التركيز في التحقيق على ما ورد في السؤال البرلماني لوزير المالية بشأن تمويل المشروع من قبل بنك الكويت الدولي، ورأى البنك المركزي في هذا الخصوص، بالاضافة الى كل ما يتعلق بالتعدي على املاك الدولة وتجاوز القوانين المعمول بها في تسهيل هذه المخالفات، سواء في الهيئة العامة للشباب والرياضة او البلدية، اضافة الى مخالفة المجلس الاولمبي الآسيوي للاتفاقيات الدولية.
وتعهد الصرعاوي بمتابعة الموضوع الى نهايته، حفاظا على المال العام وهيبة القانون والدولة، مشيرا الى ان الاسئلة البرلمانية التي تم ارسالها لاحقا بعد الاسئلة المنشورة امس في «القبس» وحرص اعضاء المجلس على الوصول الى الحقيقة في هذا الموضوع.

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Looks amazing but would've been great if it were few floors taller...

Olympia Kuwait (http://olympiacomplex-kuwait.com/)

if it were few floors taller it would look awkward standing there alone.

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mystery is still dancing around that project??? wat r kuwait's financial benefits???

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amazing opening ceremony for the project! did anybody see it, amazing fireworks :)

i still don't understand why they were scale down from 35 floors to 18 :ohno:

CrazY - Olympia's opening ceremony was incredible!

Granted, no one could get too close to it, but I managed to see it from nearby.

For those who want some idea of the scale of the fireworks display and light show, check out this blog [there's an article about the opening with a few good photos]: http://overwhelminginsanity.blogspot.com/

Cheers.

ChaoticTranquility

i still don't understand why they were scale down from 35 floors to 18 :ohno:

the lesser floors the lesser people the lesser traffic. that is y i think burj dubai suks cuz the lower infrastruture will not be able to handle the traffic cauzed from it.

number of floor in the towers doesn't have anything to do with traffic, the people who will work there have parking lots within the project, i think a basement or something. most of the project is a hotel.

number of floor in the towers doesn't have anything to do with traffic, the people who will work there have parking lots within the project, i think a basement or something. most of the project is a hotel.

actually it does more floors=people and people=cars which may cause more traffic.

as i said, parking lots are available for those who have office, they wont park on the street and cause conjestion.

CrazY - Olympia's opening ceremony was incredible!

Granted, no one could get too close to it, but I managed to see it from nearby.

For those who want some idea of the scale of the fireworks display and light show, check out this blog [there's an article about the opening with a few good photos]: http://overwhelminginsanity.blogspot.com/

Cheers.

ChaoticTranquility

Thanks For the link man I wish I've been there EeeeEEeeeEEEeeeEe :''''(

But it's obvious they worked hard on the opening ceremony

The fireworks are amazing in the photos

as i said, parking lots are available for those who have office, they wont park on the street and cause conjestion.

GOING FROM THIER HOMES AND ON TO WORK WILL CUZ IT ON THE STREETS. AS I SAID OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CLEARLY CAN NOT HANDLE MORE TRAFFIC SEPECIALLY NEAR THE CAPITAL SO AM ALWAYS AGAINST INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF FLOORS. ill stick to that opinion 4 a while till i c some real improvments on the infrastructure.

first of all, no need to capital letters when addressing me, small letters are fine!

second i think you know that the olympia is in salmiyah on the beginning of the gulf road, miles away from the capital! don't you have a map of the city?

Kuwait defi. needs a proper mass transit system. A subway for the major busy areas like Salmiya, City etc, and, a high speed rail connecting different parts, eg, Fahaheel to Kuwait City.

first of all, no need to capital letters when addressing me, small letters are fine!

second i think you know that the olympia is in salmiyah on the beginning of the gulf road, miles away from the capital! don't you have a map of the city?

actually i study near it and i know wat am talkin about:)

Guys this is a rumor but i heard that planet Hollywood will open in the Olympia basement

So am doing my investigation :)

done investigating

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so they will open and here's the proof they are saying it in there web site :banana:

Planet Hollywood Web site (http://www.planethollywood.com/restaurants.htm)

i never tried their food! :lol:

i never tried their food! :lol:

I tried it in Dubai, and it was good

and how was coldplay's concert, massage me

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wow planet hollywood
when will be the grand opening?

anybody knows the exact date 4 opening the mall and the hotel?

there is work on the mall and also 2 plots behind r being dug up 4 construction. the guy at the reception said that there r floors empty on both buildings and also there aren't any signs of hilton moving in.

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i still feel sad whenever i see this...

Weren't those two towers supposed to be double the height??? Both look like midgets..

شكله في مشكله لأن صارله تقريبا سنة خالص وتوهم يسوون المداخل والمخارج
حتى بالليل شكله يضيق الخلق ماكو إضاءة ولا شي .. ميت

yes, and it supposed to have a connecting bridge between both towers...

kuwaiti tower, i dont think they finished with the hotel, mall and the Asian Olympic HQ... maybe thats why it looks "dead"

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