Client: Kuwait Petroleum
Corporation,Corporate Projects Department

Construction manager: Bovis-Projacs Joint Venture, Kuwait

Architects/engineers: Salem Al-Marzouk and Sabah Abi-Hanna, Kuwait, in association with Arthur Erickson Architectural Corporation, Canada

Supervision consultants: Salem Al-Marzouk and Sabali Abi-Hanna, Kuwait


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The Kuwait Oil Sector Complex project involved the construction and management of the headquarters of KPC and the Ministry of Oil spread over approximately 57,000 sq m on a water frontage site of partly reclaimed land in the Shuwaikh area. Around 37,000 sq m of the area was previously occupied by the Petrochemical Industries Corporation (PIC) salt and chlorine plant – which underwent an extensive clean-up under the control of the Kuwait Environmental Protection Agency.http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/2217/fe85a57788ff2.jpg

The complex comprising the following buildings:
• Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and Ministry of Oil offices – with a gross internal area of 53,000 sq m;
• Central core building and level (0) basement – 12,900 sq m
• Training centre – 2,080 sq m;
• Central stores and maintenance workshops – 1,600 sq m; and
• Multistorey car-park building – 25,250 sq m.
The KPC and Ministry of Oil offices are housed in two fan-shaped high-rise towers, each composed of a lens-shaped building at the front and a triangular-shaped building at the back. Both towers are connected by a bridge and an observation lobby at each floor through a central lifts core. The KPC and the Ministry of Oil lens towers are 100 m and 80 m high respectively, from the basement level, with 19 and 14 office floors, respectively. The basement is 10 m high.
The roof structure of the triangular buildings and central core are sloped. The apex of KPC and the Ministry of Oil triangular buildings at 80 and 60 m high from the basement level, respectively. The central lifts core is elliptical in plan and its apex is 115 m from the basement. A spectacular glazed main atrium at ground level, and two full-height glazed internal atria, between the lens and triangular buildings, completes the design.

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hi skoulikimou.. did you hear about the recent problem for this building .. the employees refuse to move and work there because there are shortages in the parking lots and office's spaces. also they said that the area where the building is located in is a polluted area. but a local newspaper's writer think the real reason is the employees do not have any intention to leave thier recent location ( Alsalhya complex ) :)
Ahmad alfahad promased to build a thired tower for them.

picture taken by Ammar Al Outhman

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picture taken by moca82 http://www.adigicam.com

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There seems to be some life in this complex so I'm guessing that the workers have moved into their offices already.

here some more pictures that i managed to find in KPC (Kuwait Pertroleum Cop.) oil complex hand guide , sorry for the bad quality

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hi skoulikimou.. did you hear about the recent problem for this building .. the employees refuse to move and work there because there are shortages in the parking lots and office's spaces. also they said that the area where the building is located in is a polluted area. but a local newspaper's writer think the real reason is the employees do not have any intention to leave thier recent location ( Alsalhya complex ) :)
Ahmad alfahad promased to build a thired tower for them.
it ture that the staff refuse to move to the new HQ because the new building was designed for KPC but now they will give KPC one tower and the other tower will be occupied by MOE and that what caused a shortage in office space and even car parking , that way shaikh ahmad promise them to build third tower,by next week the staff will work in there new offices .

What I heard is that the MOE took the second tower unlawfully i.e. that both towers were supposed to be for KPC :runaway:

you are right Dubliner , that way KPC ask the MOE to take the new complex , and try to find for them a substitute location to build there new HQ on it .

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were it is located in kuwait

were it is located in kuwait
OMG where ru from !!

OMG where ru from !!

hahahahahaha, he surely is from abu halifa no?

its in shwai5 :) thanx for the photos skouli, one of the best buildings in kuwait

what a butifull pics thanx for the pics skoulikimou

hi friends,,,thanks for this good job

my thesis priject is about petrol research center

and till now i dont have any plans of similar project:ohno:

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