Fintas Commercial Center:

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/7315/untitled2ql.jpg

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/3592/untitled36wz.png

SSH (http://www.sshic.com/)

Yeah I've seen this project beforehand on Bernard Khoury's Website but It didn't give enough details as to what it is so I didn't post it :)

Here are some more renders of the project

http://www.bernardkhoury.com/HeaderPictures/2003%20-%20FINTAS%20HEADER.jpg

But I must add that this project seems like a great one for Fintas :)

here some more pictures and info from bernard khoury web site ;)

Throughout the mall age, we have been accustomed to constant borrowing of foreign identities and cultural signs, which has led to the formulation of a recognized typology of simulated environments. This formulation has indirectly hindered the possibility of implementing an architecture based on the actual shopping experience. In this context, we intend to celebrate the ‘shopping experience’ as an eminent part of our contemporary culture.
Kuwait is a country where shopping is a particularly important form of public & social activity. Not only does Kuwait’s climate foster controlled shopping activities but the whole country’s economic system allows the mall experience to become the pivot of contemporary culture. A ‘new’ mall in Kuwait can simply be built upon its own elements, celebrating entertainment and consumption within the shopping space. The project presents itself as an object, a symbol, and prime reference point in Fintas, Kuwait.

Total Area: 120000m2

the location :
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2866/107fintas11cs.jpg

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/2950/107fintas20xu.jpg

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/9905/107fintas35ai.jpg

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/4130/107fintas49in.jpg

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8528/107fintas50si.jpg

looks like a part of a space shuttle :P

Municipality is again .. delaying this project

but why would the municipality delay such projects???

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/1907/fintascentre4wt.jpg

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/1091/fintas24da.jpg

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/6026/fintas37cc.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9802/fintas49sg.jpg

Situated in Block-4 in Al-Ageelaa at a site with a total area of approx.
250,000m2 is this development with the major components as follows:
Commercial Center
Entertainment
Administrative Center

Taking in consideration the tradition of this area all together
the Souk, the Qaysariya and the City Square are alive in this
uniquely designed modern development, a winning scheme for
this BOT on the competition invitation by Kuwait Municipality.

Client:MOF Represented by Kuwait Municipality/ Investor M.A. Kharafi & UREC
Services:Design & Supervision (BOT Project)
Cost:KD 20 Million
Associates:Bernard Khoury Architects
Status:Under-Design

Cool, looks like they're trying to create an outdoor effect... Like a shaded outdoor sort of thing, i imagine... Looking at that picture with what looks like grass.... Nice...