This 1001m skyscraper will be part of the proposed urban project "Silk City".

Rendering:
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Full resolution (http://i55.tinypic.com/qrawet.jpg). Source: http://foro.capitalsim.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24582

Comparison diagram with Burj Dubai / Burj Khalifa:
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Source: http://foro.capitalsim.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24582


Artistic renderings: http://www.behance.net/gallery/1-km-high/306058


Whole City of Silk: http://image42.webshots.com/42/8/46/77/2289846770039296599YShDAY_fs.jpg


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The "City Of Silk" project presented by a number of Kuwaiti private sector companies based on directions of the Amir of Kuwait.

A number of experts and specialists from international consultation offices made a detailed presentation of the project's aims; a multi-purpose city accommodating aspects of economy, commerce, culture, residence, and entertainment and built over 250 square kilometers in Subbiya.

The city would include a resort, a 200 hectare desert preserve, and linked to Kuwait City by the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Bridge, as well as holding a free zone near a new international airport that would be linked by a new railway line and road and air networks extending to Central Asia.

The city would also hold a business city and an area for forums and exhibition, as well as cities dedicated for sports, culture, environment, media, industry, education and health.

Furthermore, it would include tourism centers, hotels, resorts, public gardens, spacious residential areas and a 1,001m-tall tower ( Mubarak Tower ).

The construction of "Silk City", as well as the construction and management phases that would extend over 25 years. They also discussed guarantees for total transparency so as to ensure equal opportunities for all and allow for the participation of the private sector within regulations.

Investments in the city were estimated at KD 25 billion, which would reflect positively on national economy and help diversity income, as well as creating 430,000 new jobs for national workers.

The project would also serve to create investment opportunities and attract both local and foreign investors, while creating an effective strategic partnership between the public and private sectors, as well as contributing to the architectural boom with a city designed to house over 700,000 people.




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The city will be composed of 4 main districts which are:

1) The Financial District: will be located on the new coastal road and will be facing Kuwait City. This will be the CBD of the City of Silk and will be next to a new International Airport. The distrcit will of course contain the centrepiece tower, Mubarak Tower.

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Mubarak Tower will be 1001 m high and will form the landmark for this new city. The tower was inspired by the 1001 nights story and the desert plant life. The tower will be composed of 7 vertical villages which will consist of hotels, offices, residences and entertainment facilities.

2) The Entertainment District: will be facing a channel connecting the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers with the gulf. This district will contain resorts, hotels and entertainment villages.
The district will also contain a sports complex, a centre for sports medicine, a sports academy and water sports which will be found all along the channel.

3) The Cultural District: will be located on the peninsula of the northern shore of Kuwait Bay. Over here there will be a centre for research and studies of ancient artefacts, a historical museum and an arts centre.
This district will be subdivided into 3 areas for academic, diplomatic and political studies.

4) The Enivronmental District: will be located at the heart of the city with an area of 45 km2. This district will be part of the Bird Reserve for migrating birds from Africa to Central Asia. There will also be an Environmental Research Centre for the scientific research of plant life and animal life of the region. It will also include an extended network of a university and a health resort.

The entire city will be surrounded by an emerald belt which will contain ponds, lakes and parks which will ensure that no one is except a couple of steps away from the emerald belt.


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Madinat Al Hareer English Press Release


http://file007.mylivepage.com/chunk7/52938/22/MadinatAlHareer_English.pdf


Vision Statement by Eric Kuhne ( The Designer )


http://file007.mylivepage.com/chunk7/52938/22/MadinatAlHareer_Vision.pdf

This is a spectacular project, but, if I'm not mistaken, there is already a thread on it :)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=292117

This is a spectacular project, but, if I'm not mistaken, there is already a thread on it :)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=292117

I'm sorry, i didn't sow it :bash:

More picutures !


Financial City


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Jaaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Bridge


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Sport city in front of Boubyaan island

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Park City

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Great news...

awesome project! Looks similar to what Saudis are doing in Rabigh with King Abdullah Economic City.

looks like a copy of dubai except there is only one tower... a tower which strangely looks like the burj dubai

Wow, this looks like an awesome project! What exactly is it, a redevelopment of an existing city?

Wow, this looks like an awesome project! What exactly is it, a redevelopment of an existing city?

No this is a totally new city :)

This is a very nice project but I am afraid of bubble burst.

I have an interesting thing found on emporis:

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/li/?id=100346&bt=2&ht=2&sro=1

you can see at the english page the Mubarak Tower is actually under Construction, but not at the German Site, there the tower is only Proposed.
I've writed an E-mail to an friend who works for emporis, i hope i get some informations about This.

cool place, i like the night renders alot... minus the bridge

Looks like a cool project. I'm not really a fan of the main building though. Something about it just doesn't look good to me.

Is this going to get underway...or far from it?

Dubai puts fourth monstor projects but within months they actually start construction.

wow another Dubai-style city ... which is a good thing.... (?)

Nice start for kuwait.. this is just the beginning.

is there any news on this tall tower

look in the Kuwait Section

Designed by the same person who is designing Arena Central in Birmingham :). I expect something good for AC then. This tower looks awesome though.

Burj Dubai, Al Burj, Mubarak Tower.....that's an unbelievable jump in heights of buildings.

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at first i was wow this is amazing, now eh

CITY OF SILK APPROVED CONSTRUCTION TO START LATE 2007 or EARLY 2008

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video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3071448599979689382

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Stand on the pic end you can enlarge them!

Well if this happens, Burj Dubai isn't going to hold the title for very long.

Well if this happens, Burj Dubai isn't going to hold the title for very long.

That's the reason why they put Al Burj as a reserve. To make sure that Dubai will get the tallest whoever wants to beat them. It's a good thing Middle East is starting to have confidence to follow the Dubai Way. I remember when business or trading was used to be called "legal smuggling". Now, everyone is following them. It seems like Saudi Arabia is very quiet. I will not be surprise if Saudi Arabia will join soon.

Great project with no doubt. Any clue about area dimensions ????

Silk City Project (Madinat Al Hareer New City) Masterplan
August 2007

Owner: Tamdeen Real Estate – Ajial Real Estate
Budget: Estimated $86.2 billion
Scope of work: This project involves the construction of a large complex on Subiya peninsula across the Bay of Kuwait covering an area of 250 sq km. The centrepiece of the city will be a 200-storey tower (Mubarak Al-Kabir) which will be the world’s tallest tower. The city will also be made up of various zones including cultural, film, media, industrial, business, sports, leisure, environment and health cities. There will also be a national wildlife park, convention centre, exhibition centres, parks and housing for 700,000 people.
Status: Sources indicate that Public Works Ministry is busy with the final stage of design work.

www.gulfconstructionworldwide.com

Great project with no doubt. Any clue about area dimensions ????

the new city will be build over 250 square kilometers in subbiya north of kuwait city

The centrepiece of the city will be a 200-storey tower (Mubarak Al-Kabir) which will be the world’s tallest tower.




World's tallest tower? :lol:

Said that only when Al Burj is cancelled :cheers:

wonderful news for this project. hopefully they start with the tower as soon as possible. but the world's tallest tower? i know they're planning a height between 1000 and 1200m.

Kuwait City, Kuwait (AHN) - Kuwait is building the world's tallest tower at 1,001 meters in Madinat al Hareer, also known as the City of Silk. When completed, the Burj Mubarak al-Kabir will beat a residential tower undergoing construction in Dubai estimated to rise between 700 to 800 meters.

The Kuwait Municipal Council approved Wednesday the development plans of Madinat Al Hareer, a multi-purpose economic, commercial and residential development in Subiyah. It is owned by Madinat Al Hareer Corporation, a government firm.

Covering 250 square kilometers, it will include the world tallest structure, a 2-sq. km. natural desert reservation, duty free area, a new airport, tourist-oriented establishments and business centers. It is estimated to cost $86.1 billion (25 billion dinar).

The project aims to reduce Kuwait's dependence on revenues from oil. Half of Kuwait's gross domestic product, valued at $60.72 billion in 2006, came from petroleum. The country holds 10 percent of the world's oil reserves.

Dubai's standing tallest structure is Burj Dubai at 422.5 meters with 120 storeys. It is one of five completed building in the world with more than 100 floors. Next to Burj Dubai are New York's Empire State building measuring 381 meters and Chicago's John Hancock Centre with 344 meters.



http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009112363

geeze how many errors are there in this article???

wow
i really hope they start as soon as possible.

This is the battle where am waiting for so long! I wonder where it will end! This truly unreal, i mean in star-war movie's OK. But this real!

F*ck i cant believe it, sorry fore my enthusiasm... :banana::banana::banana:

look at the link: ITS APPROVED!

http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/298608/cs/1/

Yeeeeaaaaaahhhhh!!! It's effectively approved (if the article is right)! Change the title and let's have a big party!!! I'm totally suprised!

i knew all the time that this one will become reality :)

Nice :D !
somebody change topic title!

Holy sh*t. Are they still going to build those cities around it you see in the first post? I wonder if there are just enough people in the world to fill all those buildings en offices. I mean we have already Dubai. Can the world handle two of those cities? Just a question:) Maybe if we move half of china to tthose cities :lol:

But nevertheless a very, very awesome project.

Holy sh*t. Are they still going to build those cities around it you see in the first post? I wonder if there are just enough people in the world to fill all those buildings en offices. I mean we have already Dubai. Can the world handle two of those cities? Just a question:) Maybe if we move half of china to tthose cities :lol:

There are 6.5 billion people on this planet my friend.

So Mubarak would be finish for 25 years? Loooooong time.

the overall city will finish in 25 years, im not sure about the tower

There are 6.5 billion people on this planet my friend.

yeah but im not going to live there and neither are 6.49 billion other people.
But maybe when this is al finished we have a billion more people living on earth zo they can fill it. What i mean is that al the big companies are going to dubai now and i dont think they are going to move again to Kuwait. But will see
I dont think there has ever been a project this big being build. 25 years is a very short period for bulding an entire city.

Mubarak tower is not approved yet. Anyway I do not like how it looks at all.

The city looks wonderful but the tower looks ugly.

BTW, what is the consulting company of the tower or the city? and who is the main contractor?

any info?

the whole city have been approved, and mubarak tower is part of the financial district, so therefore it has been approved.

here are some info about the consultants, contractors and the development team.

Tamdeen Real Estate Company
Development & Project Management
www.tamdeenrealestate.com

Atkins Middle East
Concept Engineering & Environment Consultants
www.atkinsglobal.com

Shearman & Sterling LLP
International Legal Consultants

CivicArts / Eric R Kuhne & Associates
Concept Architectural, Urban Design, Landscape Design / Research:
Eric R. Kuhne & Associates and Citilights Development, London
www.civicarts.com

KPMG-International
Management Consultants
Financial Analysts

OHA Engineering Consultant
Kuwait Architects and Consultants

SQ.FT Consulting
Strategic Advisors

Al Khebra
Kuwaiti Legal Consultants

Shopping Centre Solutions
Market Research, London
www.shoppingcentresolutions.co.uk

^^ Thank you crazy for informations.

Anyway I do not like how it looks at all.

The city looks wonderful but the tower looks ugly.

probably the renders we've seen until now from the tower are not final.

looks like a copy of dubai except there is only one tower... a tower which strangely looks like the burj dubai I was thinking the same thing. A total "meh", its already being done in Dubai!

that's not a copy of dubai. i mean, what do you expect? a cluster of several 700m-1000m towers??

for the next 20 years, such tall towers will always stand alone ^^

At first I thought that this was Dubai.... Cool project though.

artikels of the approved tower:

http://www.turkmenistannews.net/story/298608

http://steelmillsoftheworld.com/news/newsdisplay_moreover.asp?slno=9406

http://www.tradearabia.com/news/newsdetails.asp?Sn=CONS&artid=133643

http://futurestructures.blogspot.com/2007/11/burj-mubarak-al-kabir-1001m-tall-tower.html

http://www.gulfinthemedia.com/index.php?m=economics&id=356890&lang=en&PHPSESSID=17799f8aede740cc2fc03c5d96a59669&lim=40&PHPSESSID=17799f8aede740cc2fc03c5d96a59669

man, this is one crazy project, would love to see the progress of the city.

It actually reminds me of my city, Shenzhen, China. Well, just the speed of development.

Stunningly beautiful building!

This is a great project 'n all and it looks good. But i think it is too late and will be not benefit the country economically. Dubai has already started construction on various projects and cities that serve the same purpose as the The City of Silk. Dubai WILL be the financial, business and tourist destination of the middle east and i don't think other countries would be able to compete. Like someone pointed out in the previous page somewhere, I don't think the multinational companies who have already settled in dubai would like to change location.

Dubai - Where the future Exists

^^ interesting point... however what i think many of us fail to notice is the location of this city, being the last point in the gulf and a new port is being constructed in that area (bobyan port) which will open up that area for trade connecting it to the rest of Asia (also the name of the city - silk city relating back to the silk trade route that existed before)

A older artikel but its an answer to the artikels above.

The proposals, being led by Eric Kuhne & Associates as architects and masterplanners, will see a 250 sq km site in Subiya, Northern Kuwait, transformed into a new urban centre for 700,000 people over a 25-year development timeframe. The project seeks to create a major new city in a strategic location at the gateway to the famous Silk Route across central Asia. The plans involve significant new infrastructure, including a new seaport and international airport, to support an integrated urban masterplan combining commercial, leisure, retail and residential development in the form of a series of centres dedicated to, inter alia, business, sports, culture, environment, media, industry, education and health. Adherence to high environmental standards and the principles of sustainability are themes that will drive the design and the result will be a spectacular new multi-purpose city, linked back to Kuwait City by a new bridge across Kuwait Bay - the Jabir Al Kabir Bridge.

Robert Whitcombe, principal environmental consultant at Atkins, said: "This project has the potential to transform an area just north of Kuwait City into a leading centre for the region and one of the world's great examples of sustainable urban development. Atkins is proud to be drawing on its international and local expertise to provide the government and citizens of Kuwait with solutions which will enable the project to realise its spectacular vision."

This is a hell of a project that will definitly compeed with Dubai! End open up new ways into other in the near area!

Link:http://www.atkinsglobal.com/aboutus/publications/features/cityofsilk/

^^ It will not compete with Dubai, for many reasons.

This is a great project 'n all and it looks good. But i think it is too late and will be not benefit the country economically. Dubai has already started construction on various projects and cities that serve the same purpose as the The City of Silk. Dubai WILL be the financial, business and tourist destination of the middle east and i don't think other countries would be able to compete. Like someone pointed out in the previous page somewhere, I don't think the multinational companies who have already settled in dubai would like to change location.

Dubai - Where the future Exists

I totaly agree.

And honestly, I don't prefer Kuwait very much because 95% of it's earning is oil-based; in Dubai only 3%.

Another Dubai'like city? :ohno: I don't like it =\

Perhaps inspired by nearby Dubai, Kuwaiti Municipal officials approved a plan Thursday, to construct what will be the world's tallest building if completed. The Burj Mubarak Al-Kabir, part of the Madinat Al-Hareer (City of Silk), is planned to soar to a height of 1,001 meters (3,284 ft). At that height the Burj Mubarak would be almost twice the height of the world's tallest completed building, Taipei 101.

Madinat Al-Hareer is an $86 billion dollar project that will include not only the skyscraper but an airport and an expansive desert preserve. The tower will take approximately 25 years to complete if it comes to fruition. The plan also includes a bridge that will eventually link Madinat Al-Hareer with Kuwait City, which sits across a bay from the planned location of Madinat Al-Hareer.

Another megaproject in the Gulf, the unfinished Burj Dubai , is already taller than Taipei 101 and will be the tallest free standing structure ever when completed. Though the final height of the Burj Dubai has not been disclosed, it is estimated to be between 700 and 900 meters. Making it substanially shorter than the proposed Burj Mubarak Al-Kabir.


http://inventorspot.com/articles/kuwait_plans_build_worlds_talles_8218

I love the look of the city, it looks other worldly so it will defiantly attract people if the PR is done right.

Project fantastic...

Budget: Estimated $86.2 billion

Is this feasible? That would seem to take a fair chunk out of GDP. Where is the money coming from?

Is this feasible? That would seem to take a fair chunk out of GDP. Where is the money coming from?

http://wwwstatic.kern.org/images/kcMuseum/oilLogo001.gif

:)

Is there a detailed impression of this tower?

^^ Well yeah, I get that it's coming from oil. Seems like a LOT of money, though.

^^ Well yeah, I get that it's coming from oil. Seems like a LOT of money, though.

Remember, the world consumes around 75 million barrels of oil per day. It doesn't take very many days before there's a lot of money piled up.

Edit: Kuwait produces more than 2 million barrels per day itself. Once the mining infrastructure is in place, they make a good profit for every barrel.

^^ Yeah Oil prices are now around 95 dollar a barrel and i read that it only cost around 2 dollars to get the oil above the ground and into that barrel.

Burj Mubarak al-Kabir in Kuwait will be the tallest building in the world
http://www.luxurylaunches.com/entry_images/1107/15/Burj_Mubarak_3.jpg
http://www.luxurylaunches.com/entry_images/1107/15/Burj_Mubarak_4.jpg

http://www.luxurylaunches.com/buildings/burj_mubarak_alkabir_in_kuwait_will_be_the_tallest_building_in_the_world.php

this is by far the the Shiites designe i'd ever seen. and i thought i saw it all :lol:
i could od designed a better building

^^ I'll wager that this is a very preliminary drawing and that when they come out with a real render it will be far more refined.

Under Construction
Kuwait, Volume 116
16.11.2007

The Burj Dubai may have recently been crowned the world's tallest structure but Kuwait has already unveiled plans for a building that will tower over Dubai's newest superlative. The Burj Mubarak Al Kabir will stretch over a kilometre into the sky and is part of just one of a number of ambitious real estate developments in Kuwait.

Last week, following months of planning and negotiations, Kuwait's Municipal Council approved development designs for the new superstructure, which is named after a key political figure in Kuwait's recent history. The tower will be the centrepiece of a massive $86bn project, lying to the north of Kuwait City being led by Tamdeen Real Estate. Known as Madinat Al Hareer (the Silk City), the new development is designed to be an entirely new urban area accommodating some 700,000 people.

Along with the Mubarak Al Kabir tower, Madinat Al Hareer will also house a 50 square kilometre nature reserve, a free trade zone, a new airport and dedicated zones for industry, health, entertainment, media and education. The development will be linked to Kuwait City via the Subiya Causeway, a 35km bridge stretching the width of Kuwait bay. Located in the relatively undeveloped area of Subiya, the project is part of a broader plan by Kuwait to revitalise the northern part of the country.

Abutting the Madinat Al Hareer site is the Boubyan Island development, which is being overseen by the ministry of public works and is expected to cost an estimated $4.6bn. When completed, the project will have revamped the large island northeast of Kuwait City, installing a free trade zone, oil depot and a major port. The port portion of the project, the first phase of which was recently awarded to a Chinese consortium, will cost an estimated $1bn in total. Industry analysts, in conversations with OBG, said that while the government is covering the construction costs of the port, management of the port, once operational, would likely be assigned to a private sector company.

Big money is also being spent on the mainland. Kuwait University, the country's largest higher education institution, is shifting its facilities to a new university town outside the city. The campus, which will feature separate buildings for men and women, will cost around $2.5bn. Elsewhere, Mabanee Real Estate recently opened the first phase of The Avenues shopping, business and leisure development, which, when completed, will have cost an estimated $2bn.

However, while the announcement of so many new projects does provide a spot of excitement for the Gulf state, it will be several years before residents are able to reap the benefits of the new developments.

According to Tamdeen's current schedule, it will take approximately 25 years to construct the entire Madinat Al Hareer, with the first phase due for completion within the next seven years. However, the Subiya Causeway, which is a crucial component for the development of the northern area, has already been hit by numerous delays. The Environmental Public Authority has raised concerns about the impact of the causeway's piers on marine life in Kuwait Bay, and similar planning issues have forced a redesign of the project.

"Because of these changes the tender is unlikely to be issued until year-end or early 2008, and construction will not be able to start until 2009 at least," said Robert Uthwatt of Danish engineering firm COWI, the consultant on the project.

Engineering experts have also questioned the feasibility of the Mubarak Al Kabir tower, which will require unique structural supports to ensure the upper floors can withstand high winds.

Similarly, the Boubyan Port project was due to open by 2009, but delays over the build-operate-transfer scheme have pushed back completion dates by at least a year. The first three-container berths, originally due to come online next year, have been postponed until late 2009, with the following five berths similarly delayed. The full development of the port will be executed in five phases over the next 16 years and, once finished, will have a planned capacity of 3.5m twenty-foot equivalent units.

Thanks to record oil prices, Kuwait is flush with high levels of liquidity and has plenty of capital to spend on extravagant projects such as these. However, political wrangling, which has led to two cabinet reshuffles in the past 11 months, combined with the increasing pressures from cost inflation, have dramatically slowed the approval processes for several of the bigger budget projects.

www.oxfordbusinessgroup.com

Great news!! :)

^^ I'll wager that this is a very preliminary drawing and that when they come out with a real render it will be far more refined.

agree with you. but already on the render above i find the design great. and it is great that it will have no spire!

looks like earths first arcology :eek:

this is the video presentation of the project

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i wish they could have done something a-not-burj-dubai-looking-building. it might confuse people. but burj dubai is defo way better!

burj dubai looking?? that is a totally different design ^^. only the height is similar

looks like a copy of dubai except there is only one tower... a tower which strangely looks like the burj dubai

:ohno::wtf:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e8/7amani/city11.jpg


LOL, wtf?!

Dream City? They got to get more original than just adding "city" to everything.

Maybe one of them can get edgy...Sex City...lol

^^ :lol:

next thing we will have City City...

Let them start the project first, then they can city name the city out of it - 10 years later and project still being debated by the kuwaiti government... so sad..

posted byKuwait Patriot in the Kuwait Section:


onto my main part: new article about the City and the Mubarak Al-Kabir Tower. it's still planned to be 1001 meters high, but that'll probably change as the tower breaks ground.

another document i found mentions that the tower alone will cost 1.5 billion dollars and will break ground in February 2009 with completion in December 2014. construction on the City will also start in February 2009 with openings in gradual phases; total completion is planned for December 2039. don't hold your breath.

kuwaiti_patriot

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1001-m Dream

A significant milestone has been crossed on the estimated KD25 billion ($86 billion) Madinat Al Hareer – also known as City of Silk – a multi-purpose economic, commercial and residential development in Subiya with the approval of its development plans by the Kuwait Municipal Council last month.

The one-of-its-kind development will be home to the world’s tallest tower at 1,001 m, the Burj Mubarak Al Kabir and will also include a 2-sq-km natural desert reservation, a duty free area, a new airport, tourism-oriented establishments and business centres.

“We are thrilled that the Kuwait Municipal planning council has decided to approve our masterplan for the City of Silk and we look forward to advancing the design work in the coming year,” John Holden, project architect at Eric Kuhne & Associates, tells Gulf Construction.

Eric Kuhne & Associates is the architect and masterplanner behind the entire development, which aims to transform a 250 sq km site in Subiya in northern Kuwait, into a new urban centre for 700,000 people within the next 25 years. The first phase of the project is expected to take shape within seven years.

The multi-purpose city, owned by the government firm Madinat Al Hareer Corporation, seeks to create a major new city in a strategic location at the gateway to the famous Silk Route across central Asia.

“Madinat Al Hareer is far greater than another waterfront, another tower block, or another retail centre. It is founded on the rich heritage of Arabic gardens, towns, palaces, and markets. It balances Centres of Faith with Centres of Commerce as a rich garden city on the Arabian Gulf,” says a spokesman for Eric Kuhne.

Atkins is the structural engineer for the Mubarak Al Kabir Tower which will form ‘a complete city in the sky’, including offices, apartments, a school, a medical centre, and possibly a mosque. It will be built in three blocks linked together, which will give it more flexibility in terms of the lifts. Towering more than 200 storeys high, the twisting, tapering tower will create a vertical community made up of seven neighbourhoods stacked one atop another.

“The plans for Madinat Al Hareer involve significant new infrastructure, including a new seaport and an international airport, to support an integrated urban masterplan in the form of a series of centres dedicated to business, sports, culture, environment, media, industry, education and health,” says a spokesman for Atkins. “Adherence to high environmental standards and the principles of sustainability are themes that will drive the design and the result will be a spectacular new multi-purpose city, linked to Kuwait City by the new Jaber Al Ahmed bridge across Kuwait Bay. Halfway across the bay, the bridge will alight on two islands that will contain exclusive private developments.

Madinat Al Hareer will include a resort, a 200-hectare desert preserve, a total of 28 lifestyle communities as well as a free zone.

The city will also feature a business city and an area for forums and exhibitions, centres dedicated to sports, culture, environment, media, industry, education and health. It will include tourism centres, hotels, resorts, public gardens, spacious residential areas.

The mega city project involves collaboration between the private sector, researchers, designers, engineers and the agencies responsible for the economic development and planning for the region. In addition to structural engineering, Atkins is also responsible for environmental, fisheries and engineering works.

This cosmopolitan city is designed with four city centres and will include:

• Finance City: A centre of business, international trade, finance, and commerce which will expand the business potential of Kuwait and encourage new businesses to come and invest in the Middle East;

• Silk Road Free Zone: An advanced enterprise zone will be designated a free zone for trade, investment and business incubator developments. Located next to a new international airport, it will connect to an expanded rail, air and road network extending far into Central Asia;

• Leisure City: Resort hotels, leisure villages and holiday retreats will line the kilometre-long waterfront of the riverside of Madinat Al Hareer. A number of new facilities such as an athletics centre, an academy of sport, an Olympic-style sports complex that will host domestic and international games, a sports medicine and maritime lifestyle centre are also planned;

• Culture City: Split into three precincts, the culture city will be where academic, diplomatic, and policy studies will be concentrated and where scholarly research, archaeological pursuits, art and historical museums will be located.

• Ecological City: At the centre of Madinat Al Hareer will be a 45 sq km wildlife sanctuary and nature reserve park – the Al Badeia Resort – which will have a protected area for migratory birds and will be enhanced with new nesting and spawning ranges, fresh water ponds, feeding grounds, and wildlife habitats.

• Film and Media City: An expanded media/internet/communications centre will be created, building on Kuwait’s creative centre for television production along with a film city geared towards creating a new Arab movie production industry;

• Industrial City: A new light industrial centre will be developed adjacent to the Advanced Enterprise Zone and Business City Centre;

• Education City: Partnerships with international educational institutions will expand the reach of Kuwait’s tertiary education system to include Asian, European and North American colleges and universities.

• Health City: The project will include advanced treatment centres, research facilities, specialised medicine and pharmacology, prevention strategy, rehabilitation and nutrition centres.

• Lifestyle zones: Each of the 28 communities of the mega project will be branded with a distinctive lifestyle on offer, which will include sport, recreation, leisure, culture, information, media, film, research, education, business and ecology.

• Housing facilities: A diversity of housing types, family amenities, self-sustaining neighbourhoods and an extensive park system.

The Madinat Al Hareer will not only create an integrated urban development for over 700,000 people but due to its strategic location, also have the potential to revive the traditional silk route of Iraq, Iran and central Asia and become a global trading and logistics hub of the Middle East, says the spokesman for Eric Kuhne.

Source: http://www.gulfconstructionworldwide...p?Article=9285

New article mostly quoting Eric Kuhne managing director of Eric R. Kuhne and Associates.

Kuwait plans 77 billion dollar 'City of Silk'

KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - The oil-rich Gulf state of Kuwait plans to build a major new city inspired by the Silk Road that it hopes will become a global trade and tourist attraction, an executive said on Tuesday.

The 77 billion dollar "City of Silk" aims to revive the ancient trade route by becoming a major free trade zone linking central Asia with Europe.

"It is the largest single real estate development in the Middle East," Eric Kuhne, managing director of Eric R. Kuhne and Associates, which provided designs for the seaside city, told a conference organised by MEED magazine.

The city, located in Subbiya on the northernmost tip of Kuwait Bay hard by the Iraqi border, will be home to 750,000 people when completed in 2030, Kuhne, a renowned international architect, said.

The City of Silk will be linked to the capital Kuwait City by a 26-kilometre (16-mile) causeway, greatly reducing the current road distance of some 120 kilometres (75 miles). Two artificial islands will be built alongside the causeway.

Built on an area of 200 square kilometres (78 square miles), the city will consist of four major zones -- a city of commerce, a city of leisure and recreation, a city of ecology and a city of diplomacy and education, Kuhne said.

The commerce city will sit in the middle of a canal system and aims to boost Kuwait's efforts to become a regional trade and financial centre, he said.

At the centre of the commerce city, a 1,001-metre (3,284 foot) tower will be built. Its height is a reference to the classic work of Arabic literature, The One Thousand and One Nights.

Three blades that will be built near the top of the tower, will carry a mosque, a church and a synagogue to signify the unity of the three monotheistic religions, Kuhne said.

The leisure city will house an international-standard Olympic village while the education and diplomacy city will house several universities and is also expected to be home to a number of foreign missions, he said.

Kuhne said the project has been approved in principle and that work is under way to secure passage of the necessary legislation for the city to be treated as a free trade zone.

He said he expected to secure the necessary approvals for construction to start by the end of the year.

Kuwait, which sits on 10 percent of global crude reserves, has been vying to restore its position as the most developed country in the Gulf, buoyed by windfall revenues from high oil prices that have increased its foreign assets to 213 billion dollars.

The government plans to transform the emirate into a major regional financial and trade hub and the "City of Silk" project is being closely followed and encouraged by Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah.

Article (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080205/wl_mideast_afp/kuwaitconstruction_080205180244)

He said he expected to secure the necessary approvals for construction to start by the end of the year.

please let this become true :)

Work could soon start on the much anticipated City of Silk scheme planned for Kuwait. Originally proposed back in 2006 the massive scale project will take approximately 25 years to complete and aims to bring back to life an ancient trade route by becoming a major free trade zone that will link Asia and Europe.

Located in Subbiya on the northernmost tip of Kuwait Bay the new city designed by Eric Kuhne and Associates will become home to 750,000 people and will cover 78 square miles.

The new city will be linked to the capital Kuwait City by a 16 mile long causeway, along side this two artificial islands will be built to help accommodate the four major zones of the project , a city of commerce, a city of leisure and recreation, a city of ecology and a city of diplomacy and education.

At its centre, the city of commerce which will be situated in the middle of a canal system will be the focal point of the entire project, a 1,001 metre tall tower called Mubarak Tower will stand. Its height is a reference to the classic work of Arabic literature, The One Thousand and One Nights as well as taking inspiration from desert plants.

The fully glazed tower is sectioned into different heights, each with a lipstick style peak, blades built near the top of the tower will house a mosque, a church and a synagogue which will signify the union of the monotheistic faiths. The tower will be split into seven villages each having residential space, offices, entertainment and of course shopping space to go mad in.

Included in the project is plenty of green space so workers and residents will never be to far away from luscious gardens and tranquil ponds and pools, areas of conservation will also be included to take into account the fisheries and natural wildlife already present in the area.

All being well the necessary paperwork should soon be complete and construction could begin later this year.

Source: skycrapernews

High oil prices has ther result!

it's crazy.....this tower will be the 3rd tallest building in the future :nuts:

it's crazy.....this tower will be the 3rd tallest building in the future :nuts:I guess I am not too familiar with famous skyscrapers, but I thought this proposal will be the tallest in the world!

Which two other ones will be taller than this?

This tower will be 1001m tall. Al Burj will be 1050m + and the Jeddah Tower 1600m :)

Should I guess the smiley face means the Jeddah Tower is not going to be build?

no, the jeddah tower will start construction probably already this year...but read here:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=500019&page=11

Mashallah 3alaikum ahl ikwait.

what?

Mashallah 3alaikum ahl ikwait.

translate please :)

^^i think its arabic written with latin alphabet. thats why i cant translate :D he probably means "that's the goods"

lol, he said good job kuwaiti people

I said "Great job people of Kuwait".
Ahl ikwait literally means "Family of Kuwait"
Mashallah Alaikum could be loosely translated as 'Good on ya'

Wahla shral el olaarf al!!

^^ Sorry. I wanted to say:

"I'll be damned! These people have too much money to play with..."

But I was giggling too much when I first typed it...


(That was low... Cheers!)

any updates?

when is this going to be an realety ?

beautiful renders...like this project and love Kuwait City..

future is 2010 years construction........ end 2020 years ?

total construction time is 25years or more ^^

i really do hope this doesnt get built, i mean the burj dubai really has set the standards for new mega tall building's, i think of the burj as the empire state building of the 1930's. and it should keep the record for some time.

lol, the burj dubai is only the beginning of a new era of skyscrapers....and this tower will not beat the BD, Al burj will. and the mile high tower will be even taller....so you should wish this tower will be build :)

Im in awe! This is serious competition for Dubai. However is it wise to copy Dubai- which is really a 'bubble waiting to burst' project?

welcome to the future! :)

To bad this building will be build in the middle of nowhere. A visit during the construction will not be that nice.
But when the tower is completed i will visit for sure :okay:

me too, that's 100%.....maybe i'll visit BD, Al Burj, Mubarak Tower and The Mile Tower in 1 journey :D

wow! wee!

I don't care what anyone says, it is a burj dubai looking building.

My brain is developed enough to establish this.:)

Can I get a amen?

The girth of this building to be that much taller than burj dubai and be that large, man, that is an amazing and daring design.... i hope it gets built!

I wish this building was being built in Dubai. Imagine it in the skyline of Business Bay or Dubai Marina.

New featured clip on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbCx0hboqHI)

the design of the tower is really awesome :cheers:

The projects hase approved for a long time a go? Why says the title PRO?

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/503738-kuwait-burj-beater-plans-get-green-light

Height 1,001 m (3,284 ft)
Height to roof 900 m
Height to top floor 897 m
Floors 250

Groundbreaking 2008
Topout 2011
Opening 2012

Is proposed 250 square kilometer planned urban area in Subiya, Kuwait, an area just opposite Kuwait City which, upon

http://maps.google.be/maps?q=Burj%20Mubarak%20Al-Kabir&um=1&hl=nl&ndsp=18&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il

Bubyan Port
Madinat al-Hareer is also built on the dream of building a huge port in the biggest island in Kuwait, Bubyan Island. Bubyan Port, as it will be called, will serve the interests of major countries in the Middle East and Asia including Kuwait, Iraq, and Iran. In addition, the port will be one of the closest sea ports to Central Asia¨

NEW RENDER
http://www.gulfconstructionworldwide.com/source/xxviii/12/images/Tower.jpg

The projects hase approved for a long time a go? Why says the title PRO?

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/503738-kuwait-burj-beater-plans-get-green-light

Height 1,001 m (3,284 ft)
Height to roof 900 m
Height to top floor 897 m
Floors 250

Groundbreaking 2008
Topout 2011
Opening 2012

sorry, but that time-line is definitely not accurate :lol:

Holy crap, I barely even heard about this one.

The time line is not OK. but If it's app why isn't it in the thread title ?

looks tacky IMO

why rich people usually have such a bad taste for aesthetics?

what's too many there?? :D

NEW RENDER
http://www.gulfconstructionworldwide.com/source/xxviii/12/images/Tower.jpg

So this building will be consisted of 3 different towers, right?

http://shots.ikbis.com/image/110782/citynews_article.jpg

thats insane @!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gw!

who knows, maybe is the tower already UC :D

it looks awesome

I really like its design. very aesthetic

Indeed it may be the most beautiful buildings in the world of design and Anekat sun from the tower at sunset the sun and moving reflection came Kuwait City and lit up at night

when will the cunstrution start whit the tower ?

you ask things :doh:...nobody knows when they'll start. maybe already 2008....who knows

The location of this large city is near the Bubiyan islands, specific location of the "The city" is located in Subbiya on the northernmost tip of Kuwait Bay hard by the Iraqi border.

http://www.familie-verhoeven.nl/images%20koeweit/koeweit-kaart.jpg

http://www.dia.mil/history/chronologies/Gulf/gulf_fig04.gif

Kuwait details $77bn 'City of Silk'.
by AFP on Wednesday, 06 February 2008

REVIVAL PLAN: Kuwait is to build a major new city as it intensifies efforts to become a regional trade and financial centre. (AFP)
The oil-rich Gulf state of Kuwait plans to build a major new city inspired by the Silk Road that it hopes will become a global trade and tourist attraction, an executive said on Tuesday.

The $77 billion "City of Silk" aims to revive the ancient trade route by becoming a major free trade zone linking central Asia with Europe.

"It is the largest single real estate development in the Middle East," Eric Kuhne, managing director of Eric R. Kuhne and Associates, which provided designs for the seaside city, told a conference.

The city, located in Subbiya on the northernmost tip of Kuwait Bay hard by the Iraqi border, will be home to 750,000 people when completed in 2030, Kuhne, a renowned international architect, said.

The City of Silk will be linked to the capital Kuwait City by a 26-kilometre causeway, greatly reducing the current road distance of some 120 kilometres. Two artificial islands will be built alongside the causeway.

Built on an area of 200 square kilometres, the city will consist of four major zones - a city of commerce, a city of leisure and recreation, a city of ecology and a city of diplomacy and education, Kuhne said.

The commerce city will sit in the middle of a canal system and aims to boost Kuwait's efforts to become a regional trade and financial centre, he said.

At the centre of the commerce city, a 1,001 metre tower will be built. Its height is a reference to the classic work of Arabic literature, The One Thousand and One Nights.

Three blades that will be built near the top of the tower, will carry a mosque, a church and a synagogue to signify the unity of the three monotheistic religions, Kuhne said.

The leisure city will house an international-standard Olympic village while the education and diplomacy city will house several universities and is also expected to be home to a number of foreign missions, he said.

Kuhne said the project has been approved in principle and that work is under way to secure passage of the necessary legislation for the city to be treated as a free trade zone.

He said he expected to secure the necessary approvals for construction to start by the end of the year.

Kuwait, which sits on 10% of global crude reserves, has been vying to restore its position as the most developed country in the Gulf, buoyed by windfall revenues from high oil prices that have increased its foreign assets to $213 billion.

The government plans to transform the emirate into a major regional financial and trade hub and the "City of Silk" project is being closely followed and encouraged by Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.

I think city of silt tower has just stepped one step further to becoming tallest skyscraper planned. Because mile high tower has minused 500 metres in its height due to difficulty of technical feasibility. There is still Al burj or that weird 2 mile high ultima tower left to compete with.

http://www.meed.com/news/2008/05/mile_high_tower_in_saudi_arabia_comes_up_short.html

Superb design, how come we don't hear more of Kuwait?

From the pictures, to me it doesn't look like 1/3 taller than Burj Dubai. Is this 3284ft... 1000ft taller than Burj Dubai, really?

The projects hase approved for a long time a go? Why says the title PRO?...Maybe the moderator of the site can't bleive his eyes out: "No way Jose... they ain't buildin' that monsta' that tall!"

I missed this one.


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£66 billion masterplan will include rail network linking Gulf nations.

Madinat al-Hareer, or City of Silk is a colossal development-in-planning with an expanse of 250 sq km, roughly the same size as Scotland’s capital city, Edinburgh. Taking its name from the historic Silk Road, a route which connected Europe and China via the Middle East, the project will echo this sentiment creating a rail network linking Kuwait to Damascus, Baghdad, Iran and China, it has been announced. The project aims to act as a passageway from Kuwait to Israel and increase links between the two countries.

This week also saw the announcement that funding for City of Silk has been increased from £43 billion to £66 billion. The Kuwait Government have set up a special authority to handle the development, the Kuwait Centre for Strategic Studies presided over by Sami Alfaraj. He told Reuters:

"We are not dreamers at all when we talk about investing $132bn, (£66billion).

"We're thinking on a different plane, because we cannot afford to think like everyone else. We're thinking about something that might seem unimaginable…We're going to outmanoeuvre everybody who is going to remain in the old mode of thinking about economic prospects."

Talking of the links to Israel Alfaraj said: “People in the Gulf are smart enough to understand the impact of technology on their development, and they know that the technology is in Israel.”

Situated in Subiya opposite Kuwait City, City of Silk is set to include the world’s tallest tower, several designated zones or ‘cities’ for media, sport, culture, health and business among others, and a National Wildlife Sanctuary and parks. The city complex, masterplanned by British architects CivicArts (aka Eric R Kuhne Associates), will also include Olympic Stadia, residences, hotels and retail facilities. Up to 700,000 people could be housed in the city which is set to be built across Kuwait Bay and will be linked to Kuwait City by a 23.5 kilometre long bridge. There is also the prospect of a new airport for the city.

The centre-piece of City of Silk will be Burj Mubarak al-Kabir, a 1001 metre tall tower, almost 200 metres taller than the Burj Dubai is set to be at its highest point, and almost twice the height of Taipei 101.

Planning is currently going through the Kuwait Government but CivicArts hope that the development could be complete by 2023 and advised that their involvement in the process will be ongoing once a decision is reached.



Niki May Young
News Editor

SOURCE: http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=10144

I just don't see this tower being 1001 metres from looking at photos at newspaper article above. Maybe because of high rises around it or even 2 wings on sides make it wider making it look shorter. However it does look very very tall looking at it with imagining no 2 towers on either sides, just really narrow and tall middle part.

This is really a non sense to me :

1- 132 Billions us dollars with an expected pop arond 700 000 in KUWAIT is not duable .

2- No one can compete with Dubai the aura and the brand Dubai is already well established and even with a taller tower with crazier projects Dubai is and will be the place of all the excesses . They are 20 steps ahead .

Competing with Dubai in the Persian gulf is suicidal .. and there is imo humble opinion no internal need in Kuwai for such a disproportioned project ^^

This is an incredible build. Someday it will be a reality...

looks cool, although I'm really getting tired of all these kingdoms trying to copy Dubai:sleepy:

This is really a non sense to me :

1- 132 Billions us dollars with an expected pop arond 700 000 in KUWAIT is not duable .



Its actually US$66 billion, and for the population of 700 000 richest citizens of Kuwait, why not?

Its actually US$66 billion, and for the population of 700 000 richest citizens of Kuwait, why not?


FIRST : look at the previous page it s £66 billion in STERLING wich is 132 BILLIONS in US DOLLARS

SECOND: Do you have any idea of the total population of Kuwait ? I guess not so let me answer that question : 3 339 000 ...

is that clear enough ?

there should be a survey out

City of Silk VS Downtown Burj Dubai.

there should be a survey out

City of Silk VS Downtown Burj Dubai.

Well let's wait until the the ground work starts in the so called City Of Silk and thenwill talk about it ! :lol:

well the foundation of silk city has alredy been started i can see the extention of the 6th ring ruod is carring on the bubyian port is under constraction electrical towers and pipe lines are extending forward and backward this point out a lage damage on our invironment and the natural life
i hope from our real estate companies to remain in dubai and keep our fish surviving in the sea and our sheep at our desert . regarding our economy it was , it is now and it would be the strongist in the region last but not least kuwait still beautiful and dosent needs these things.:)

Is there a time schedule for this whole project?

from the First Page: ""The construction of "Silk City", as well as the construction and management phases that would extend over 25 years.""

1000 meters!!! I in a shock :eek2:

from the First Page: ""The construction of "Silk City", as well as the construction and management phases that would extend over 25 years.""

Yes, well, I didn´t mean the overall scenario. I was more referring to the specific construction phases, that is, if there are any of course.

from the First Page: ""The construction of "Silk City", as well as the construction and management phases that would extend over 25 years.""


ZZ-II what is your opinion regrading the viability of this project ?

well the foundation of silk city has alredy been started i can see the extention of the 6th ring ruod is carring on the bubyian port is under constraction electrical towers and pipe lines are extending forward and backward this point out a lage damage on our invironment and the natural life
i hope from our real estate companies to remain in dubai and keep our fish surviving in the sea and our sheep at our desert . regarding our economy it was , it is now and it would be the strongist in the region last but not least kuwait still beautiful and dosent needs these things.:)

As far as I am concerned the thread says PRO for PROPOSED.

Didyou guys hear about any ground working yet ??

The final masterplan is not complete is'nt it ?

ZZ-II what is your opinion regrading the viability of this project ?

why regrading? because of the 25 years?


don't get exactly what you mean at the moment :)

Why this thread is called The City Of Silk? The tower is called differently as the old title used to be (long time ago).

Very good!
nice projects.

As far as I am concerned the thread says PRO for PROPOSED.

Didyou guys hear about any ground working yet ??

The final masterplan is not complete is'nt it ?

i am very confirmed that perparing the area for the projects is in progress, however there are various opjections facing these projects sutch as invironmet authoriti ,parlimentary monitoring but the most important proplem
is kuwait oil company because they said that under this area containes the largest hevy oil reservuar ever in the world.

why regrading? because of the 25 years?


don't get exactly what you mean at the moment :)

Well not only the time frame of this project but the vibility of it. Do you think that a Second Dubai Style within the Gulf area is possible and profitable ?

North American as a whole lags behind these type of projects. Im amazed by the cheer size and expensive of them. by the way putting " city " at the end is wierd. what about " town" ? LOL ;)

yes why not, Dubai is not the only city which has to build lots of projects for its future, the oil won't be there forever :)

Well not only the time frame of this project but the vibility of it. Do you think that a Second Dubai Style within the Gulf area is possible and profitable ?

i think it is easy and possible for kuwait but i have to agree with you it is not profitable

yes why not, Dubai is not the only city which has to build lots of projects for its future, the oil won't be there forever :)


I agree But is.nt this project a little bit too much what a country like Kuwait .. i mean 700 000 people that s insane unless they want to clone Dubai and promote immigration .

the they would have to change their laws first and the mentality of the Kuwaitis is more conservative than the Emiratis specially Dubai ...

i m not sure that kuwait has or will have the same attraction ...

Apart from the oil do both dubai and kuwait have anything to export as their resources? I'm thinking not and therefore they need to create man-made attration of development for the future.

looks cool, although I'm really getting tired of all these kingdoms trying to copy Dubai:sleepy:

Dubai is an experiment. Find somewhere in the gulf on the sea with nothing there and build a city to attract foreign expertise and money.

If it works learn from their mistakes and duplicate around the gulf.

I have no doubt that the dubai concept was agreed by all gulf states very early on.

Recent sources are saying this will be done by 2023, I somehow don't feel that it will.
I like the idea, but I think the railway idea is ridiculous, we have airplanes now. And Central Asia, Iran, Baghdad!!??!?!? How are those places viable financial centers of trade? I think the railway will be very vulnerable to terrorist attacks, especially since it will be connecting to a nation that many Arabs despise. And how will it be maintained??

Please Kuwait, just stick to the silk city, and downsize your ambitions a bit. Be feasible and profitable, don't get carried away and waste your wealth. And most importantly, keep the projects in your own country. But I actually do like the design of the 1001m tower, much more than the cheesy(literally) Al Burj.

we havent even seen the new render of Al Burj, so you cant really say its cheesy. the old render for sure was cheesy. but i highly doubt the new one will be

new one wont be that much modified anyway, apart from 350 metres of extended height.

new one wont be that much modified anyway, apart from 350 metres of extended height.

Guess again.

Awesome project! Really very impressive. And if it looks like Burj Dubai or similar, who cares? How many buildings on the planet have "clones" elsewhere,...

So was the project approved or not

Hi all.

Hey shouldn't this City of Silk thread be in a different section ?

I thought the 1001 m. centerpiece structure was called Muberac Tower or something like that.

:cheers:

^^It was called Mubarak tower. ;) I don't know if it's still the name of the tower.

yes fury, i think a mod should change the title To Burj Mubarak

Isn't the full title Burj Mubarak Al-Kabir, or has that been dropped?

indeed, you're right I forgot the "Al-Kabir" ^^

Recent sources are saying this will be done by 2023, I somehow don't feel that it will.
I like the idea, but I think the railway idea is ridiculous, we have airplanes now. And Central Asia, Iran, Baghdad!!??!?!? How are those places viable financial centers of trade? I think the railway will be very vulnerable to terrorist attacks, especially since it will be connecting to a nation that many Arabs despise. And how will it be maintained??

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Railway is a better way for Gulf states especially high speed rail (no oil need for train) for a first step like Abou Dhabi-Dubai would be great and I think Connecting Kuwait City with high speed line with other cities like Manama, Doha or Dubai is much better like railway to Baghdad for now. By the way all transports are vulnerable.

Mubarak al kabir will be mixed use concrete with steel like Burj Dubai ?

Hiya.

Just found a new rendering of the planned tower. I was never fully bought by the earlier designs, but this new image reveals something far more promising. I'll post it below.

Enjoy.

ChaoticTranquility

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http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2079/burjmubarakalkabiryo0.jpg

^^ DO WANT!!!!!!! Holy crap that looks amazing!!!

Coruscant anybody? Build it please!! LOL

Beautiful, I agree it reminds me of Coruscant. That can only be a good thing.

What i don't like about these extreme proyects is that there's a huuuuuuuuuge building like this, but surrounded by low rises. A real coruscant would be many of these one next to the
other :D

Arabian Business examines the $132bn mega-development set to transform the future of Kuwait.

Stretching from the heart of Kuwait's northern desert to the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, a 250 sq km tract of desert will soon be transformed by one of the most exciting development projects ever to be undertaken in the Middle East.

With different districts covering business, leisure, academia and culture, in addition to a wildlife reserve and one of the world's tallest skyscrapers - a staggering 1001 metres in height - at its heart, Kuwait's $132bn City of Silk is ambitious even by the Gulf's extraordinary standards.
The Burj Mubarak Al-Kabir tower
http://www.civicarts.com/news/080829c/CA704_MAH_03.jpg
Creating homes for 750,000 people and 430,000 jobs, Madinat Al Hareer, as it is known in Arabic, is aimed at diversifying the economy of the petroleum-rich kingdom away from its dependence on oil into sectors such as trading, financial services, real estate and tourism. In so doing, it is hoped that by 2030 the metropolis will contribute nearly $15bn to Kuwait’s annual GDP.

Named after the medieval trade route running between Europe and Asia, City of Silk plans to revive the historic link by becoming a major free trade zone connecting the two continents. The scheme was approved in November with the unanimous endorsement of Kuwait’s parliament, allowing the executive branch of the government to mobilise resources to begin the infrastructure planning.

City of Silk can count on the firm support of the Emir of Kuwait, HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, while the designs are being drawn up by London-based architects Eric R Kuhne and Associates. Leading Kuwaiti real estate company Tamdeen Corporation is acting as development and project manager of the scheme.

Located in Subbiya on the northernmost tip of Kuwait Bay close to the Iraq border, the metropolis will be the largest single real estate development in the Middle East and is due to be completed by 2023.

But as Eric Kuhne, managing director of Eric R Kuhne and Associates, is at pains to point out, City of Silk is aiming for something different.

“This is not just another real estate project but a real symbol of the Middle East,” he says. “The profound vision of City of Silk is not based on investors’ greed but on building a stronger regional economy.”

“I started drawing diagrams on a map, showing all these connections that Kuwait was going to be able to make, and you very quickly realise that Kuwait sits right in the middle of 30 Middle Eastern countries. The idea of recreating the Silk Route for the 21st century is a very attractive one.”

Originally conceived as one of seven city sites to accommodate the explosion of the expatriate population living in the kingdom, as well as the growing number of Kuwaitis returning to their homeland after the Gulf War in 1991, the plans have evolved since then.

The project’s budget has also changed, swelling from the original estimate of $86bn earlier this year to a hefty $132bn now, fuelled by Kuwait’s continuing oil wealth.

Kuhne insists the metropolis will differ from some other projects in the region.

“What we agreed is that with City of Silk we would honour the profound legacy of Middle East arts, science and culture that all other countries in the Arab world seem to have forsaken with developments,” he says.

“Instead of trying to build a city that’s just another European or North American anaemic master plan, City of Silk will look Arabic and celebrate Arabic culture, business and science,” he continues.

“Before the invasion [by Iraq in 1990] Kuwait was decades ahead of any other city in the Middle East and now after spreading its resources around the Middle East, it sees it as the time to restore itself to a position as a leader.”

The city will be divided into four distinct districts. Recreating the hustle and bustle of London’s commercial hub of Canary Wharf, the first zone, the City of Commerce, will be positioned on an inland waterway.

With room for commercial land in Kuwait City running out, the district will answer one of Kuwait’s most pressing needs by providing space for new businesses to establish themselves.

Hugging the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the second centre, the City of Leisure, will harness river water to develop resort hotels, leisure villages and sandy beaches along a kilometre-long waterfront.

A centre for athletics, an academy of sport, a centre for sports medicine and an Olympic-standard sports complex to host Middle Eastern, Asian and international competitions will be incorporated within the district, along with a centre for sports medicine.

Building on Kuwait’s growing reputation as a producer of Arabic soap operas, the district will also feature a media city.

At the heart of City of Silk will be the third, and perhaps most ambitious zone, Ecology City, featuring a wildlife sanctuary, nature reserve and wetlands centre.

With nesting and spawning ranges, fresh water ponds and feeding grounds, the park will form part of the protected areas for migratory birds flying every year from the African continent to Central Asia.

“One of the terrible tragedies of the invasion [by Iraq] was the destruction of wetlands that migratory birds would use flying from the African continent to Central Asia,” says Kuhne.

“So we took a quarter of the total area, 49 sq km, and set it aside as a wildlife sanctuary in the middle of the other parts of the city,” he continues. “It includes two universities, one dealing with flora and the other with fauna.”

The fourth district is the Diplomatic Cultural Centre, which will be responsible for higher education facilities and accommodate graduate education and archaeology centres. Attracting diplomatic missions, the centre will also be a cultural hotspot with a major opera house and a performing arts centre.

The population of City of Silk will live within 30 communities made up of five to seven villages, with each community served by its own schools, healthcare facilities and employment. Weaving the fabric of these different areas together will be a network of parks and lakes, with the designers promising that everyone living within the development will be no more than three blocks away from open space.

In an effort to make City of Silk environmentally friendly, the intention is for it to be carbon neutral, with seven million trees planted around the metropolis, irrigated in part by salt water.

At the centrepiece of the city will be the Burj Mubarak Al-Kabir, which at 1001 metres will be one of the tallest towers in the world. Three propeller blades built near the top of the tower will carry a mosque, a church and a synagogue to signify the unity of the three monotheistic religions.

Kuhne says: “The prime minister and the chairman of Tamdeen Corporation had said they wanted the tallest building in the world. I told them ‘we don’t have to be the tallest, but we have to be one of the best’.”

“It’s going to be 1001 metres because of the book 1001 Arabian Nights, so the architecture links in with the folk literature of the civilisation. In the book there are 234 stories so the tower will have 234 storeys,” he continues.

“The towers are actually seven villages stacked on top of one another, and between each of these 30-storey buildings are four levels of gardens, recreation facilities, shops, healthcare facilities, education facilities, police, fire and maintenance facilities.”

Serving the city will be state-of-the-art transport links by road, sea, air and rail.

A 26-km bridge will connect the city to Kuwait City, reducing the drive time to the capital to 17 minutes, rather than the usual 90-minute drive around Kuwait Bay. Work has already begun on the bridge, and highways and roads have been laid to pave the way for future development.

As part of the project, a new sea port will also be built on the biggest island in Kuwait, Bubiyan Island, to serve Kuwait, Iraq and Iran, in addition to acting as one of the closest sea ports to Central Asia.

A new airport will be built to ensure City of Silk’s inclusion in the global network of international cargo, passenger services and information.

Kuwait also wants to link its city by rail to Damascus, Baghdad, Iran and China. Slowly but surely, the new Silk Route is taking shape.

via CivicArts (http://www.civicarts.com/news.php?news_id=102#story)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=24773544

Hiya.

Just found a new rendering of the planned tower. I was never fully bought by the earlier designs, but this new image reveals something far more promising. I'll post it below.

Enjoy.

ChaoticTranquility

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http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2079/burjmubarakalkabiryo0.jpg

^^ DO WANT!!!!!!! Holy crap that looks amazing!!!
http://i33.tinypic.com/sx0ww2.jpg

the new render looks even better than the old ones, can't wait to see more :cheers:

Amazing the new render, :cheers:

http://i33.tinypic.com/sx0ww2.jpg

:lol::lol::lol::lol: I dont know what it is about house, but thats hillarious! I cant stop laughing!

I think a mod can change the title "Mubarak al-Kabir tower", City of Silk is the entire project where this tower is include. Btw good render.

Other Arab Gulf States like KUWAIT,BAHRAIN,QATAR will follow the EMIRATES path.

Hi all.

That new render looks gooood.

Much better than the old one. Hopefully this goes through approved to U/C soon.

I agree on the thread name change.

:cheers:

Well, at least, it is being well prepared. If they build the bridge and the strees now, then it may start construction in about one or two years, I think!

in an article they wrote construction will start this month :) ^^, but i don't think that's true

I think they'll finish infra-structure needed for the construction first... If it started earlier, it would be even better! :D

1001 m (3284ft) :? Oh my god!!! That will be the highest building in the world! WOW :nuts: Are they going to built it yes or no?

btw: floors, more or about 200 :lol:

Still feels like a pipe dream to me, but let's hope these articles have substance :cheers1:

1001 m (3284ft) :? Oh my god!!! That will be the highest building in the world! WOW :nuts: Are they going to built it yes or no?

btw: floors, more or about 200 :lol:

yes, they will build it. but it won't be the highest tower in the world, because Al Burj in Dubai is as good as UC...and it will be taller than 1001m :)

and about the floors: 234 floors :)

unbelievable! i wish we had projects like this in the USA!

murjan tower: 1022m (proposed) +21m

mile high tower: 1150m (planning) +149m

Al burj: 1400m (proposed) +390m

MADNESS!!

Now that Burj Dubai tops the 800m-limit, 1000m seems to become the new limit to break. What will be next? One mile?

Now that Burj Dubai tops the 800m-limit, 1000m seems to become the new limit to break. What will be next? One mile?

Jip, they will break it.

http://www.civicarts.com/news/080829c/CA704_MAH_03.jpg

stuning:master:

I like this! Burj Dubai is a very good looking WTB, but Al Burj not so much. I hope this pushes through because Al Burj is not fit to be WTB. :D

^^ mate, that old al burj design is garbage, they're re designing it and we expect to see the complete new design maybe before next summer.

That and Al Burj's last rumored height was still 1400m. Just getting the facts straight.

^^ mate, that old al burj design is garbage, they're re designing it and we expect to see the complete new design maybe before next summer.

I hate to wait. I am impacient. Can't they hurry up a bit and show it, let's say, NEXT WEEK!?

or even in couple of hours...

Why can't you simply stay on Topic :bash:, can a mod please delete these posts again and close the thread?

^^ Apologies

brillant!!:cheers: and them will start this month was totally freaky!!

Are there strong winds and storms in that region? I love those supertalls and I am pretty excited about them. But I would not access anything higher than 500m!

no, we don't have strong winds, the strongest i remember is about 50 k/h. its a pretty quiet place weather wise.

^^Ideal for supertalls.

Looks crazy...With 1001m definitely rocks!! :rock:
Design is awesome...

WoW oO

no, we don't have strong winds, the strongest i remember is about 50 k/h. its a pretty quiet place weather wise.

maybe at ground lvl, but when u get up high its more substantial

Wow, quite the project! Looks awesome.

maybe at ground lvl, but when u get up high its more substantial


well, he asked about the weather in kuwait on the ground! ofcourse its different from 1000 meters above.

well i was just saying :lol:

http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/8674/thecityofsilkqm4.jpg

I'm a lookin, and I'm a likin.

may i ask how reliable is the information available to consider this project as a proposal and not vision?

may i ask how reliable is the information available to consider this project as a proposal and not vision?

I've been to the site, it's not a vision, lot of infastructure work going on around it (freeways, massive overpasses), which is indirect evidence that this is in the works as otherwise its a whole lot of infastructure in the middle of nowhere for no reason.

So it could be something...Nice to hear...:)

believe me, this tower will be build!

It will be interesting to watch which one will reach 1000m first...Nakheel Tower or this one...:nuts:

nakheel tower for sure ^^....but lets stay on topic :)

Does maybe exist any larger version of this render? It's sick...:nuts:

http://www.civicarts.com/news/080829c/CA704_MAH_03.jpg

wow this will bring back kuwait no.1 city in gulf regions.

^^ you're confident this single tower will outdo everything in Dubai?

I'm not but this project will be one of the most attractive building in the world for sure.

you miss a tower
Al-Jaber Tower: 1852 meter proposed for Kuwait City
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=426798

^^ Fake

haha lol

nakheel tower for sure ^^....but lets stay on topic :)

Various projects in Dubai were cancelled due to the Financial Crisis, soo this one has the biggest chances to become the next WTB!

^^ not likely

Various projects in Dubai were cancelled due to the Financial Crisis, soo this one has the biggest chances to become the next WTB!

stop making wrong statements,non of the projects are cancelled,but only delayed or put on hold,"in dubai nothing is cancelled"(as Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem put it).

On hold, okay. But if the Kuwaitis start construction soon and Dubai with a delay, so Kuwait might be the first do pass 1000m - before Dubai does!

And Dubai is selling it's real estate far below the original prices, which have fallen 40%:
http://www.focus.de/immobilien/kaufen/finanzkrise-dubai-bleibt-auf-luxusimmobilien-sitzen_aid_350805.html
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/11/21/60501.html

^^stop jumping on the couch,the nakheel tower is not gonna be delayed,they have already started working on the foundations which will take 3 years alone to complete,nakheel is delaying other projects so that this will stay on course.hopefully within 3 years the market will regain some confidence and the remaining projects will be done,remeber in dubai alone there are more than $500 billion of projects planned or U/C,so it wont hurt them to push back a few things.over

"Nakheel’s plans to build the tallest tower in the world will not be stalled by a slowdown in the property market in Dubai, but the master developer has put on hold taking on new projects for the time being, chief executive Chris O’Donnell said.

With foundation work on the 1.4km-high skyscraper underway, the property market would be “moving positively” again by the time the foundations were complete within two to three years, O’Donnell told Arabian Business.

He said funding for the $38.12 billion project, unveiled last month, would be secured by the sale of land around the tower to other developers."
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/539756-worlds-tallest-tower-plan-will-not-be-delayed

But too many built space there is empty! How many empty buildings do they want???

Back to topic: KUWAIT not Dubai....

^^
On hold, okay. But if the Kuwaitis start construction soon and Dubai with a delay, so Kuwait might be the first do pass 1000m - before Dubai does!

And Dubai is selling it's real estate far below the original prices, which have fallen 40%:
http://www.focus.de/immobilien/kaufen/finanzkrise-dubai-bleibt-auf-luxusimmobilien-sitzen_aid_350805.html
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/11/21/60501.html

yup back to kuwait but one last thing:

Kuwait real estate sales plummet 56%! http://www.arabianbusiness.com/540229-kuwait-real-estate-sales-plummet-56

But too many built space there is empty! How many empty buildings do they want???

Back to topic: KUWAIT not Dubai....

u say lets get back to kuwait but yet u say "too many built space there is empty" ? ur pretty much asking for a response that will be off topic. and where do u get the space is empty ? go and do some research before posting :lol:

^^ Maybe he was refering of the rate occupancy in built building ?

http://www.manager-magazin.de/koepfe/business-knigge/0,2828,591415-3,00.html

Al least in this article a manager says that there is an enormous empty space at the moment. Since many people try to sell their real estate and at least apartments can only be sold if they are already empty. So many people have left them to get rid of them!

Name: Burj Mubarak al Kabir
where: Kuwait
Cost: $7.37 billion
Estimated Completion: 2016
The Challenge: Erect a 3,300-foot building that’s strong enough to withstand 150mph winds
The Empire State Building claimed the world’s-tallest title for four decades. Today’s record-holder, the more-than-2,300-foot Burj Dubai, will be lucky to keep it for four years. The Kuwaiti government is about to break ground on the City of Silk, a designed-from-scratch metropolis on the Tigris and Euphrates river delta with a 3,284-foot tower as its centerpiece. At that height, winds could sway a conventional skyscraper like a tree branch and turbulent vortices could shake it to smithereens.
So instead of building one shaky tower, London-based architect Eric Kuhne designed the Mubarak skyscraper as three interlocking towers, each twisting 45 degrees top to bottom to help stabilize it. The inside edges of the buildings meet in the center to form a triangular shaft through the middle. No matter which way the wind blows, two of the three towers will always brace the building.
Although the three-pronged design keeps the high-rise from swaying, it doesn’t counter the choppy winds that whip around the uppermost stories, which can cause damaging vibrations. So Kuhne is trying something never before done on a building: giving it vertical ailerons, the normally horizontal flaps on the trailing edge of aircraft wings that control rolling motion. The ailerons, which are only three to six feet wide, run the full length of each edge of the towers and mechanically adjust to redirect the changing winds around the structure and scatter the vortices, mitigating vibrations.
The Mubarak’s size is intended to accommodate Kuwait’s explosive population growth, with seven 30-story neighborhoods stacked atop one another, each with apartments, offices and hotels, and four-story “town squares” linking them. Even the height has a cultural significance, Kuhne says. “One thousand and one meters for [the classic Arabian fairy tale] One Thousand and One Nights. It’s the difference between bragging rights and telling a story.”

http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-02/extreme-engineering-tallest-sky-scrapper?page=

any mod change title the tower is "Burj Mubarak al Kabir"

i always knew they'll build this tower!

its quite extraordinary, I can't believe 2 projects at 1000m+ are going ahead at the moment.

Well as for now we have just a lot of talk, and no action, so i wouldn't be too excited..