Client: National Bank of Kuwait
Project Type: Office Building
Engineering Consultants: Unknown
Status: Under construction
Location: Kuwait ,Sharq
Area: 85,000 sqm
Hight/Floors: Unknown/Unknown
start/complete: Unknown/Unknown



old design
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/5523/nbkku1.jpg

finally !!! LOL anyway the design is weird :S

i except a better tower for NBK

ya, it's weird but it's kind of ok

I see it ok but when it be taller than this

HMMMM..... it's OK, but not NBK's OK, many projects in this site did not get built at all, so we should wait more, and the idea of the design is amazing.

this tower is stupid .. come on its NBK .. do a better job for god sake ...

الوطني يستحوذ على أرض في شرق لتشييد مقره الرئيسي الجديد


وقع بنك الكويت الوطني عقدا مع شركة الشعب الوطنية العقارية للاستحواذ عليها بكافة مقوماتها وعناصرها المادية والمعنوية والتي يدخل في عدادها أرض في منطقة شرق ينوي بنك الكويت الوطني بناء مقره الرئيسي الجديد عليها، وذلك في صفقة بقيمة 52 مليون دينار.

ووقع العقد من جانب البنك الوطني نائب الرئيس التنفيذي للمجموعة عصام جاسم الصقر، ومن جانب شركة الشعب الوطنية العقارية رئيس مجلس إدارتها العضو المنتدب بدر ناصر الحميدي، بحضور الرئيس التنفيذي لشركة الوطني للاستثمار صلاح الفليج ونائب مدير عام الشؤون الإدارية في البنك محمد الخنيني، وذلك في المقر الرئيسي للبنك.
وينص العقد الذي تبلغ قيمته 52 مليون دينار على استحواذ بنك الكويت الوطني على كامل أسهم شركة الشعب الوطنية العقارية بكافة مقوماتها وعناصرها المادية والمعنوية والتي يدخل في عدادها أرض تملكها الشركة في منطقة شرق، مقابل أرض يملكها البنك الوطني في منطقة دسمان، بالإضافة إلى مبلغ نقدي بقيمة 22 مليون دينار. وسيستخدم البنك الوطني هذه الأرض التي تمتد على مساحة 6 آلاف متر مربع بالإضافة إلى أرض مجاورة كموقف للسيارات، لبناء مقره الرئيسي الجديد.

وعقب توقيع العقد، قال الصقر ان «التوسع الذي شهده بنك الكويت الوطني في أعماله بات يتطلب بناء مقر جديد يضم كافة ادارات البنك وأقسامه. وهذه الأرض التي تتميز بموقعها في قلب الحي المالي في الكويت، تشكل الموقع الأمثل لتشييد المقر الرئيسي الجديد للبنك الوطني الذي سيكون معلما من معالم الكويت من حيث الهندسة والتصميم وفق أرقى المواصفات العالمية، والذي سيعبر بوضوح عن المكانة التي بلغها الوطني في العمل المصرفي محليا وإقليميا».
من جانبه، قال الحميدي ان «هذه الأرض تتميز بمساحتها الشاسعة وموقعها الاستراتيجي في منطقة شرق، وتتضمن كافة التسهيلات لتشييد مقر رئيسي لبنك بحجم البنك الوطني. ونحن مسرورون لأن نرى صرحا معماريا لمؤسسة مرموقة مثل الوطني يقام على هذه الأرض».

وأضاف الصقر أن «بنك الكويت الوطني رافق دولة الكويت في مسيرتها الاقتصادية منذ إنشائه في عام 1952، ولعب دورا محوريا في رحلة استقلالها على المستويين المالي والاقتصادي، ليكون بذلك أول وأعرق مصرف وطني في دولة الكويت ومنطقة الخليج العربي. وهذه الاتفاقية ستدشن مرحلة جديدة من مسيرة البنك الوطني الذي بدأ من فرع صغير في الحي القديم في مدينة الكويت إلى أحد أكبر بنوك المنطقة وأفضلها بحضور عالمي في 17 دولة».

http://www.alqabas.com.kw

وأخيرااا كنت أنطر خبر مثل هذا لأن الأرض مسورينها عالفاضي
ياريت نعرف جم دور بكون وجم الإرتفاع

National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) announced that it has signed a contract with the National Al Shaab Real estate Company by means of which the bank will acquire the company with all its physical and legal assets, including a plot of land at Sharq area which will be used to set up NBK's new headquarters.

The 52 million Kuwaiti dinar worth contract was signed at NBK head Office by Issam Al-Sager, NBK Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), representing NBK and the National Al Shaab Real estate Company's Chairman and Managing Director Bader Naser Al-Humaidi, representing the company, in the presence of NBK Capital CEO Salah Al-Fulaij and AGM Administration at NBK Mohammad Al- Khunaini.
The contract stipulates NBK's acquisition of the shares of the National Al Shaab Real estate Company with all its physical and legal assets, including a land plot owned by the company at Sharq area, against the company's acquisition of a land owned by NBK at Dasman area with an additional cash amount of KD 22 million.
NBK will use the 6,000 square meters acquired plot to set up its new headquarters in addition to an adjacent plot of land to be used as a parking area.
Commenting on the sidelines of the signing ceremony, Al-Sager said, "The consistent expansion of NBK presence and operations calls for the need to build a new headquarters that accommodate the various groups and departments of the bank. This plot of land with its strategic location at the heart of the business district in Kuwait provides a premiere location to set up NBK's new headquarters that will stand as one of most prominent architectural monuments in Kuwait and an iconic tower designed and built according to the-state-art-of technologies to represent and project NBK's status as a world class bank."
On his part, Al-Humaidi said, "The land plot acquired by NBK featuring both spaciousness and strategic location at Sharq area is quite fit to accommodate a headquarters as grand and prestigious as NBK. We are happy to witness an iconic architectural monument for a renowned bank such as NBK being built on this land plot."

- Al-watan daily (http://alwatandaily.kuwait.tt/resources/pdf/888/11.pdf)

it kind of reminds me of one of the towers for the kuwait business town project....but guys they still just bought the land, who knows they may change the design again

وأخيرااا كنت أنطر خبر مثل هذا لأن الأرض مسورينها عالفاضي
ياريت نعرف جم دور بكون وجم الإرتفاع

وين مكان الأرض..؟

Disgusting.

One of the biggest financial institutions in the region with billions of dollars in assets is building THIS piece of sh*t as their HEADQUARTRS??

The perpetuation of building these cheap, plastic and tinted glass, made-in-china monstrosities is going to have a detrimental effect on the Gulf region. They will never age well and they will fall apart faster than people are imagining and, at best, we will just demolish them and build something cheap and ugly in their place and keep going in a viscious cycle untill our cities have no historical buildings standing and they will never have a visual identity because we hardly ever build anything worth saving, and at worst, we will no longer have the money to demolish and rebuild and we will have cities filled with crumbling, ugly, cheap, made-in-china ruins.

This building looks like it was designed by the assistant of the dude who designed Jam3iyat al Shamiyya (the ultimate in ugly, cheap, made-in-china chic). I actually sometimes think that these plastic buildings aren't designed by an actual PERSON....maybe some sort of computer program?

I'm sorry, but this issue is important to me and just the audasity of some ppl on here who say we should demolish 40, 50, 70 year old buildings so we can build more ABSOLUTE TAT like this is just mind boggling.

Eeeew! OF COURSE Saleh al Qallaf "designed" this. He's the devil lol.

A hustler masquerading as an architect...what a ruinous man.

I'm sure NBK didn't even approve of this "design", he's probablly just sending out PR blasts to the internet in the hopes of winning this project.

the render is from 2007, maybe they have something else for the particular piece of land..

وين مكان الأرض..؟

في الشرق (دوار المقوع)، بين أبراج الحمراء والراية الصغير والخليجية

Well said, KWT.

I have to agree that Saleh Al Qallaf 'designs' [and I use the term loosely] some of the most hideous buildings that have come up in Kuwait. Plastic-looking steel cladding, cheap tinted glass, some of the tackiest and most boring designs ever; I'm genuinely left wondering if any perceivable shred of effort went into these structures.

Another local architectural criminal/butcher is Nizar Al-Anjari. Dear God, where do I begin? I'm sure you're all aware of [or at least seen] the Ramada Plaza that's currently on hold at the Fahaheel Expressway and the Fourth Ring Road. That monstrosity is a nightmare. I think he was going for a classically cliché Kuwaiti fortress motif, but when you stretch that vertically onto a twenty-story structure in a bizarrely questionable location with construction materials that didn't cost a cent over twenty dollars, you've truly got a rotten feast for the eyes and a headache par excellence. A sickly yellow tower and an orange stone base permeated by shiny blue glass - what is this? Really, what is it?

Don't even get me started on the Mirqab Twin Towers. HorribleSovietcommieblockfail.

What a waste of space. It's a shame that we have no reputable urban planning department or Municipality that genuinely cares about the direction this city is going in or the architectural identity it's assuming.

Sigh.

CT

متى يبدون فييه

guys .... the new NBK Headquarter tower is not the one on top, i've seen the prespective and u'll all be amazed of how marvellous it is ..... unfortunately, i dont have a photo for it :s final design is still progressing and construction will not start before a year from now.

thanks basel for the good news! hehe,, did you have a chance to notice about how many floors the new design would have?

في الشرق (دوار المقوع)، بين أبراج الحمراء والراية الصغير والخليجية

موقع رهيب :)

i dont think this is the right pic because i heard it is going to be abt 60 or more flrs

[QUOTE=ChaoticTranquility;66067579]Well said, KWT.

I have to agree that Saleh Al Qallaf 'designs' [and I use the term loosely] some of the most hideous buildings that have come up in Kuwait. Plastic-looking steel cladding, cheap tinted glass, some of the tackiest and most boring designs ever; I'm genuinely left wondering if any perceivable shred of effort went into these structures.

Another local architectural criminal/butcher is Nizar Al-Anjari. Dear God, where do I begin? I'm sure you're all aware of [or at least seen] the Ramada Plaza that's currently on hold at the Fahaheel Expressway and the Fourth Ring Road. That monstrosity is a nightmare. I think he was going for a classically cliché Kuwaiti fortress motif, but when you stretch that vertically onto a twenty-story structure in a bizarrely questionable location with construction materials that didn't cost a cent over twenty dollars, you've truly got a rotten feast for the eyes and a headache par excellence. A sickly yellow tower and an orange stone base permeated by shiny blue glass - what is this? Really, what is it?

Don't even get me started on the Mirqab Twin Towers. HorribleSovietcommieblockfail.

What a waste of space. It's a shame that we have no reputable urban planning department or Municipality that genuinely cares about the direction this city is going in or the architectural identity it's assuming.

Sigh.

CT[/QUOTE

One has to be accurate, neutral and never come to conclusions based on inaccurate or irrelevant information when commenting on "others work". I'm referring to the comments given by (ChaoticTranquility) when he falsely accused Nizar Al-Anjari of being "criminal/butcher". Nizar Al-Anjari neither designed the Ramada Plaza that's currently on hold at the Fahaheel Expressway and the Fourth Ring Road nor the Mirqab Twin Towers! You can still see the name of architects who designed these buildings posted on these sites. Even words you used such as "criminal/butcher" are too harsh to be exploited in this case. It may disclose that you have a personal problem with him personally or his office! Correct me if I'm wrong !

[QUOTE=ChaoticTranquility;66067579]Well said, KWT.

I have to agree that Saleh Al Qallaf 'designs' [and I use the term loosely] some of the most hideous buildings that have come up in Kuwait. Plastic-looking steel cladding, cheap tinted glass, some of the tackiest and most boring designs ever; I'm genuinely left wondering if any perceivable shred of effort went into these structures.

Another local architectural criminal/butcher is Nizar Al-Anjari. Dear God, where do I begin? I'm sure you're all aware of [or at least seen] the Ramada Plaza that's currently on hold at the Fahaheel Expressway and the Fourth Ring Road. That monstrosity is a nightmare. I think he was going for a classically cliché Kuwaiti fortress motif, but when you stretch that vertically onto a twenty-story structure in a bizarrely questionable location with construction materials that didn't cost a cent over twenty dollars, you've truly got a rotten feast for the eyes and a headache par excellence. A sickly yellow tower and an orange stone base permeated by shiny blue glass - what is this? Really, what is it?

Don't even get me started on the Mirqab Twin Towers. HorribleSovietcommieblockfail.

What a waste of space. It's a shame that we have no reputable urban planning department or Municipality that genuinely cares about the direction this city is going in or the architectural identity it's assuming.

Sigh.

CT[/QUOTE

One has to be accurate, neutral and never come to conclusions based on inaccurate or irrelevant information when commenting on "others work". I'm referring to the comments given by (ChaoticTranquility) when he falsely accused Nizar Al-Anjari of being "criminal/butcher". Nizar Al-Anjari neither designed the Ramada Plaza that's currently on hold at the Fahaheel Expressway and the Fourth Ring Road nor the Mirqab Twin Towers! You can still see the name of architects who designed these buildings posted on these sites. Even words you used such as "criminal/butcher" are too harsh to be exploited in this case. It may disclose that you have a personal problem with him personally or his office! Correct me if I'm wrong !

Chaotic Tranquility is right, Mr. al Qallaf and Mr. al Anjari are talentless hacks. They are working on so many hideous projects, it doesn't even matter if Mr. al Anjari designed that pile of crap on 4th ring road or not.

There is a new crop of architects in Kuwait that are leaps and bounds ahead of those two in terms of talent; such as Aziz al Qatami and Nesef al Nesef, Maysa al Mu'min, Nasser Abulhasan, Barrak al Babtain, and many others. They will, hopefully, turn the sorry state of local architects around and create amazing work. It already started!

CT[/QUOTE

One has to be accurate, neutral and never come to conclusions based on inaccurate or irrelevant information when commenting on "others work". I'm referring to the comments given by (ChaoticTranquility) when he falsely accused Nizar Al-Anjari of being "criminal/butcher". Nizar Al-Anjari neither designed the Ramada Plaza that's currently on hold at the Fahaheel Expressway and the Fourth Ring Road nor the Mirqab Twin Towers! You can still see the name of architects who designed these buildings posted on these sites. Even words you used such as "criminal/butcher" are too harsh to be exploited in this case. It may disclose that you have a personal problem with him personally or his office! Correct me if I'm wrong ![/QUOTE]

Allow me to start this message by saying that I do not have personal problems with anyone.

I thought I read somewhere that Nizar Al-Anjari designed the Ramada Plaza. If he didn't, I apologize for getting the information confused but that doesn't take away from the fact that his designs aren't particularly beautiful. The Waterfalls Complex in Hawalli is one of his projects and while it looked good on paper, it looks painfully cheap in real life. To take a page out of KWT's book: "made-in-China chic." And about the Mirqab Twin Towers, I merely mentioned that project and did not connect it with Nizar Al-Anjari or his office.

My issues lie with the aesthetics behind these projects. When valuable pieces of land are handed off and something less than appealing gets commissioned to be built there, that's where I'll start to quibble. I'm fully entitled to an opinion, as are you and everyone else.

With all due respect, Kuwait, if you read professional architectural reviews written by actual architecture critics, you'll see that my words aren't too severe or punishing. Yes, my opinion is strong, but going far enough to accuse me or insinuate that I have a personal problem with the architect or his practice is a little too damning.

Let's all get along and discuss our opinions with the respect that each of us on this forum deserve.

Cheers.

CT

now start #UNDER C :banana: :banana:

^^ no renders, photos?

أكيد ؟؟
لأن قبل جم يوم مريت ولا ليلحين السور عليه صورة مركز صباح الاحمد المشروع الملغي

^^ no renders, photos?

hmmmm..... I really expect a lot from NBK, while they are the one's who financed Alhamra Tower. And I will latterly be shocked if they use the original owner design. the good part is am guessing that they will compete with Alhamra Tower design :D.

بدو بالتنفيذ بس السور ليلحين ماتغير بعد جم اسبوع يغيرون السور او يخلونة على سور نفسة بس يضيفون صورة برج بنك الوطني

إذا خلص هالبرج راح يغطي على جزء من برج الحمرا لأن لازق فيه حيل والشارع بينهم صغير
اذا كان هالبرج عالي ليلحين ماعرفنا

As Frankom Blog Says: " This is the official NBK HQ building Design "

Hight: 300 M
Floors: Approximately 70 floors

http://www.frankom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/image_1.jpg
http://www.frankom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/image_2.jpg
http://www.frankom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/image_3.jpg

More over, he said that it is a green building but as what i see, it has a sun fronting glass wall so it's not

^^ I think that Frankom Blog is a reliable source of information…
The design is unique to build in Kuwait… Futuristic design…
Thanks for the renders, Ahmed…

Your Welcome Thamerium, and I really want to see what's the exterior materials will look like in reality, because am sure they cannot build the back side as the rendered composition.

nice renders but where is the actual location?

here's the location

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/2028/49874949.jpg

hmm, Dont like the design that much.

التصميم جنه صاروخ ليش غيروه !؟

hmm, Dont like the design that much.

you should like crazy things crazy, :bash:

is this the location for that abandoned tower?

Clearing up all misconceptions here:

This was the plot allocated to the construction of the Sabah Al-Ahmed Financial Center, owned by the Al-Shaab Real Estate Company. They built a welcome center for the project on the site and then began excavation for the tower, but the company soon went bankrupt and the project stopped and was eventually scrapped.

The land was then sold off to the National Bank of Kuwait, who have taken it over and are now planning to develop it as their official new headquarters instead of their small nine-story building near the Stock Exchange.

The building is on the corner of Al-Shuhada Street and Jaber Al-Mubarak Street, directly in between the Arraya Centre and the Al-Hamra Tower.

There. Any more questions?

CT

Clearing up all misconceptions here:

This was the plot allocated to the construction of the Sabah Al-Ahmed Financial Center, owned by the Al-Shaab Real Estate Company. They built a welcome center for the project on the site and then began excavation for the tower, but the company soon went bankrupt and the project stopped and was eventually scrapped.

The land was then sold off to the National Bank of Kuwait, who have taken it over and are now planning to develop it as their official new headquarters instead of their small nine-story building near the Stock Exchange.

The building is on the corner of Al-Shuhada Street and Jaber Al-Mubarak Street, directly in between the Arraya Centre and the Al-Hamra Tower.

There. Any more questions?

CT

WOW,,, you are a good writer :S, No more questions, and thank you.

There. Any more questions?
CT

I have a couple of questions! :colgate:

-If it is true this is the new design of the NBK's HQ, what do you think of the design-- do you like it or not?
-Do you think it will fit good to the city's skyline?

I wish that we have a "Like" Feature in here, good questions.

I have a couple of questions! :colgate:

-If it is true this is the new design of the NBK's HQ, what do you think of the design-- do you like it or not?
-Do you think it will fit good to the city's skyline?

Haha, questions acknowledged.

1. I find the design futuristic. To me, it looks like the Al-Hamra Tower and the United Tower had a baby, with the more defined curves of this building echoing the United Tower. I hope that this tower doesn't bulge too far out on the back wall [otherwise it'll look bloated or pregnant] and I'm not too fond of how the tower and the podium interact with one another - the podium is composed of solid lines and right angles and then the curvilinear tower rises from out of it. Perhaps the interaction would look better in different renders, so I'll reserve judgment until I see further evidence.
2. I think it'll fit into the skyline quite nicely by providing an interesting contrast to the skyscraper cluster it's in. If you observe the location from left to right, you'll see the United Tower, Arraya Tower, the NBK Tower and the Al-Hamra Tower. United is curvy, Arraya a pencil-like line and Al-Hamra with a duality of facades - solid lines on one side, flared, curved walls on the other. The NBK Tower, in my opinion at least, will emphasize the curves seen in United as well as compliment the ones on the flare wall of Al-Hamra, its direct neighbor. It will also add a very avant-garde, modern touch to the skyline if beautifully illuminated.

I look forward to more renderings, but otherwise, I'm content with the design and hope to see it rising soon.

Thoughts? :)

CT

Is it me or are most new/proposed skyscrapers in Kuwait somewhat identical? They're all trying to look weirder than the other. It's like children trying to compete for attention.

no man, u mean everyone is trying to steal from the other not compete with the other, that's dubai.

pregnant buildings

LIKE

Lovely opinions...

Clearing up all misconceptions here:

This was the plot allocated to the construction of the Sabah Al-Ahmed Financial Center, owned by the Al-Shaab Real Estate Company. They built a welcome center for the project on the site and then began excavation for the tower, but the company soon went bankrupt and the project stopped and was eventually scrapped.

The land was then sold off to the National Bank of Kuwait, who have taken it over and are now planning to develop it as their official new headquarters instead of their small nine-story building near the Stock Exchange.

The building is on the corner of Al-Shuhada Street and Jaber Al-Mubarak Street, directly in between the Arraya Centre and the Al-Hamra Tower.

There. Any more questions?

CT

ya i got one.......do you want a pic of it?

11-2-2011 saw some activity going on and all the advertisements of the old lame building have been removed..

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af147/charles54/12-2-2011/DSC06038.jpg

finally a new tower with no finances issues :S

I guess it will go up so quickly. and they will forget some floors :P

and thanks man for being alive :S

i think the tower is gonna be 75 floors

some bad news 7-4-2011

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af147/charles54/DSC01468.jpg http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af147/charles54/DSC01467.jpg

bleh

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd166/7amani1/2011-04-28093715.jpg

okay thats good news!!! but i saw the board saying municipality parking building?

The municipality are building a few parking lots in the city to ease congestion.

What a last news ??

overview of the site from Ansam's blog (http://ansam518.com/2011/06/al-hamra/) :)
http://ansam518.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/AlHamra-26.jpg
http://ansam518.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/AlHamra-27.jpg

thanks for posting that danny , looks like they are using the pit of the old tower in addition to the newly dug one

is there already a main contractor for this?

national bank of kuwait i think

24-6-2011 some new renders on display

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af147/charles54/DSC01864.jpg http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af147/charles54/DSC01862.jpg

taken few hrs ago

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3961/photoobr.jpg

Which plot? Very cool design BTW! Maybe you should share this with the world in the World Section?

7-8-2011

lot of crane action going on at the site

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af147/charles54/alhamra%207-8-2011/DSC02234.jpg http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af147/charles54/alhamra%207-8-2011/DSC02220.jpg http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af147/charles54/alhamra%207-8-2011/DSC02199.jpg

شكثر ارتفاع البرج ؟

According to AhmedJam it's 300M

الراية اطول عيل !!

Isn't Arraya 300M too ? :S

yes arraya is 300m exactly

If both towers have the same hieght (300 m), the NBK tower will look taller because it doesn't have a spire; like the one on the top of Arraya Tower...

Check these images out:

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o116/thamerofarabia/ArrayavsNBK-1.jpg


http://www.frankom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/image_3.jpg

i heard its only 30- 35 floors why would someone need a 300m bank towers...in kuwait?

You know the bank could build the tower for their HQ, and the extra floors could be leased or rented out. It's not a big deal.

today
http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af147/charles54/al%20hamra%2017-9-2011/DSC02439.jpg http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af147/charles54/al%20hamra%2017-9-2011/DSC02437.jpg

salam
im back
thx you charles54 for new update

salam
im back
thx you charles54 for new update

Welcome back :)

مقر «الوطني» الجديد.. توأمة العراقة والعصرنة

«محارة اللؤلؤ» التي تمثل رمزا تاريخيا وثقافيا واقتصاديا للكويت، هـي الفكرة الأساسية التي استوحي منها تصميم بـرج المقـر الرئيسـي الجديـد لبنك الكويت الوطني، الذي من المنتظر البدء في عمليات إنشائه مع بداية العام المقبل.
وقد ترجم مفهوم محارة اللؤلؤ ـ الذي قامت بتصميمه شركة «فوستر أند بارتنر» العالمية المشهورة،*وصاحبة السجل العريض من الانجازات العالمية ـ إلى واجهة معمارية مميزة تعمل كدرع تحمي مكونات البرج من أشعة الشمس طـوال أيام السنة، وهـذا الدرع يتـكـون مـن شفـرات إنشـائية منحوتة بشكل عمودي على طول البــرج بارتفـاع 300 متـر. على الجانب الآخر للبـرج، فـإن الواجهة المقابلـة والمحمية من أشعة الشمس هـي واجهـة زجـاجـيـة بالكامل تسمح بمناظـر بـانـوراميـة وإطلالة مميزة تجاه البحر.
ان الاهتمـام البيئي والمساهمة في توفيـر بيئة عمل أفضل يمثلان المفتـاح الرئيسي لمفهوم تصميـم البرج الجديـد، وذلك استجـابـة لرؤية بنـك الكويت الوطني المستقبلية لتصميـم وبنـاء برج يدخل ضمن تصنيف المباني البيئية الخضـراء علـى مستوى العالم، ليكون أول برج صديق للبيئة في المنطقة.




This is an article from Al-Qabas daily newspaper, published in June 27th, 2011 and it included some information about this project:

- The height of the tower will be 300 m.
- The shape of the tower was inspired from the oyster.
- The construction of the tower will begin in first months of 2012.
- The designer of the tower is Foster and Partners.

http://www.alqabas.com.kw/Temp/Pictures/2011/06/27/f3b03715-feff-4a72-906c-272e0ee3ecc6.jpg

http://www.annapolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/oyster.jpg

woOow the tower has a beautiful design hope this projects gets to ground level soon

This link to the project

http://nbktower.com

TOWER IS NOW ON GROUND LEVEL

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there is a mistake charles54 :bash:

^^ woops sorry all fixed in the first pic you can see the rebar for the ground level

nic
:)

28, October, 2011:

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o116/thamerofarabia/04-1.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o116/thamerofarabia/02-2.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o116/thamerofarabia/03-2.jpg



Sorry for the photo's bad quality, but they show that the project is already above the street level as Charles mentioned before...

looks like the core has reached level 2

I think thats the car park, not the core or the tower.

you mean the large cast towards the left of the second pic? i think that's the core of the tower you may be right but i dont think the car park is visible at ground level

CrazY you are right it is a car park

today

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af147/charles54/al%20hamra%2010-11-2011/DSC06228.jpg http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af147/charles54/al%20hamra%2010-11-2011/DSC06227.jpg http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af147/charles54/al%20hamra%2010-11-2011/DSC06226.jpg

19th, November, 2011:

http://i631.photobucket.com/albums/uu33/thamerium/NBKTower--19-11-2011.jpg

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af147/charles54/al%20hamra%2027-11-2011/DSC06303.jpg
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http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af147/charles54/al%20hamra%2027-11-2011/DSC06299.jpg

ميد تتوقع طرح (الوطني) مناقصة لإنشاء مقر رئيسي منتصف 2012

قالت مجلة «ميد» ان بنك الكويت الوطني يضع اللمسات الاخيرة على اعمال التصميم لمبنى مقر رئيسي جديد للبنك بارتفاع 300 متر، متوقعة طرح عقد مجموعة اعمال الانشاءات الاولية في مناقصة عامة بحلول منتصف عام 2012.
وبحسب ما ابلغ به مصدر مطلع على المشروع مجلة ميد، سيبلغ ارتفاع البرج 60 طابقا ويقع في منطقة الشرق بمدينة الكويت.
وقالت المجلة ان المشروع ستتولى تطويره شركة الشعب الوطنية العقارية، وكان البنك قد وافق في اكتوبر 2010 على استملاك الشركة العقارية المذكورة، بالاضافة الى أصولها المادية والقانونية بما في ذلك قطعة من الارض سيتم تشييد المقر الرئيسي عليها.
وقد وضعت تصميم المشروع شركة فوستر اند بارتنرز الهندسية البريطانية، في حين تتولى ادارة المشروع شركة بروجاكس انترناشونال أما شركة اس اس انترناشنال الكويتية فستقدم الخدمات الاستشارية حول المشروع.

الوطن

There is a beautiful picture of the NBK Tower Project in the Ground Floor of Arraya 2

The picture is on the wall inside the entrance, opposite the Security Counter.

Looks really classy but similar to the United Tower.

By the way this construction is only the car park. The tower construction hasn't started yet

probably similar to a construction of al hamra by building the car park first

Spotted a model of the NBK Tower during an interview with Lord Foster in a documentary about Steve Jobs! here's a screen shot

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/8577/screenshot20111220at115.png

by frankom:

Site published national on Twitter Some of the images of a special exhibition was held inside the building, the main current where the opening was attended by a number of leaders in the bank and reviewed during this conference the main building is new and will be built next to the center of the red (the highest skyscraper in Kuwait) and expected to be completed within 5 years from now .
http://www.frankom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo-5.jpg

http://www.frankom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo-1.jpg

http://www.frankom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo-2.jpg

http://www.frankom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo-4.jpg

http://www.frankom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo-3.jpg



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^^ thanks ghost looks like the tower will have a large core hopefully we can see it rise soon and what is the red is it another tower being built ?

np charles54

Video of this project:

http://vimeo.com/33207791




In this video I saw two towers are Square Capital Complex and Gate of Kuwait Tower The old design

^^ very interesting , will the twin elevator system be installed in nbk towers ? i hope they had used it @ al hamra

hmmm
I think so

الوطني يكشف النقاب عن مقره الرئيسي الجديد


كشف بنك الكويت الوطني النقاب عن المقر الرئيسي الجديد للبنك الذي سيكون معلما من معالم الكويت المعمارية بتصميمه الأنيق وهندسته المبتكرة ومواصفاته العالمية، بما يجسد المكانة المرموقة والريادية التي يحتلها بنك الكويت على الساحة المصرفية الكويتية والاقليمية.
وأقام البنك الوطني معرضا لموظفيه في المبنى الرئيسي للبنك استعرض فيه تصاميم المشروع ومجسمات البرج الجديد، بالاضافة الى نقل مباشر للأعمال الانشائية الجارية في موقع المشروع.
وقام بزيارة المعرض مدير عام الادارة العامة للاطفاء اللواء جاسم على المنصوري على رأس وفد رفيع المستوى من الادارة العامة للاطفاء ضم أكثر من 30 ضابطا.وعبر الوفد عن اعجابه بتصميم المقر الجديد لبنك الكويت الوطني وأشاد بمواصفاته التي تراعي أفضل معايير الأمن والسلامة عالميا.
وكان في استقبال الوفد نائب الرئيس التنفيذي لمجموعة بنك الكويت الوطني عصام جاسم الصقر والادارة الهندسية في بنك الكويت الوطني التي عرفت الوفد على كافة جوانب المشروع وما يتميز به من خصائص ومواصفات فريدة.
ويقع مقر بنك الكويت الوطني الجديد الذي يضم أكثر من 60 طابقا بارتفاع 300 متر، في قلب الحي المالي في الكويت في منطقة شرق، ويتميز بأنظمته الذكية ومعاييره العالمية الصديقة للبيئة، بالاضافة الى الاطلالة البانورامية المميزة التي يتمتع بها.كما سيتضمن البرج متحفا تاريخيا للمجموعة القيمة من مقتنيات البنك التاريخية من وثائق وسجلات تؤرخ لفترة هامة من تاريخ الكويت الاقتصادي والمالي منذ العام 1952.



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الوطن

http://www.nbktower.com/ar/images/livecam.jpg

http://www.nbktower.com/ar/images/Project.jpg

http://www.nbktower.com/ar/admin/data/upimages/nbk-b3.jpg