Project name : Panasonic Tower .
Owner: Easa Husain Al-Yousifi & sons Co.
Location : Al-Salhiya , Fahad Al-Salem St. - Kuwait city .
Height/Floors : 167 meter / 34 Floor
Construction start : 2007 .
Construction end : october 2008


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Nice did not expect the design to be in this form !!

Why they named it Panasonic Tower? , not Al-Yousifi Tower for example or other names !!

Thanx Faisal for your wonderful work recently :applause:

thats one hell of a tower !!! thanx faisal :) i count 36 floors

well Bu_Yusef alyousifi own panasonic dealership so its ok ;) and its nice panasonic tower

You're welcome Bu Yusef and Crazy

Bu Yusef I think panasonic it's not bad name :)

VERY NICE TOWER

good finally a post for it hehehe

so. is this gonna be their office building? or a showroom? :lol:

panasonic tower will consist of 44 story

cool !! we dont have many 40-50 floor towers :)

Thankx 4 da inf0 :)

it's a boring tower !!!

hi q8guy welcome to the forum :)

and Levante its not a boring tower! well its no a "wow" tower, the design ain't that bad

44 story not bad for this tower but we need some supertall towers in this area to be same sharq area

Panasonic Office Tower in Kuwait City
August 2007

Owner: Easa Husain Al Yousifi & Sons Company
Budget: Estimated $30 million
Scope of work: The project calls for design and construction of a 44-storey office building for Panasonic on Fahad Al Salem Street in the Al Salhiya District in Kuwait City.
Status: Sources indicate that Ahmadiah Contracting and Trading Company has started construction on the development and will take two years to complete.

www.gulfconstructionworldwide.com

yeah i passed the site, they started working on the project with portable cranes ;)

I prefer Sony, but Panasonic is OK! hehe.. The tower looks nice and something new in Kuwait. Good job! :D

Its called panasonic cause al yousifi familly ownes the agency here in kuwait they can't call it sony LOL

Its called panasonic cause al yousifi familly ownes the agency here in kuwait they can't call it sony LOL

LoooL! I know that! :PP

Nice tower, but why panasonic? what if one day they lose the agency? :) Is the building somehow sponsored by Panasoic for marketing purposes? otherwise makes absolutely no sense to just name it after a brand.

they should come with more adequate name such as Al Yousifi Tower

i agree ... its stupid panasonic ..

laa,, shino its all family names on the towers, its like bragging or something "we have a tower and you don't":lol:

Panasonic tower is better :P

laa,, shino its all family names on the towers, its like bragging or something "we have a tower and you don't":lol:

Panasonic tower is better :P

i can see that trump will totally agree with you :lol:

tower structure one floor above ground level

panasonic is the same thing, they are bragging about 2 things now a tower and a franchise :P ya3ni its worse

03/10/07

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i just hope by the time this tower finishes the municipality finds a solution for the parking and the bus station .. they are making that road a disaster, bs i doubt it.

13/11/07

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good progress, this building will help change the looks of the street.

we live in a poor boring city, with very little beauty no wonder everyone here is stressed and bored and angry most of the time.

thanks for the update, CrazY. good work.

differences75: i agree with you, but i have to point things out. first off, i've never lived in Kuwait up until September 2007. i've been moving from country to country my whole life, visiting Kuwait on vacations and whatnot. back then, i loved it; i found it amazing to be around my family and friends, to relax and just enjoy the atmosphere. but now that i moved here, i was honestly shot down. people stare and talk about you obnoxiously, road etiquette is nonexistent, and yes, almost everyone is stressed, bored and angry. this has to do with the people and the way they look onto things. i lived in Toronto for a year: five million people in one of the most important cities in the world, and i rarely came across someone obnoxious. Toronto is a lot more frenetic than Kuwait: it's bigger, more crowded, and a lot more important than here because it houses more international corporations and a significantly more diverse population than here. even during rush hour in the financial area, strangers would talk to each other, common sense is acknowledged, and people find a way to make their lives as easy and stress-free as they can. i'm in no way saying that Toronto is a dream city or that it's perfect, but it's a city that works; socially, economically, and demographically.

something else is, people there actually WORKED. no offense to anyone here, but whenever i approach a Kuwaiti national (in offices and workplaces) and ask for help about something, they shrug off the responsibility and point you out to someone else to help you, who then does the same thing, and around and around you go. and the worse part is, they're obnoxious about it; you thank them, and they huff you off. Kuwait was once known as the land of friendship, and i know that there are a lot of good people here. i've seen that between friends, Kuwaitis are friendly, close-knit and a lot of fun, but to outsiders, they can be agressive or downright rude. we're not giving ourselves a good reputation based on our mannerisms, but we can change to appeal to ourselves and to others. true, there are factors out there that are almost out of our reach, like government corruption and overall laziness, but the thing is: WE can change the way we act between ourselves and complete strangers, WE can make ourselves more approachable and reliable to those in need, and WE can make our city a more exciting place to be. bottom line, WE can make the difference.

it's no easy task that can be done overnight, but remember, even we took small steps before we learned how to walk.

kuwaiti_patriot

kuwaiti_patriot:

so happy with your response, elaborate and precise. I agree we are lazy and rude to strangers because of our ego. Toronto is a well designed city, what i mean by that is not that its the ideal city, its far from it, but its a true city with density and variety, its a cosmopolitan city with many cultures and people and they mix together well .. just like dubai, here in kuwait everywhere you go you see people segregated somehow, can you go to salhiya plaza and see non kuwaitis?

that is part of the problem. if you get a dense city with lots of opportunities for professionalism you get the society to change automatically and you get to see a glimpse of that in some parts of the city where there is the rare density with banks and companies, even most are local.

i can go on and on on the subject matter but i will end it with this, if we build and renovate our city, life becomes sweeter.

according to Alqabas newspapaer panasonic tower will be 34 stories :(
برج بناسونيك
- المالك: شركة عيسى حسين اليوسفي.
- المقاول الرئيسي: شركة الاحمدية للمقاولات والتجارة.
- يقع البرج في اول شارع فهد السالم لجهة دوار الجهراء 'فندق الشيراتون'. ويتكون من 34 دورا ويبلغ ارتفاعه الاجمالي 167م .
يضم مجمع البرج سردابا وارضيا مساحة كل منهما 1327م،2 كما ان مساحة الميزانين تبلغ 1000م2
- اما ادوار البرج المتكررة فتتراوح مساحتها بين 600م2 و1327م2 وفق الترتيب التالي:
- الادوار من 1 الى 3 مساحتها الاجمالية 1327م2 لكل دور.
- الادوار من 4 الى 13 مساحتها الاجمالية 780 م2 لكل دور.
- الادوار من 14 الى 25 مساحتها الاجمالية 686م2 لكل دور.
- الادوار من 26 الى 34 مساحتها الاجمالية 600م2 لكل دور.
وفيما يخص المجمع 'سرداب، ارضي، ميزانين' فقد تم تصميمها كصالة عرض كبيرة لشركة عيسى حسين اليوسفي 'الالكترونيات'. اما بقية الادوار فهي للايجار.
- الكلفة تتراوح بين 8 و 9 ملايين دينار.
- المساحة المنجزة حتى الان 15 في المائة. اما موعد التسليم فهو اكتوبر 2008 .
- يتميز البرج ب Facade (مساحة مسطحة) في اعلاه وبارتفاع 30 م مخصصة لشعار شركة اليوسفي، وسيتم تلبيسه بأفخر انواع الرخام.

31-12-07

its about 13 floors now
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Nice job crazy :)

Wow

It's rising fast

^^ they are working on the 20th floor

^^ they are working on the 20th floor

@@ Really

Mashallah

17-02-08

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Great updates CrazY. I love how there is tower density in Kuwait City now.

I had no idea that a flex fitness centre was opened in Al Nasar Tower. That would be convenient for women living in Al Shamiya.

El-Street 7addah maa.saaaaaat.......:(

thanks crazy.

is flex in nassar tower for women only?

^^ I would think so as I have never heard of one for men.

flex started as a men's gym in bneid el gar a decade ago?? maybe its a mix?

flex started as a men's gym in bneid el gar a decade ago?? maybe its a mix?

You would know, grandpa :tongue2:

26-03-08
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30th, March, 2008:

Working on the 26th floor... It's on the 1/2 way...

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10th, April, 2008:

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25-04-08
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they are working on the 28th floor, notice the faced test on the bottom right hand of the tower

nice sliver facade :)

08-06-08
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thax skoulikimou for pics

wow very fast project.... ahmediah Co. is No. one

10th, July, 2008:

It's getting closer to be topped out... They are working on finishing the top of this building...
Looks taller than the buildings in Fahad Al-Salem street...

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o116/thamerofarabia/PanasonicTower--10thJuly2008.jpg

^^ I would think so as I have never heard of one for men.

You have men's only gym ??:sly:

it s not a mosq it s gym for god sake !!!!! I thought that Kuwait was more open minded !!!

Back to the topic I love the design of this one it will redefine Kuwait city's skyline

lol, yeah we have men only, women only and men and women gyms...

kuwait is open and closed minded :lol:

^^ :lol: haha

HMMMM>>>>>> if a gym tells what is our culture than why america has woman only gyms, this is wired,, is it because some woman's searching for there comfort, like wise the men gyms,

and MR.Tunsi, every country has so many different of kind people :), this is how you judge cultures

15th, July, 2008:

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o116/thamerofarabia/PanasonicTower--15thJuly2008.jpg

22nd, July, 2008:

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o116/thamerofarabia/KuwaitCitySkyline--22ndJuly2008.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o116/thamerofarabia/PanasonicTower--22ndJuly2008.jpg

12-08-08
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14th, August, 2008:

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o116/thamerofarabia/PanasonicTower--14thAugust2008.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o116/thamerofarabia/PanasonicTower--14thAugust2008-2.jpg

Thanx Thamerium

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hmmmm....looking great

26-10-08

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by cjjaz

wow fantastic. nasr tower that once used to rock high in that particular compound is now looking too short and innocent infront of the great panasonic tower.

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- MINK

15-12-08
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2008-12-11


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Beautiful photo

its taking to much time to get done ....very slow

impressive...thanks

is there any visual update to this tower? i've been out of the country for too long, forgot all about this tower

wonderful design, i love it :)

The good n the Ugly...
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- faisal.alawadhi

They were fast to build it, but slow to finish it :)
Lovely photo, it shows the past vs. future... I think that that old building used to be up-to-date and stylish when it was built...

^^ i bet it was... i think most of the older buildings don't necessarily need to be demolished but simply recladed i think they'll look nice... a facelift for the city in other words... great pic

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- Al-wazzan

i posted this here coz you can sort of seethe progress on the panasonic.. most of the concrete is covered and ready for cladding :)

^^ i bet it was... i think most of the older buildings don't necessarily need to be demolished but simply recladed i think they'll look nice... a facelift for the city in other words... great pic

Yeah seriously. They wanna destroy everything, except if the surface is shiny and plastic, so that this once-charming city can lose all of it's character.

Ours is an oral, transitory culture...we have no wala2 to physical objects, to space, to material things....we come to a place, make it work for us and once it's of no more use to us, we move on...

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wow its look good at the end

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- haitham_25

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- dirk.hofmann

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- maistora

why is the PAN different from the ASONIC ?

they are changing the sonic to bigger bolder font. i love the pictures. great effect

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- aperture 24

شي غريب الحين خلصوا البرج بس فوق ليش المربع جذي مومكتمل
تاركينه فاضي

شكلهم يبحطون تانكي ^^

nice towers but didn't turn out as beautiful as it should have

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