New Skyscrapers Raising Above Kuwait City (Part 1)

***Skoulikimou*** · June 4th, 2005, 02:42 AM

Finally i found couple of pictures for some skyscraper which are under construction in kuwait city, there is more than 50 skyscraper currently under construction two of them 70 floor and one is 80 floor but i couldn't find any picture of them .

Alrefai Hotel-36F

Ahmed Tower-26f

Alawadi Tower-36F

Albahr Tower-29F

Aldaw Tower-34F

this is the old render of Alhamra Tower which is 40F the new render is 80F

Alhasawy Hotel-40F

Alraya Office Tower-56F

Asfour Tower-24F

Cemmercial-18F

CRC Tower-23F

Invesment Dar tower-30F

Jawharet Alkhaleej tower-40F

KFH tower,i think they change the name into Al Diera Tower-40F

Kuwait Trade Center-40F

Rakan Tower-28F

Watiya Copmlex-39F

Central Bank of Kuwait Headquarters

Raza · June 4th, 2005, 02:53 AM

nice man, just love the buildings from the all the gulf countries, so much interesting architecture is being built in this region.

***I-275westcoastfl*** · June 4th, 2005, 02:53 AM

Thats good that theyre establishing businesses otherwise once oil is gone theyre gone. Nice buildings though

***Skoulikimou*** · June 4th, 2005, 04:28 AM

The Kuwait-based Salihiya Real Estate Company announced it is currently studying in cooperation with specialized economic institutions the best alternative for developing "Al-Asima" ("The Capital City") and "Super Block" Projects, reported the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Watan (June 1, 2005).

Al-Asima project is located in Sharq region inside the city of Kuwait on a total area of 21,400 square meters. The project is composed of commercial complex, including commercial shops, cafes, restaurants, cinema hall, health club and hotel apartments, with a total area for renting estimated at 94,000 square meters. The project includes also a 70-storey office tower, with area for renting estimated at 70,000 square meters.

The company has already received the initial approvals needed for this project, and is currently working on obtaining the final approvals and the construction permits. As for the "Super Block" Project, it is located in Fahd al-Salem Street inside the city of Kuwait, on a commercial land of 3,605 square meters area. The project is planned to be a commercial complex, and to include shops, cafes, restaurants and cinema hall.

http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Kuwait/184363

Monkey · June 4th, 2005, 05:16 PM

nice buildings...

***Skoulikimou*** · June 5th, 2005, 02:01 AM

qibla tower-40F

universal tower-21F

al watya center-20F

aldowailah tower-32F

al-homaizi-tower-hight Unknown

kuwait trade and business towers i think they change the name into Kuwait Business City(KBC) -50F,30F

osama center-hight Unknown

http://www.pbase.com/shahvand/osama_center

mazaya tower-22F

alhilalipic2 tower-22F

Qatar4Ever · June 5th, 2005, 12:43 PM

WOW !! Real nice architecture !! Kuwait took a very long time until they decided to start building upwards, and they seem to be doing a great job at it !! Good for them !!

Moody · June 5th, 2005, 08:55 PM

So much going on, but are these underconstruction or what?

***Skoulikimou*** · June 5th, 2005, 10:35 PM

Almishreq Center-hight Unknown

al-demna-waterfront,this is not a skyscraper as you can see but i find interesting project and i found couple of low raise buildings with unique design

arabian-gulf-holding-co

http://www.pbase.com/shahvand/arabian_holding

gulf-telecom-head-office-location-future-trade-zone-of-kuwait

http://www.pbase.com/shahvand/gulftelecom

Monkey · June 5th, 2005, 11:54 PM

Persian Gulf has very nice architecture....

Skyline-BRN · June 6th, 2005, 06:47 AM

A promsing skyline ahead for kuwait...I wonder if these are actually approved or are just proposals?!

Qatar4Ever · June 6th, 2005, 06:54 AM

arabain gulf !! Amazing kuwait, bravo !

Skyline-BRN · June 6th, 2005, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZOHAR

Persian Gulf has very nice architecture....

Looking for trouble?

Bahraini Spirit · June 6th, 2005, 11:20 AM

Kuwait has a nice skyline but it hasn't been movin like other countries for a while, not it should be back.

Nice proposals and am sure a handful of those are u/c.

***Skoulikimou*** · June 6th, 2005, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skyline-BRN

A promsing skyline ahead for kuwait...I wonder if these are actually approved or are just proposals?!

all the projects that i post earlier either they have been approved or currently under construction , and there are much more on the dowering board.i will try to post pictures of the actual location later on

Moody · June 6th, 2005, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bahraini Spirit

Kuwait has a nice skyline but it hasn't been movin like other countries for a while, not it should be back.

Nice proposals and am sure a handful of those are u/c.

Well there was areason for that downfall, and that reason is in Jail !

They stoppen building, spending because their country was under threat of Saddam, but now they are reasonably safe and can invest in Kuwait instead of full focus on other GCC countries.

BTW, KFH's tower is one of its kind,

***Skoulikimou*** · June 6th, 2005, 10:13 PM

Jun 04, 2005
kuwait bowling center will be international destination for all bowling fans around the world , it will be the largest of it kind in the middle east and the cost will be 20 million kd , consist of 8F , 54 lane ,hotel ,swimming pole ,gym,library ,shopping facility and indoors garden , due to complete in 2008

***Skoulikimou*** · June 6th, 2005, 10:36 PM

sorry guy's i dont have so much info about this project but it seem to be on a mega scale , i will try to find more info about it asap.

http://www.lagoon-city.com/intro.html

***Skoulikimou*** · June 7th, 2005, 12:48 PM

i found some more projects but not so much details about them

please check this site for more info and i hope you will enjoy it

http://www.aldowailah.com/
kuwait gate tower

Unknown Commercial Complex

Unknown Commercial Tower

Khalijiya Complex and Car Park

Unknown Tower1

Unknown Tower2
[IMG]http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/625ddbda50.jpg[IMG]

Residential Complex

Al Fintas Residential Complex

First Class Hotel

The First Class Hotel (Five Star) was proposed on a 6,800 m2 plot area with a total built-up area around 24,000 m2.

Residential Development

The 12-storey residential project provides 20 luxurious apartments which have views of Kuwait Bay. Each apartment is some 200 m2 of space on two floors.

Dubai-Lover · June 7th, 2005, 04:25 PM

i've been looking out for some new towers in kuwait for emporis and surfed the web for a few days

and yes, kuwait rocks and has a hell lot of projects going on

unfortunately i could not find out how many of them are approved already.

check kuwait on emporis, a few weeks ago i have added about 10 new high-rise buildings

too bad there are no press releases

June 4th, 2005, 02:42 AM	#1
*Skoulikimou* Brief State of Euphoria Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Kuwait City Posts: 4,149 Likes (Received): 2	New Skyscrapers Raising Above Kuwait City (Part 1) Finally i found couple of pictures for some skyscraper which are under construction in kuwait city, there is more than 50 skyscraper currently under construction two of them 70 floor and one is 80 floor but i couldn't find any picture of them . Alrefai Hotel-36F Ahmed Tower-26f Alawadi Tower-36F Albahr Tower-29F Aldaw Tower-34F this is the old render of Alhamra Tower which is 40F the new render is 80F Alhasawy Hotel-40F Alraya Office Tower-56F Asfour Tower-24F Cemmercial-18F CRC Tower-23F Invesment Dar tower-30F Jawharet Alkhaleej tower-40F KFH tower,i think they change the name into Al Diera Tower-40F Kuwait Trade Center-40F Rakan Tower-28F Watiya Copmlex-39F Central Bank of Kuwait Headquarters __________________ The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves but wiser people so full of doubts.. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) Last edited by Skoulikimou; November 15th, 2005 at 12:52 AM.

June 4th, 2005, 04:28 AM	#4
*Skoulikimou* Brief State of Euphoria Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Kuwait City Posts: 4,149 Likes (Received): 2	Kuwait city: ”Al-Asima” project approved The Kuwait-based Salihiya Real Estate Company announced it is currently studying in cooperation with specialized economic institutions the best alternative for developing "Al-Asima" ("The Capital City") and "Super Block" Projects, reported the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Watan (June 1, 2005). Al-Asima project is located in Sharq region inside the city of Kuwait on a total area of 21,400 square meters. The project is composed of commercial complex, including commercial shops, cafes, restaurants, cinema hall, health club and hotel apartments, with a total area for renting estimated at 94,000 square meters. The project includes also a 70-storey office tower, with area for renting estimated at 70,000 square meters. The company has already received the initial approvals needed for this project, and is currently working on obtaining the final approvals and the construction permits. As for the "Super Block" Project, it is located in Fahd al-Salem Street inside the city of Kuwait, on a commercial land of 3,605 square meters area. The project is planned to be a commercial complex, and to include shops, cafes, restaurants and cinema hall. http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Kuwait/184363 __________________ The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves but wiser people so full of doubts.. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

June 5th, 2005, 02:01 AM	#6
*Skoulikimou* Brief State of Euphoria Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Kuwait City Posts: 4,149 Likes (Received): 2	qibla tower-40F universal tower-21F al watya center-20F aldowailah tower-32F al-homaizi-tower-hight Unknown kuwait trade and business towers i think they change the name into Kuwait Business City(KBC) -50F,30F osama center-hight Unknown http://www.pbase.com/shahvand/osama_center mazaya tower-22F alhilalipic2 tower-22F __________________ The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves but wiser people so full of doubts.. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) Last edited by Skoulikimou; November 16th, 2005 at 01:25 PM.

June 5th, 2005, 08:55 PM	#8
Moody www.Bahrainbay.com Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Al-Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Posts: 1,491 Likes (Received): 0	So much going on, but are these underconstruction or what? __________________ Bahrain Financial Harbour World Trade Centre - Bahrain

June 5th, 2005, 10:35 PM	#9
*Skoulikimou* Brief State of Euphoria Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Kuwait City Posts: 4,149 Likes (Received): 2	Almishreq Center-hight Unknown al-demna-waterfront,this is not a skyscraper as you can see but i find interesting project and i found couple of low raise buildings with unique design arabian-gulf-holding-co http://www.pbase.com/shahvand/arabian_holding gulf-telecom-head-office-location-future-trade-zone-of-kuwait http://www.pbase.com/shahvand/gulftelecom __________________ The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves but wiser people so full of doubts.. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) Last edited by Skoulikimou; November 16th, 2005 at 02:52 AM.

June 4th, 2005, 02:53 AM	#2
Raza BANNED Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 324 Likes (Received): 0	nice man, just love the buildings from the all the gulf countries, so much interesting architecture is being built in this region.

June 4th, 2005, 02:53 AM	#3
*I-275westcoastfl* Jestem Hardkorem Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Clearwater, Florida Posts: 5,537 Likes (Received): 27	Thats good that theyre establishing businesses otherwise once oil is gone theyre gone. Nice buildings though

June 4th, 2005, 05:16 PM	#5
Monkey Londinium langur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Londinium Posts: 14,616 Likes (Received): 0	nice buildings...

June 5th, 2005, 12:43 PM	#7
Qatar4Ever Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Doha/Texas Posts: 1,840 Likes (Received): 0	WOW !! Real nice architecture !! Kuwait took a very long time until they decided to start building upwards, and they seem to be doing a great job at it !! Good for them !!

June 5th, 2005, 11:54 PM	#10
Monkey Londinium langur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Londinium Posts: 14,616 Likes (Received): 0	Persian Gulf has very nice architecture....

June 6th, 2005, 06:47 AM	#11
Skyline-BRN SUPER M0DERAT0R Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 865 Likes (Received): 0	A promsing skyline ahead for kuwait...I wonder if these are actually approved or are just proposals?!

June 6th, 2005, 06:54 AM	#12
Qatar4Ever Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Doha/Texas Posts: 1,840 Likes (Received): 0	arabain gulf !! Amazing kuwait, bravo !

June 6th, 2005, 11:20 AM	#14
Bahraini Spirit Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Bahrain; London Posts: 4,153 Likes (Received): 0	Kuwait has a nice skyline but it hasn't been movin like other countries for a while, not it should be back. Nice proposals and am sure a handful of those are u/c. __________________ <<_>>Live your life, let no one hinder!!!<<_>>

June 6th, 2005, 10:13 PM	#17
*Skoulikimou* Brief State of Euphoria Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Kuwait City Posts: 4,149 Likes (Received): 2	Kuwait Bowling Center Jun 04, 2005 kuwait bowling center will be international destination for all bowling fans around the world , it will be the largest of it kind in the middle east and the cost will be 20 million kd , consist of 8F , 54 lane ,hotel ,swimming pole ,gym,library ,shopping facility and indoors garden , due to complete in 2008 __________________ The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves but wiser people so full of doubts.. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) Last edited by Skoulikimou; November 15th, 2005 at 12:06 PM.

June 6th, 2005, 10:36 PM	#18
*Skoulikimou* Brief State of Euphoria Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Kuwait City Posts: 4,149 Likes (Received): 2	Lagoon City Kuwait sorry guy's i dont have so much info about this project but it seem to be on a mega scale , i will try to find more info about it asap. http://www.lagoon-city.com/intro.html __________________ The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves but wiser people so full of doubts.. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) Last edited by Skoulikimou; June 7th, 2005 at 11:02 AM.

June 7th, 2005, 12:48 PM	#19
*Skoulikimou* Brief State of Euphoria Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Kuwait City Posts: 4,149 Likes (Received): 2	i found some more projects but not so much details about them please check this site for more info and i hope you will enjoy it http://www.aldowailah.com/ kuwait gate tower Unknown Commercial Complex Unknown Commercial Tower Khalijiya Complex and Car Park Unknown Tower1 Unknown Tower2 [IMG]http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/625ddbda50.jpg[IMG] Residential Complex Al Fintas Residential Complex First Class Hotel The First Class Hotel (Five Star) was proposed on a 6,800 m2 plot area with a total built-up area around 24,000 m2. Residential Development The 12-storey residential project provides 20 luxurious apartments which have views of Kuwait Bay. Each apartment is some 200 m2 of space on two floors. __________________ The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves but wiser people so full of doubts.. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) Last edited by Skoulikimou; November 16th, 2005 at 02:38 AM.

June 7th, 2005, 04:25 PM	#20
Dubai-Lover Construction Paradise Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dubai (UAE) \| Oehringen (GER) \| Bad Honnef (GER) Posts: 12,678 Likes (Received): 0	i've been looking out for some new towers in kuwait for emporis and surfed the web for a few days and yes, kuwait rocks and has a hell lot of projects going on unfortunately i could not find out how many of them are approved already. check kuwait on emporis, a few weeks ago i have added about 10 new high-rise buildings too bad there are no press releases __________________ Updates - Dubai on Emporis

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