kuwaiti_patriot said:

'allo.

just wanted to clear something up for YeMeNi guy: the Islamic elements in this building are very subtle. as you can see, the entire edifice is designed to be very modern and strikingly simple. in the renderings of the building, you'll notice that halfway up the building are several floors of small and interestingly-shapen windows. they represent mashrabiyas, the old carved wooden window covers on old Islamic buildings.

if you look at the Radisson SAS Hotel Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), that hotel has mashrabiya windows on all of the guest room windows. also, Saudi Arabia and Egypt have plenty of old structures that feature these windows.

Khoury's integration of these mashrabiya-esque windows are supposed to remind people of old Islamic architectural elements, while combining them with the bold ideas of the twenty-first century.

hope that helps.

kuwaiti_patriot

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kuwaiti_patriot said:

'allo.

just wanted to clear something up for YeMeNi guy: the Islamic elements in this building are very subtle. as you can see, the entire edifice is designed to be very modern and strikingly simple. in the renderings of the building, you'll notice that halfway up the building are several floors of small and interestingly-shapen windows. they represent mashrabiyas, the old carved wooden window covers on old Islamic buildings.

if you look at the Radisson SAS Hotel Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), that hotel has mashrabiya windows on all of the guest room windows. also, Saudi Arabia and Egypt have plenty of old structures that feature these windows.

Khoury's integration of these mashrabiya-esque windows are supposed to remind people of old Islamic architectural elements, while combining them with the bold ideas of the twenty-first century.

hope that helps.

kuwaiti_patriot

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The municipality approves Sabah Al-Ahmad International Financial Center

Area of 6 thousand square meters in Sharq.

General manager municipality Engineer Ahmed Subeih approved the request of the Shaab National real estate company to establish Sabah Al-Ahmad International Financial Center on block 7 of Sharq district.

He said the project consists of a commercial tower on all the land plot resulting from the merger area of 6000 square meters, the tower contains a hotel for businessmen allowed by the proportion of assessments for the real estate construction. The tower also contains offices for commercial use on the remainder of the total construction space allowed on the property.

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البلدي حول الموضوع، الى اجراء بعض التعديلات على القسائم الناتجة عن القرار وذلك بدمج القسيمتين رقم 1و2 من المخطط المساحي ومساحة كل منهما على التوالي 2000 متر مربع و4000 متر مربع لتكون قسيمة واحدة بمساحة 6000 متر مربع وتعديل حدودها لتفادي المساس بخدمات البنية التحتية الموجودة في موقع المشروع.
وقال انه ستتم اقامة برج تجاري على كامل القسيمة التجارية الناتجة عن عملية الدمج بمساحة 6000 متر مربع وبحسب النسبة المقررة في المنطقة، بحيث يحتوي البرج على فندق لرجال الاعمال بمساحة 10 آلاف متر مربع من المساحة المسموحة بحسب نسبة البناء المقررة للعقار،

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