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#CANCELLED: "Sabah Al Ahmad International Finance Center", 40F, ?M, Offices & Hotel

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#1 · (Edited)
Project Name : SIFC - Sabah Al Ahmad International Financial Center
Client: Al-Shaab Real Estate Co.
Project Type: Office
Engineering Consultants: KEO International Consultants
Status: Approved
Location: Kuwait city
Area: 6000 m²/19685 ft²
Hight/Floors: Unknown / 40
Start/Complete: Unknown / Unknown


www.alqabas.com



OLD DESIGN BY Bernard Khoury
 
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#5 ·
The project is amazing. The modern style of the complex and the place where its situated will make it into a "starbucks cafe" of the business men. The environmental awareness, and the shading plan of the building is pure genious. However, I really hope they incorporate a lot of greenery somehow. That way the building will look nicer, and will give the incentives to future projects to incorporate the environmental factor in their projects.
 
#7 ·
wow.

that's a spectacular, albeit unorthodox, concept. Bernard Khoury, like Jean Nouvel, uses very interesting forms of line and shape to create his works, and i personally like the KIFC. the plot of land where it's proposed is currently nothing but sand and serves as a parking lot; it would be amazing if they constructed this on it. and it would also contribute to Kuwait City's renaissance as a cosmopolitan, forward-thinking capital city.

kuwaiti_patriot
 
#9 ·
1st thanks skouli
2nd the location is the best
3rd the design is not that much HMMM there's some thing wrong with it !! OR this is not the final design
 
#12 ·
Crazy : its unique and not unique lovely and not (like what i said there is some thing wrong) it's like stupid square !!!
 
#14 ·
His Highness the Emir of Kuwait receives a number of economic actors

Kuwait-27-6 (KUNA)

received by His Highness the Emir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, this morning Received by the President of the Board of Directors of Beit Securities Mr. Ayman Abdullah I, the board chairman and managing director of a company Alargan global real Khalid Khudayr Almshaan and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Director of the Company Mr. Mohamed Ahmed al-Saqaf, and the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company Rim Abdullah Abdalrzak where they presented the idea of the status of the global financial and Kuwait is at a high level in terms of the services provided by either the local or regional level.

He called the pastors of God's appreciation for the efforts and initiatives that would affect the interests of the country and particularly strengthens and supports the strategy to transform Kuwait into regional financial center, and contribute to advancing the national economy.


The board chairman and managing director of a company Alargan global real estate would be the application of the latest theories on the creation of these projects, which contribute to the maintenance of the leading role of the State of Kuwait in this area.

After the film was presented explaining the most important details of the project and assets have also been introduced anthropomorphic project








 
#17 ·
You can appreciate the building much, if you read the brief and see what the architect is trying to convay! "Its formal abstraction is complimented by the intricacy of the complex geometrical composition of its facades that evoke the rich cultural heriatte of Islamic Art"
 
#22 ·
'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
 
#23 ·
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
yep....thanks
 
#24 ·
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
thanks a lot!
 
#25 ·
New 60F Tower !!


"Bait il-Awraaq" : Al Sa'ab Comapny to raise its Capital to accomplish 'Sabah Al Ahmed financial center'

The company's board chairman Basil Al-Abaid said that the goal of the increase is to finance strategic projects, the most prominent 'Subah AlAhmed financial Center'.
AlAbaid stated that the center will be constructed on an area of six thousand square meters, and other six thousand squared meter allocated to the service center.
He explained that the center will be a 60-story building, pointing out that he will be constructed according to the latest technological specifications, as well as the fact that the building will be suited to the environment.

the design of the project has changed

http://www.alqabas.com.kw/Final/NewspaperWebsite/NewspaperPublic/ArticlePage.aspx?ArticleID=230994
 
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