Major Projects (alphabetical):

AHF Tower, Kuwait city
2007-

Al Hamra Firdous Tower project, Kuwait City
2007-
SOM Architects

image © Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Kuwait City Tower
MIPIM/Architectural Review “Future Project” Award 2008

’City of Silk’, Subbiya, Kuwait Bay
2008-
Eric Kuhne Architect
massive city-scaled waterfront development
Approx. £40bn
incl. Tower of 1001 Nights - Burj Mubarak Al Kabir: 1001m high skyscraper
Also incl. new airport + seaport

Gulf University for Science & Technology - GUST, Mishref
2008
KEO International Consultants
40,000 sqm

Khabary City project
2007-
make

KIA Headquarters Building, Kuwait City
2009-
KEO International Consultants
For Kuwait Investment Authority

Kuwait National Assembly
1982
Architect: Jørn Utzon
Architectural competition 1971-2

Ministry of Justice, Kuwait City
1984
Basil Spence
for Ministry of Public Works - as Sir Basil Spence Partnership

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Kuwait National Assembly Architect : Jørn Utzon

The Kuwait National Assembly famously slings a huge curved canvas over the main spaces: square, parliamentary chamber, large conference hall, and mosque. The building is rectangular in plan but fairly irregular within this parti. The canvas fabric recalls the use of concrete at the Bagsværd Church.

Mixed-use tower proposal, Kuwait City, Kuwait
2005-
Hamzah & Yeang
bioclimatic skyscraper
40 storeys

Architecture in countries near Kuwait:
Saudi Arabian Buildings
Jordan Buildings
Israeli Buildings



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