New Kuwait architecture projects with building news and architectural images, plus architects background. Find Persian Gulf real estate updates from across this small Gulf country in the Middle East.
We feature fascinating projects such as the BBT Hilltop in Sharq, an urban installation for the heart of the business city center. The structure forms a new landmark and shields a drive-in restaurant and creates an outdoor esplanade.
Lastly check out the amazng Khaleejia Square by pad10 architects + designers. This creates an alternative beginning of the green belt to the hermetic Shaheed Park. The intervention buffers the skyline from the residential suburbs.
Finally, two major properties featured are Wind Tower Salmiya building design by AGi architects and Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre building by SSH.
Design: Ricardo Camacho + STROOP, architects – new photos. The reconversion of a formal garden by Kuwait Amiri Diwan was built in the early 1960’s, to celebrate the city’s modernization, and named as “Shaheed Garden” after Saddam’s Invasion in memory of the war martyrs.
The 6-storey building has a sleek form that billows out. The curtain wall facade is peppered with primary coloured panels. Also known as the United Tower it was designed by KEO International Consultants with KPF.
The fifth tallest building in Kuwait City (wikipedia states fourth but Crystal Tower is missing) at time of writing, February 2017. This building is also known as the Kuwait Trade Center.
Global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will has been selected by Kuwait Municipality to devise the country’s Fourth Structural Plan 2040, a national masterplan that aims to transform Kuwait into a commercial and financial hub.
Design: AGi architects. This building is a heart disease specialized center. It includes testing and laboratory departments in ground floor, outpatient departments in first and second floor and there are also located inside of it a rehabilitation and a research center.
Design by AGi architects. This building stands as a pioneer in the healthcare sector, where challenging issues such as privacy and security are addressed using a new model, where courtyards attached to the façade are the driving element behind this unique typology.
Design: SdARCH Trivelli&Associati. The government agency Al Amiri Diwan have built a park in Kuwait City to celebrate the Constitution of Kuwait’s 50th anniversary. “The Constitution” is a monument celebrating the path to democracy of the state.
Design: Fikrr Architects. The client was looking to have a kind of retreat where they could enjoy the Arabian horse beauty and take in the lake views as if in a lofty sanctuary away from the noise and busy city life giving more calm time for exploring the senses.
Design: LAB 100, architects. Being the first commercial boxing gym in the region, The Burrow introduces a modern combination of boxing exercises to Kuwait. The gym is composed of a welcoming lobby, semi-private workout halls, a boxing arena and an elevated cross fit area.
Hisham A. Alsager Cardiac Center by AGi architects, the international design firm led by architects Joaquin Perez-Goicoechea and Nasser Abulhasan, have been shortlisted by the World Architecture Festival to compete for a WAF award 2016 in the Completed Buildings Health category.
Design: AGi architects. As in the famous Lewis Carrol tale, Wall House is not what it seems. Is it a fortress that closes itself to the world? Or is it an isolated place that avoids all communication with the exterior? Not at all!
Design: AAP – Associated Architects Partnership. Dallah is a traditional coffee pot used to brew and serve “qahwat dallah”; an Arabic type of coffee specifically known to the Gulf or the Arabian Peninsula region.
Design: Fahad Alhumaidi of Fikrr architects. Six identical detached houses, exposed east and west facades and closed by white walls in the north and south facades. The desert landscape design emphasises the desert / sea relation.
Design: AGi. Credit One Kuwait Holding Company offers automotive and logistic services. The company’s association with the car inspired the design concept of the building which centers on the car in terms of scale, motion and mechanics