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[southernyank]

Al Demna Waterfront:


It will consist of two parcels of land in Salmiya, one on the land side, the other on the sea side. The development envisions a composition of five areas, each area to provide for a different use and activity. These include: a Waterfront Park, Promenade and Beach; a Civic Plaza; a Summer Garden and retail Galleria; a Waterfront Crescent and Amusement Pier and a Marine Sports Center.

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[southernyank]

Also, Here is the "New Private Airport Terminal"

The project entails the construction of a new private terminal and associated aircraft facilities on a BOT basis.The terminal is to come up on 130,000 hectares and is desinged to accommodate 33 private planes in parking bays and hangars. it will be connected to main airport.

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[southernyank]

Here is some information on "Al Bahar Waterfront Park".


The Al Bahar Waterfront Park is part of the Kuwait City coastline development, that extends from the Amiri Diwan to the former Al Salam Hotel in Shuwaikh for distance of 3.6 km. Al Bahar is a celebration of rich cultural heritage of Kuwaiti people on land and sea. It achieves a ‘Sense of Place’ with a program that includes:

Residential & Shopping complex
Beach and Sea Walk
Celebration Center
Yacht Club and Pleasure Boat Marina
Heritage Theme Park & Souk

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[southernyank]

Here is an article and rendering of the "Central bank of Kuwait" HQ's.

http://archrecord.co...s/030923hok.asp

[southernyank]

here are some renderings of the Green Island Re-development which is envisioned to include
construction of a Dolphinarium, Retail Shops, Restaurants and Cafes, Multi-purpose
Hall, Games Area, Children’s World Area and Children’s Discovery Museum. The surrounding areas and groups should include public plazas,
walkways, water features and other public spaces.

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[southernyank]

Here is a rendering set of the proposed "Wafra Tower"

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[southernyank]

Here is a rendering of the "Juli'a Hotel & Resort"  that will include...

5 Star Hotel & Resort
Health club
Restaurants
Cinema
Sport Amenities
Parking, Landscaping and water features .

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[southernyank]

The Mall of Kuwait in Sabahiya with a retail area of 1.3m sqft which will open in 2008. The mall will have five anchor stores and a hypermarket and be surrounded by gardens, water and leisure facilities.

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[southernyank]

Approved SALMIYA PARK offers,



Extensive Landscaped Park.
Narrow Gauge Railway.
Sports Facilities.
Exercise Course.
Water Features.
Amusement Park.


http://www.mof.gov.k.../alsalmiya.html

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[southernyank]

Does anyone know the status of the Mazaya Suites?

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[southernyank]

Here is an updated rendering of Kuwait business town

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[Skoulikimou]

This proposal for a futuristic self contained city, located in Fahaheel just outside of Kuwait City, incorporates just about every bit of infrastructure you could dream of, ranging from hotels, retail, and residential units, to leisure facilities, hospitals and educational establishments. The pioneering 32-storey design, which pushes the boundaries of modernism, also features an undercover walkway designed with new technology to keep temperature cool and stretches from one side of the city to the other.

Designhive, an architectural visualisation agency based in Surrey & Central London, was brought on board to create the branding identity of the city and create a series of stills and animations to present to the government of Kuwait and potential investors. The company’s designers, all of which have architectural and interior design backgrounds, developed the visualisations inside 3ds Max using a mixture of information supplied by the original architects including 2D CAD drawings, hand drawn sketches, and 3D concept models. The VRay lighting plug-in was utilised to produce realistic lighting effects. Texture-based mapping was used to reduce the polygon count in animations and speed up render time on its 60 processor render farm.

“It was important for the client that the animations were of the same quality as the stills produced and we achieved this on the project using ‘Combustion’ to composite layers within a sequence of rendered frames,” says Janine Tijou, Director of Designhive. “We also composited the model into live aerial footage using a program called Boujou. We’ve been using this product for the last three or four years and it’s becoming a much sought after commodity in our industry having buildings shown in context.” “It is an honour to have been such an important part of an incredibly pioneering project like Khabary,” concludes Janine. “We revelled in the fact that the requirements of this project pushed us and we rose to the challenge with relish; the end result is one which presents Khabary as a future city with vibrant community and many economic reasons to justify the scheme. It’s a powerful set of dual language animations.




















AEC Magazine

Client : Al Dar First Holding

Consultancy Teams : Najeeb Al Humaidhi Engineering – Main consultant Make Places LTD, UK – Master planning Ove Arup, UK – Engineering Consultant Gehl Denmark – Urban Planners Lovejoy, UK – Landscape Architects .

Project Manager : PROMAN (In association with Mace Itn’l Co.)

Location : Fahaheel – Kuwait

Project Type : Urban Development

Project Brief:
Residential Units
Retail Units
Cinemas
Restaurants
Hotel(s) (4/5 stars classification high rise)
Health Clubs
Mosques
Hospital & associated private clinic(s)
Parking (above and below ground level)
Landscaping and water features

[Skoulikimou]

08-01-2007

[Skoulikimou]

Al Sharq Tower, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Monday 29 Jan 2007



A benchmark Kuwait office development, short listed for prestigious award

An Atkins Bahrain project, the Al Sharq office complex, has been short listed for the 2007 MIPIMArchitectural Review Future Projects Award - Offices category. The 180m tower will cover an area of 56,400sq.m. Commissioned by Al Mar & Aqar, the complex combines work and leisure, internal and outside spaces, and offers a variety of scenarios for business within a sustainable and environmentally responsible design. Hovering above a glass fronted entrance is a podium with a sky garden food court. Office spaces are hung from a pairing of parallel blades topped at roof level with a gym, spa, health club and pool. Floating above this pool deck is a suspended high-panoramic views. Solar panel cladding contributes to the green building’s energy needs while the foliage camouflage provides office workers a place to step outside and recharge.

www.worldarchitecturenews.com

[Skoulikimou]

Project : Unknown
location: Kuwait City
Developer :United Real Estate
Hight/Floors :Unknown/Unknown
Construction/Completion:Unknown/Unknown



tower location

[Skoulikimou]

Client: Confidential
Features:5-star hotel ,apartment tower and retail complex
Status: design stage
Location: Kuwait
Build-up area: 150,000 sqm
Hight/Floors: Unknown/Unknown
start/complete: Unknown/Unknown







www.atkinsdesign.com


Client: Kuwait National Real Estate
Project Type: Office Building
Engineering Consultants: Dar Saleh Al-Qallaf
Status: design stage
Location: Kuwait ,Sharq
Build-up area: 25,000 sqm
Hight/Floors: Unknown/Unknown
start/complete: Unknown/Unknown




Client: National Bank of Kuwait
Project Type: Office Building
Engineering Consultants: Dar Saleh Al-Qallaf
Status: design stage
Location: Kuwait ,Sharq
Build-up area: 85,000 sqm
Hight/Floors: Unknown/Unknown
start/complete: Unknown/Unknown

[El Norteño]

Kuwait city always amazes me, and you don't hear that much about it...

[PaPeRiNo]

Waw...it's been a long time no one "updated" on the new projects in Kuwait! ;p

Well maybe because almost none of the projects finished... or are tooooooo slow....

I just wanted to say few things regarding the projects and all the nice stuff...It's like living in dreams. Kuwait is not Dubai. Kuwait doesn't have the ambition of Dubai or Qatar. Kuwait doesn't have the "speed" of completion compared to Dubai or Qatar. So for these projects to be done and see Kuwait as on 3dMax programs or other graphic design ones, we won't be alive...(lived in Kuwait more than 15 years and came back again now).

Everyone gets excited as if Kuwait was not recognisable...Few new buildings (specially in Kuwait City), few new malls (The Avenues and almost 360 degrees). But the rest? Nothing. I saw pictures of projects that dated more than 6-7 years ago...so I expected them to be finished or at least started! Hehe...nothing :/.

I won't argue more...Because i really hope that one day, Kuwait will be nicer so that it can compete "a bit" with its neighbors. I'll just add one last thing that, in my opinion, is fundamental nowadays...specially surrounded by Bahrain, Qatar and Dubai: i'm sorry to say this...but all these nice projects including resorts, islands, skyscrapers, shopping malls etc..if you can't have a nice glass of whisky or a nice cold beer, all this is crap. I drink once in a while when traveling...so not addicted at all! But it's reality ...to compete with others, you must first see what others have that you don't...so they can build 100000 amazing buildings and resorts...but without alcohol...i guess the value will be 100000 less than one amazing building in Qatar or Dubai .

Good luck...