Al Hamra Tower Explained

Al Hamra Tower
Native Name:Burj Alhamra
Native Name Lang:برج الحمراء
Former Names:Al Hamra Firdous Tower
Status:Complete
Altitude:39order=flipNaNorder=flip
Building Type:Offices, shopping mall
Architectural Style:Sculpted
Material:Concrete
Cost:$500 million
Owner:Al Hamra Real Estate Co.
Address:13085 Jaber Al-Mubarak Street
Location Town:Kuwait City
Location Country:Kuwait
Coordinates:29.379°N 47.9932°W
Map Type:Kuwait
Start Date:2005
Topped Out Date:2010
Completion Date:2011
Inauguration Date:2011
Architectural:414m (1,358feet)
Tip:414m (1,358feet)
Roof:368m (1,207feet)
Top Floor:83
Floor Count:85
Floor Area:290000m2[1]
Elevator Count:43
Architect:Gary Haney Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Architecture Firm:Al Jazera Consultants, Kuwait
Structural Engineer:Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Services Engineer:BMT Fluid Mechanics Ltd.
Momentive
Hitachi
Main Contractor:Ahmadiah Contracting and Trading Company
Awards:2012 Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa Finalist
Highest Region:Kuwait
Highest Prev:Arraya Tower
Highest Start:2011

The Al Hamra Tower is a skyscraper in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It is the tallest building in Kuwait. Construction of the skyscraper started in 2005.[2] It was completed in 2011. Designed by architectural firms Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Ramshir and Callison, it is the tallest curved concrete skyscraper in the world, and the thirty-sixth tallest building in the world at 414m (1,358feet).

Profile

The building utilizes wrapped glass on the east, north, and west both for aesthetics and to reduce the amount of reflective surface area on the south facade, which also features brushed Jura limestone. Flared walls reaching from the southwest and southeast corners of the core span the entire height of the tower, and there is a column-free 24-meter-tall lobby.[3] [4]

The Tower also Includes a restaurant called Francesca's or known as At The Top by the restaurant themselves.

The landscape was designed by Francis Landscapes.[5]

The tower was included in the list of the best inventions of 2011 by Time magazine.[6]

Awards

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait City – Verdict Designbuild. 2021-08-12. www.designbuild-network.com. en-GB.
  2. Web site: Al Hamra Tower – The Skyscraper Center. www.skyscrapercenter.com.
  3. Web site: Al Hamra Firdous Tower, Kuwait City. www.ctbuh.org. 2016-05-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174720/http://www.ctbuh.org/TallBuildings/FeaturedTallBuildings/FeaturedTallBuildingArchive2012/AlHamraFirdousTowerKuwaitCity/tabid/3859/language/en-GB/Default.aspx. 2018-08-31. dead.
  4. Web site: AIA New York Chapter : 2013 Design Awards Winners. aiany.aiany.org. 2016-05-31.
  5. Web site: Francis Landscapes. www.francislandscapes.com.
  6. Web site: Al Hamra Tower. SOM. 30 September 2014.
  7. Web site: Emporis Skyscraper Award 2011 - Emporis Skyscraper Award - Emporis. https://web.archive.org/web/20130116205140/http://www.emporis.com/awards/2011. dead. January 16, 2013. Emporis. GmbH. Emporis.
  8. Web site: Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait City.
  9. Web site: 2008 American Architecture Award (The Chicago Athenaeum). chi-athenaeum.org. 2014-01-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20120306160400/http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/archawards/2008/alhmrafirdous.html. 2012-03-06. dead.
  10. Web site: 2008 International Architecture Awards (The Chicago Athenaeum). chi-athenaeum.org. 2014-01-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20130417123744/http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/intarch/2008/alhamratower.html. 2013-04-17. dead.
  11. Web site: Protek - The Intelligent Underfloor Air Conditioning System. www.wmprotek.com.
  12. Web site: Infos at som.com. som.com. 2014-01-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202101614/https://www.som.com/awards/service/6?field_year_value=&org=&title=&title_field_value=&page=6&field_year_value=&org=&title=&title_field_value=&page=6. 2014-02-02. dead.

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