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{{Short description|Skyscraper in Kuwait City, Kuwait}}
{{Short description|Skyscraper in Kuwait City, Kuwait}}
{{Infobox building
{{Infobox building
| name = Al Hamra Tower
| name = Al Hamra Tower
| native_name = Burj Alhamra
| native_name = Burj Alhamra
| native_name_lang = برج الحمراء
| native_name_lang = برج الحمراء
| former_names = Al Hamra Firduos Tower
| former_names = Al Hamra Firdous Tower
| status = Complete
| status = Complete
| image = Al Hamra Tower.jpg
| image = Al Hamra Tower.jpg
| caption =
| caption =
| altitude = {{convert|39|ft|m|order=flip|abbr=on}}
| altitude = {{convert|39|ft|m|order=flip|abbr=on}}
| building_type = Offices, shopping mall
| building_type = Offices, shopping mall
| architectural_style = Sculpted
| architectural_style = Sculpted
| material = Concrete
| material = Concrete
| cost = $500 million
| cost = $500 million
| owner = Al Hamra Real Estate Co.
| owner = Al Hamra Real Estate Co.
| address = 13085 Jaber Al-Mubarak Street
| address = 13085 Jaber Al-Mubarak Street
| location_town = Kuwait City
| location_town = Kuwait City
| location_country = Kuwait
| location_country = Kuwait
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| map_type = Kuwait
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| start_date = 2005
| start_date = 2005
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| topped_out_date = 2010
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| architect = [[Gary Haney]]
[[Skidmore Owings & Merrill]]
| architecture_firm = [[Al Jazera Consultants]], Kuwait
| architecture_firm = [[Al Jazera Consultants]], Kuwait
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| structural_engineer = [[Skidmore Owings & Merrill]]
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| services_engineer = [[BMT Fluid Mechanics|BMT Fluid Mechanics Ltd.]]<br/>[[Momentive]]<br/>[[Hitachi]]
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| main_contractor = [[Ahmadiah Contracting and Trading Company]]
| main_contractor = [[Ahmadiah Contracting and Trading Company]]
| awards = 2012 Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa Finalist
| awards = 2012 Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa Finalist
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| website = {{URL|https://www.alhamra.com.kw/}}
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'''The''' '''Al Hamra Firduos Tower''' is a [[skyscraper]] in [[Kuwait City]], [[Kuwait]]. It is the [[tallest building in Kuwait]]. Construction of the skyscraper started in 2005.<ref name="alh">{{cite web|title=Al Hamra Tower – The Skyscraper Center|url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/kuwait-city/al-hamra-tower/208/|website=www.skyscrapercenter.com}}</ref> It was completed in 2011.<ref name="alh" /> 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 {{convert|414|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="alh" />
'''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.<ref name="alh">{{cite web|title=Al Hamra Tower – The Skyscraper Center|url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/kuwait-city/al-hamra-tower/208/|website=www.skyscrapercenter.com}}</ref> It was completed in 2011.<ref name="alh" /> 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 {{convert|414|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="alh" />


==Profile==
==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<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ctbuh.org/TallBuildings/FeaturedTallBuildings/FeaturedTallBuildingArchive2012/AlHamraFirdousTowerKuwaitCity/tabid/3859/language/en-GB/Default.aspx|title=Al Hamra Firdous Tower, Kuwait City|website=www.ctbuh.org|access-date=2016-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174720/http://www.ctbuh.org/TallBuildings/FeaturedTallBuildings/FeaturedTallBuildingArchive2012/AlHamraFirdousTowerKuwaitCity/tabid/3859/language/en-GB/Default.aspx|archive-date=2018-08-31|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aiany.aiany.org/?section=2013_Design_Awards_Winners|title=AIA New York Chapter : 2013 Design Awards Winners|website=aiany.aiany.org|access-date=2016-05-31}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ctbuh.org/TallBuildings/FeaturedTallBuildings/FeaturedTallBuildingArchive2012/AlHamraFirdousTowerKuwaitCity/tabid/3859/language/en-GB/Default.aspx|title=Al Hamra Firdous Tower, Kuwait City|website=www.ctbuh.org|access-date=2016-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174720/http://www.ctbuh.org/TallBuildings/FeaturedTallBuildings/FeaturedTallBuildingArchive2012/AlHamraFirdousTowerKuwaitCity/tabid/3859/language/en-GB/Default.aspx|archive-date=2018-08-31|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aiany.aiany.org/?section=2013_Design_Awards_Winners|title=AIA New York Chapter : 2013 Design Awards Winners|website=aiany.aiany.org|access-date=2016-05-31}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.francislandscapes.com/|title=Francis Landscapes|website=www.francislandscapes.com}}</ref>
The landscape was designed by [[Francis Landscapes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.francislandscapes.com/|title=Francis Landscapes|website=www.francislandscapes.com}}</ref>


The tower was included in the list of the best inventions of 2011 by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Al Hamra Tower|url=http://www.som.com/projects/al_hamra_tower|publisher=SOM|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref>
The tower was included in the list of the best inventions of 2011 by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Al Hamra Tower|url=http://www.som.com/projects/al_hamra_tower|publisher=SOM|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref>

==Awards==
==Awards==
*2011: [[Emporis Skyscraper Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emporis.com/awards/2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116205140/http://www.emporis.com/awards/2011|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 16, 2013|title=Emporis Skyscraper Award 2011 - Emporis Skyscraper Award - Emporis|first=Emporis|last=GmbH|website=www.emporis.com}}</ref>
*2011: [[Emporis Skyscraper Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emporis.com/awards/2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116205140/http://www.emporis.com/awards/2011|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 16, 2013|title=Emporis Skyscraper Award 2011 - Emporis Skyscraper Award - Emporis|first=Emporis|last=GmbH|website=[[Emporis]]}}</ref>
*2010: Cityscape • Commercial / Mixed Use Built<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/al-hamra/|title=Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait City}}</ref>
*2010: Cityscape • Commercial / Mixed Use Built<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/al-hamra/|title=Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait City}}</ref>
*2008: [[Chicago Athenaeum]] - American Architecture Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/archawards/2008/alhmrafirdous.html|title=2008 American Architecture Award (The Chicago Athenaeum)|website=chi-athenaeum.org|access-date=2014-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306160400/http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/archawards/2008/alhmrafirdous.html|archive-date=2012-03-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2008: [[Chicago Athenaeum]] - American Architecture Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/archawards/2008/alhmrafirdous.html|title=2008 American Architecture Award (The Chicago Athenaeum)|website=chi-athenaeum.org|access-date=2014-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306160400/http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/archawards/2008/alhmrafirdous.html|archive-date=2012-03-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2008: Chicago Athenaeum - International Architecture Award for best new global design<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chi-athenaeum.org/intarch/2008/alhamratower.html|title=2008 International Architecture Awards (The Chicago Athenaeum)|website=chi-athenaeum.org|access-date=2014-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417123744/http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/intarch/2008/alhamratower.html|archive-date=2013-04-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2008: Chicago Athenaeum - International Architecture Award for best new global design<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chi-athenaeum.org/intarch/2008/alhamratower.html|title=2008 International Architecture Awards (The Chicago Athenaeum)|website=chi-athenaeum.org|access-date=2014-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417123744/http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/intarch/2008/alhamratower.html|archive-date=2013-04-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2008: MIPIM/''[[Architectural Review]]'' - MIPIM Future Project Award: Overall<ref name=Mipim>{{cite web|url=http://www.wmprotek.com/Mipim.aspx|title=Protek - The Intelligent Underfloor Air Conditioning System|website=www.wmprotek.com}}</ref>
*2008: [[MIPIM]]/''[[Architectural Review]]'' - [[MIPIM AR Future Projects Award|MIPIM Future Project Award]]: Overall<ref name=Mipim>{{cite web|url=http://www.wmprotek.com/Mipim.aspx|title=Protek - The Intelligent Underfloor Air Conditioning System|website=www.wmprotek.com}}</ref>
*2008: MIPIM/Architectural Review - MIPIM Future Project Award: Tall Buildings<ref name=Mipim/>
*2008: MIPIM/Architectural Review - MIPIM Future Project Award: Tall Buildings<ref name=Mipim/>
*2007: Miami Architectural Bienal - Bronze Unbuilt Project<ref>{{cite web|url=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|title=Infos at som.com|website=som.com|access-date=2014-01-28|archive-url=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|archive-date=2014-02-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2007: Miami Architectural Bienal - Bronze Unbuilt Project<ref>{{cite web|url=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|title=Infos at som.com|website=som.com|access-date=2014-01-28|archive-url=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|archive-date=2014-02-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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* {{Official website|https://www.alhamra.com.kw/}}
* {{CTBUH|208}}
* {{CTBUH|208}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/buildings/239181/al-hamra-tower-kuwait-city-kuwait |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512043843/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/239181/al-hamra-tower-kuwait-city-kuwait |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-05-12 |title=Emporis building ID 239181 |work=[[Emporis]]}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/buildings/239181/al-hamra-tower-kuwait-city-kuwait |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512043843/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/239181/al-hamra-tower-kuwait-city-kuwait |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2015-05-12 |title=Emporis building ID 239181 |work=[[Emporis]]}}
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Latest revision as of 10:57, 11 December 2024

Al Hamra Tower
Burj Alhamra
Al Hamra Tower is located in Kuwait
Al Hamra Tower
Location within Kuwait
Former namesAl Hamra Firdous Tower
Record height
Tallest in Kuwait since 2011[I]
Preceded byArraya Tower
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffices, shopping mall
Architectural styleSculpted
Address13085 Jaber Al-Mubarak Street
Town or cityKuwait City
CountryKuwait
Coordinates29°22′44″N 47°59′36″E / 29.3790°N 47.9932°E / 29.3790; 47.9932
Elevation12 m (39 ft)
Construction started2005
Topped-out2010
Completed2011
Inaugurated2011
Cost$500 million
OwnerAl Hamra Real Estate Co.
Height
Architectural414 m (1,358 ft)
Tip414 m (1,358 ft)
Roof368 m (1,207 ft)
Top floor83
Technical details
MaterialConcrete
Floor count85
Floor area290,000 m2 (3,100,000 sq ft)[1]
Lifts/elevators43
Design and construction
Architect(s)Gary Haney Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Architecture firmAl Jazera Consultants, Kuwait
Structural engineerSkidmore Owings & Merrill
Services engineerBMT Fluid Mechanics Ltd.
Momentive
Hitachi
Main contractorAhmadiah Contracting and Trading Company
Awards and prizes2012 Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa Finalist
Website
www.alhamra.com.kw
References
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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.[2] 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 414 m (1,358 ft).[2]

Profile

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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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait City – Verdict Designbuild". www.designbuild-network.com. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  2. ^ a b c "Al Hamra Tower – The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com.
  3. ^ "Al Hamra Firdous Tower, Kuwait City". www.ctbuh.org. Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  4. ^ "AIA New York Chapter : 2013 Design Awards Winners". aiany.aiany.org. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  5. ^ "Francis Landscapes". www.francislandscapes.com.
  6. ^ "Al Hamra Tower". SOM. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  7. ^ GmbH, Emporis. "Emporis Skyscraper Award 2011 - Emporis Skyscraper Award - Emporis". Emporis. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013.
  8. ^ "Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait City".
  9. ^ "2008 American Architecture Award (The Chicago Athenaeum)". chi-athenaeum.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  10. ^ "2008 International Architecture Awards (The Chicago Athenaeum)". chi-athenaeum.org. Archived from the original on 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  11. ^ a b "Protek - The Intelligent Underfloor Air Conditioning System". www.wmprotek.com.
  12. ^ "Infos at som.com". som.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
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