Key facts
- Former names
- Al Hamra Firdous Tower
- Preceded by
- Arraya Tower
- Status
- Completed
- Type
- Offices, shopping mall
- Architectural style
- Sculpted
- Location
- 13085 Jaber Al-Mubarak Street, Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Elevation
- 12 m (39 ft)
- Cost
- $500 million
- Owner
- Al Hamra Real Estate Co.
- Architectural
- 414 m (1,358 ft)
- Tip
- 414 m (1,358 ft)
- Roof
- 368 m (1,207 ft)
- Material
- Concrete
- Floor area
- 290,000 m (3,100,000 ft )
- Architects
- Gary Haney , Skidmore Owings & Merrill
- Architecture firm
- Al Jazera Consultants , Kuwait
- Structural engineer
- Skidmore Owings & Merrill
- Services engineer
- BMT Fluid Mechanics Ltd. , Momentive , Hitachi
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Al Hamra
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Encyclopedic overview
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. 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 40th tallest building in the world at 414 m (1,358 ft).
Description
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