Kuwait City Skyscraper, Architecture, Image, Design, Architect, Height, Picture
Al Hamra Tower Kuwait
Al Hamra & Firdous Tower: Sculpted Skyscraper Building – design by SOM, Architects
page updated 10 Feb 2018
Al Hamra Tower Photos
Al Hamra Tower Building Photos
The tallest carved concrete skyscraper in the World.

photographs © Alex-Tiberiu Balasa
Almost complete NBK Tower by Foster + Partners on the left:

photos © Alex-Tiberiu Balasa
sumptuous building interior:

building facade:

The formal entrance to the North, with the facade cladding curving out from the building to form a porte-cochère:

Retail mall interior:

photographs © Adrian Welch, architect
page updated 25 Feb 2017 – new photos of Al Hamra Firdous Tower:
photos © Adrian Welch
The Al Hamra Tower is the tallest building in Kuwait and the 23rd tallest in the world.
Dates built: 2005-11
Designed by architectural firms Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and Callison, it is the tallest carved concrete skyscraper in the World at 414 m (1,358 ft).
Turner Construction was in charge of the tower’s construction.

Al Hamra Firdous Tower by SOM (USA) and National Bank of Kuwait Tower by Foster + Partners (UK):

In context – Kuwait City skyscraper buildings:

Al Hamra & Firdous Tower
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Date built: 2011
Location: centre of Kuwait City, Kuwait
20 Jan 2012

Named by CTBUH as one of the The three tallest buildings to complete in ...