Height: Architectural | 238.5 m / 782 ft |
Height: Occupied | 224.5 m / 737 ft |
Height: To Tip | 238.5 m / 782 ft |
Floors Above Ground | 41 |
Floors Below Ground | 3 |
# of Elevators | 38 |
Top Elevator Speed | 8 m/s |
Tower GFA | 52,472 m² / 564,804 ft² |
Development GFA | 73,492 m² / 791,061 ft² |
# of Parking Spaces | 1,000 |
Official Name | The Central Bank of Kuwait New Headquarters Building |
Structure Type | Building |
Status | Completed |
Country | Kuwait |
City | Kuwait City |
Street Address & Map | Abu Obaida Bin Al Jarrah Street |
Postal Code | 13006 |
Building Function | office |
Structural Material | composite
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Construction Start | 2008 |
Completion | 2016 |
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Regional Ranking | #91 Tallest in Middle East |
National Ranking | #6 Tallest in Kuwait |
City Ranking | #6 Tallest in Kuwait City |
Owner | The Central Bank of Kuwait |
Architect | |
• Design | HOK, Inc. |
• Architect of Record | Pan Arab Consulting Engineers |
Structural Engineer | |
• Design | Hyder Consulting |
MEP Engineer | |
• Design | Pan Arab Consulting Engineers; Roberts & Partners |
Project Manager | DMJM; EllisDon Construction Services Inc.; PMC; Projacs International |
Main Contractor | China State Construction Engineering Corporation; M.A. Kharafi and Sons Construction Company |
Other Consultant | |
• Façade | Priedemann Facade Experts |
• Interiors | HOK, Inc. |
• Lighting | Pokorny Lighting |
• Security | TPS |
• Wind | BMT Fluid Mechanics Ltd. |
Material Supplier | |
• Aluminium | Schüco |
• Ceiling | SAS Ceilings |
• Cladding | Schüco |
• Concrete | British Kuwaiti Concrete Company |
• Crane | Potain |
• Electrical | Kharafi National Co. |
• Elevator | Hitachi, Ltd. |
• Façade Maintenance Equipment | Secalt S.A. |
• Fire Proofing | Hilti AG |
• Flooring | Interface |
• Hardware | Consort |
• HVAC | Kharafi National Co. |
• Interior Partition | Faram AS |
• Paint/Coating | KPC Paints; Leigh Paints |
• Sealants | Dow Corning Corporation; Hilti AG |
CTBUH 2019 Award of Excellence Winners Announced
5 Dec 2018
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Awards Event
CTBUH Releases Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014
Dec 2014
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CTBUH Journal Paper
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014
Dec 2014 –
CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue I
Interior Space Award
2019
Award of Excellence
CTBUH Awards 2019
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