We finally had the chance today to visit Kuwait’s tallest and most prestigious sky scrapper, Al Hamra Tower.
We arrived there at 12:00 pm at the main entrance and headed to the 7th floor where we met with Al Hamra PR, then they gave us a presentation and took us on an exciting tour.
Standing at 414 meters high, Al Hamra represents the tallest building in Kuwait and the 2nd tallest in Arabian Gulf with 80 floors. As for the name, Al Hamra is the name for the 1st cinema in Kuwait which was at the same location, I still remember watching many movies in it back in 90′s.
It was designed by American architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), which is the same designer for Burj Khalifa in Dubai. What I like about Al Hamra design is that it looks different wherever we look at it (Asymmetrical) and it also maintains the identity of Kuwait.
I also feel so proud that the construction was done by the local Kuwaiti company, Al Ahmadiah. Now let’s see what will Al Hamra consists of;
1. Business Tower: Offices.
2. Luxury Center: Shopping Mall, Wellness & SPA, Roof Garden, IMAX Cinema, Restaurants, GYM, Cafe’s.
3. Multi Storey Car-Park (Capacity of 2000 cars).
The shopping mall will bring many first-time brands in Kuwait such as Hermes, GUCCI Cafe, BiCE Ristorante, Le Sushi Bar, Mouawad jewelry, kate spade fashion store and others.
Another great thing is that there will be a new Cinema Company with 9 IMAX theaters, read my previous post Click Here.
Did I mention there are 43 elevators and 9 of them are high speed shuttle elevators that can take you to the top in a few seconds, and there was a huge LED screen in the middle of the shopping mall, which is the largest in Kuwait (See above).
Before I forget, there will be free WiFi Internet connection too. The total cost of Al Hamra Tower is about 180 Million Dinar, but from what I have seen and heard its worth it.
Al Hamra Tower will definitely make Kuwait city skyline more beautiful, I’ll attend the opening Insha’allah.
We brought you many photos, we hope you enjoy them as much we enjoyed taking them.
Note: Gucci Cafe image via Internet.
We wish to thank Al Hamra PR for the amazing tour.
Multi-storey car park:
Beautiful window view:
Nice curvature:
Large LED screen at the entrance:
Corridor connecting car-park to the shopping mall:
Al Hamra Tower rising among the clouds:
The main lobby perspective:
Shopping Mall perspective:
Nice landscape:
CD for Discovery channel reportage on Al Hamra:
Typical floor plan:
Nice exterior finishing:
Behbehani luxury watches store:
Archive image for HH at Al Hamra event:
A landmark for Kuwait. Thank you Taz for the detailed post. I liked the Discovery Channel episode.
Wlcome Bu Jwais for you thoughtful words, can’t wait to see how it turns out when its 100% completed.
Truly amazing visit guys, wish I was with you
Amazing coverage.. we are proud of Al-Hamra tower as one of the landmarks of Kuwait
Glad you liked the coverage Q8Stig, though you won’t feel the whole excitement until you’re there yourself, check it out when ever you can
greeb 3al dawam .. a7la tasyoora kel yom 3aleh :P
bs ma t7es el showare3 eli yama thayja, allah y3ena wagt el za7ma 3aleh
Solid point j.z.j, the streets are kinda small (2 lanes only), and more high rise buildings getting constructed so expect to see more traffic volume, i.e za7maa
This will be EPIC, just wait for it to open & BOOM…AWESOMENESS will explode from this tower!
What I’m really waiting for is the new cinema company and the GYM
Yay best visit ever, when will Hermes open?
great riview , love the first picture
Thanks SWEET Noon, the 1st pic was the 1st one I took
خوش موضوع و انا حدي متحمس لزيارته و اشكرك على الموضوع الحلو
ملاحظة: في الصورة في ترتيب ارتفاع الابراج فيها اخطاء منها برج الحمراء ارتفاعه ٤١٢ مو ٤٠٠ وهناك ابراج اطول من ابراج الكويت و اقصر من برج التحرير مثل الراية الجديد و برج المتحدة.
مشكور اخوي على المعلومات والتصحيح وان شاءالله سنقوم بالتعديل على الموضوع,, البرج راح يفتتح قريبا وان شاءالله بكون من الاماكن الحلوه في الكويت.
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HELLO ANY ONE KNOW ABOUT THE LE SUSHI BAR AND RESTAURANT.CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME… THANKS AND HAVE A NICE DAY THANKS TO ALL OFF YOU.
Yes it will open very soon at Al Hamra Mall:
http://www.bananaq8.com/fashion/exclusive-sneak-peek-for-al-hamra-luxury-mall/
Hey Tazmania…..great coverage but i had to ask how did you make the Kuwait buidlings Graph…..thats just brilliant…..I would really like to kno how you did it
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