- Kuwait Towers
Kuwait - Kuwait towers by night from 56th floor of The Al Hamra Tower
The Kuwait Towers are three towers of reinforced concrete in Kuwait City. The main tower is 187 metres high and serves as a restaurant and water tower. It also has a Viewing Sphere which rises to 123 meters above sea level and completes a full round turn every 30 minutes. The second tower is 145.8 metres high and serves as a water tower. The third tower houses equipment to control the flow of electricity and illuminates the two bigger towers.
This is a view taken from 56th floor of The Al Hamra Tower, which is a supertall skyscraper currently under construction in downtown Kuwait City, Kuwait. Designed by architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the tower will become the tallest building in Kuwait on completion in 2010 at 412 m (1,350 ft). It will also be the tallest sculpted tower in the world. The tower will include 98,000 m2 (1,050,000 sq ft) of commercial and office space. The building will connect to a five-storey retail mall which totals 23,000 m2 (250,000 sq ft) of retail space and will include an integrated theater complex and an 11-storey carpark. The tower itself will be built on an 18,000 m2 (190,000 sq ft) construction site.
The Al Hamra Tower will have over 70 floors of office space, a rooftop restaurant and a spa. The shopping centre will include a 10-screen cinema complex which will also have IMAX theaters. As of February 12, 2009, construction of the tower had reached over 263 metres. The eleven-storey car parking is currently nine floors overground, while four floors of the shopping centre have been completed and construction on that component carries on. The tower itself is currently on the fifty-sixth level. Topping-out is scheduled for late 2009, with the tower opening in the second half of 2010.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/18.0, 30 sec, ISO 160, 39 mm
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Mohammad AlShuaib (37 months ago | reply)
woow
GREAT AS USUAL :D
T.A.Mannens. [deleted] (37 months ago | reply)
Alucinantes vistas las tuyas. Amazing view, nice work.
Najwa Marafie - Free Photographer (37 months ago | reply)
God bless kuwait ;)
glorialsupervia (37 months ago | reply)
Very beautiful picture. Greetings.
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drozdpaula (37 months ago | reply)
I want it live
kauphy luvr (37 months ago | reply)
Lovely night shot. And thanks for all the wonderful information!
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Tarun Parmar (37 months ago | reply)
nice shot
Agodashi / Raúl Barrio (37 months ago | reply)
Very nice work.
Robbie Swan (37 months ago | reply)
Fantastic photo!!! The colors, details and textures throughout the photo are excellent!!! Great work!
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Dani℮l (37 months ago | reply)
This is an impressive view, nice one!
RH Miller (37 months ago | reply)
Wonderful night shot!
jdl_deleon (37 months ago | reply)
great views!
Takadanobaba Kurazawa (37 months ago | reply)
nice view
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alexsap (37 months ago | reply)
wonderful!
Rita Willaert (37 months ago | reply)
What a see of beauty!
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©haddock (away) (37 months ago | reply)
Sublime shot, unique angle, when it's completed it will be reason enough to go to Kw (with a public observation deck I hope). Strange the streets are completely devoid of traffic.
pic4pic (37 months ago | reply)
great shot!
gorkaoller (37 months ago | reply)
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Mohamed Majki (37 months ago | reply)
Beautiful
Konrad Iber (37 months ago | reply)
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Genevy (welcome) (37 months ago | reply)
I stay without a word ! It's such an uncommon and beautiful view ! And composed as if you created this landscape or at least as if you knew it by heart !
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Der Hammer!
It´s so amazing!
M.Malallah (37 months ago | reply)
Amazing Lucie!!...Loved how the long exposure made the streets light up..=)
koen_photos (37 months ago | reply)
beautiful picture
very nice picture very well done
Haja Sheriff ... BACK! (37 months ago | reply)
beautiful!
Ghadeer Q (37 months ago | reply)
luvli kuwait ,, butful angle
Michelle Vilay (37 months ago | reply)
amazing night shot. what a city!
frozencycler (37 months ago | reply)
Great picture!
Rex M Photography [deleted] (37 months ago | reply)
wonderful work!!
paolo brunetti (37 months ago | reply)
Wowww fantastic scene, great exposure, fantastic night light
have a nice day
Pepelahuerta (37 months ago | reply)
Excelente foto nocturna!Saludos
rev_adan (37 months ago | reply)
This is really awesome!
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hari_kr (37 months ago | reply)
simply breathtaking shot ............ amazing view
Almuhanna -Mohammed (37 months ago | reply)
good shoot :)
neilalderney123 (37 months ago | reply)
Amazing !
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Uncle Terry [deleted] (37 months ago | reply)
Beautiful Shot, Lucie.
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nice shot!
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umair sharif (37 months ago | reply)
just amazing !
James Tung (37 months ago | reply)
such an amazing image! and glad Kuwait Tower was not distroyed during the war.
hillsee (37 months ago | reply)
Looks very futuristic...great shot
Nora Alajmi (FelicityQ8) (37 months ago | reply)
amazing as usual :)
i wish i could go with u that day , yet couldn't coz of work stuffs:(...
inshallah soon we'll be able to get together:)
TomRaven (37 months ago | reply)
Stunning shot, great light!
Ex-koRn (37 months ago | reply)
very beautiful image.....splendid shot!
radanie (37 months ago | reply)
lovely night shot, great colour and detail, compliments
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Superbe !