Kuwait Towers
General Information
| Completion: | February 1977 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Observation tower
Water tower |
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| Material: |
Reinforced concrete tower
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Location
| Location: |
Kuwait City, Kuwait |
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| Coordinates: | 29° 23' 22.85" N 48° 0' 10.65" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| reservoir capacity | 4 500 m³ | |
| tower 1 | height | 185 m |
| tower 2 | height | 145.80 m |
Materials
| shaft |
reinforced concrete
|
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Participants
Owner
Design
Architecture
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Bjørn & Bjørn Design
- Malene Bjørn (architect)
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VBB Anlägning
- Sune Lindström (architect)
Engineering
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VBB Anlägning
- Lennart Gerte (engineer)
Main contractor
Subcontractor
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2016): Modern Architecture Kuwait 1949-1989. niggli Verlag, Salenstein (Switzerland), ISBN 978-3-7212-0948-8, pp. 162-163.
- (1997): Türme aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen. 3rd edition, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), pp. 275.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000289 - Date created
21/05/1999 - Last Update
14/04/2016