TKI wins Wasabi contract
KUWAIT: Thomas Klein International (TKI), the Dubai-based restaurant and hospitality consultant, has been awarded the contract to develop the new image and positioning of the Wasabi chain of...
View ArticleColourwash
Hotel Missoni Kuwait, part of The Rezidor Hotel Group, is awash with brilliant golds, turquoises and golden sand colours, taking inspiration from the land and Arabian Gulf. Its opening coincides with...
View ArticleUAE and Middle East projects shortlisted for WAF awards
The World Architecture Festival (WAF) is an interactive global architectural awards programme, and this year’s award shortlist includes many Middle East entries. A total of 284 projects were announced...
View ArticleDubai-based TKI reveals all-black design for Kuwaiti restaurant
Dubai-based F&B consulting firm, Thomas Klein International (TKI), has revealed its concept design for the new Pintxos outlet in Kuwait. The all-black interior for the restaurant is the final...
View ArticleChristian Lundwall Associates to redesign Guinness World Record holder hotel...
Christian Lundwall Associates is redesigning the The Radison Blu Hotel, Kuwait, formerly known as The Kuwait SAS Hotel, which is due to open in 2013. The hotel is famous for entering the Guinness World...
View ArticleGleaming cultural centre to rise in Kuwait desert city
BDP has been appointed by the Public Authority of Housing Welfare (PAHW) to design a cultural centre for Sabah Al Ahmad, a new city in the Kuwaiti desert. The centre will lie at the heart of the city...
View ArticleIn pictures: The Kuwait Investment Authority new headquarters
The past prosperity of Kuwait – symbolized by the pearl diving dhows which sailed the Arabian Gulf – and its prospects for a bright future based on finances and investment come together in a design by...
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AGi Architects designs family house with three connecting gardens for extreme...
Kuwait and Spain-based AGi Architects has created a single-family house in Kuwait City featuring three interconnected gardens with a focus on the country’s weather conditions to be used all year round....
View ArticleSSH to design the Kuwait New Maternity Hospital
SSH, in joint-venture with Studio Altieri, signed the main design consultancy agreement for the design of the Kuwait New Maternity Hospital (KNMH) with design and build contractor Impresa Pizzarotti...
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Buildings in UAE, Palestine, Saudi Arabia shortlisted for World Architecture...
Built projects in the Gulf and wider Middle East have been shortlisted for awards at the 2017 World Architecture Festival (WAF), which will be taking place for the second time in Berlin this November....
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Kuwaiti architecture atelier Studio Toggle completes a private villa
In Yarmouk, a quiet suburban neighbourhood in Kuwait, sits a recently completed villa that responds to local climate while abiding to minimalism’s rigid rules. Inhabited by two brothers and their...
View ArticleOfficial outlines of Kuwait’s fire safety sector
Site supervisors “are responsible for most” fire incidents that have occurred at Kuwaiti construction sites over the past few weeks, an official reportedly said. Gen Khaled Al-Mekrad, director-general...
View ArticleCID Awards 2017: SSH wins best public sector project for Sheikh Jaber Al...
SSH picked up Public Sector project of the Year prize at the 2017 CID Awards for its work on the Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmed Cultural Centre in Kuwait. “The ambition [behind the project] was to create a new...
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BD Barcelona teams up with four GCC-based designers for exhibition during...
Design brand BD Barcelona is celebrating creativity in the Arab world through a selection of works entitled the PostCraft Collection, bringing together designers from four countries in the Gulf,...
View ArticleSSH to design six plots for Kuwait City masterplan
SSH has been selected to provide architectural and interior design consultancy services for six plots of the new Hessah Al Mubarak masterplan in Kuwait City. The firm will also be working on the...
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MEA Awards 2017: AGi Architects’ Wind Tower in Kuwait wins Sustainable...
AGi Architects was awarded Sustainable Project of the Year at the 2017 Middle East Architect Awards for its work on the Wind Tower. Read more about the project here. Located in Salmiya, Kuwait, the...
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Artist Tarek Al-Ghoussein documents Kuwait’s 1970s Al Sawaber housing...
Kuwait artist Tarek Al-Ghoussein’s third solo exhibition in Dubai documents the current state of the government housing complex Al Sawaber in Kuwait, which is currently set for demolition. Th...
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A look at award-winning Kuwait firm AGi’s new project ‘Nirvana Home’
The award-winning Spain and Kuwait-based architecture firm AGi, led by Nasser B. Abulhasan and Joaquín Pérez-Goicoechea, has just revealed images of its latest project called Nirvana Home. Images...
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New museum complex designed by SSH is inaugurated in Kuwait
A new museum complex, the Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Complex (ASCC), designed by SSH, has been inaugurated in Kuwait. The building is the newest addition to what is to become a cultural district...
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Havelock AHI completes fit-out for Four Seasons hotel in Kuwait
Middle East-based fit-out contractor has completed the fit-out works for Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya. The scope includes fit-out and joinery works including wall cladding, wooden...
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