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Facts
Official Name Al Hamra Tower
Former / Other Name Al Hamra Firdous Tower
Type building
Status Completed
Country Kuwait
City Kuwait City
Street Address / Map Al Shuhada Street
Building Function office
Structural Material concrete
Proposed 2005
Start of Construction 2005
Completion 2011
Global Ranking #15 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #4 tallest in Middle East
National Ranking #1 tallest in Kuwait
City Ranking #1 tallest in Kuwait City
Official Website Al Hamra Tower
Figures
Height: Architectural 412.6 meter / 1354 feet
Height: Occupied 371.4 meter / 1218 feet
Height: To Tip 412.6 meter / 1354 feet
Floors Above Ground 80
Floors Below Ground 3
# of Elevators 43
Top Elevator Speed 10 m/s
Tower GFA 178,061 m² / 1,916,633 ft²
Development GFA 186,381 m² / 2,006,188 ft²
# of Parking Spaces 1460
Companies Involved
Owner Al Hamra Real Estate Co.
Developers Ajial Real Estate and Entertainment;
Al Hamra Real Estate Co.
Design Architects Skidmore Owings & Merrill;
Al Jazera Consultants;
Callison
Structural Engineer Skidmore Owings & Merrill
MEP Engineers Skidmore Owings & Merrill;
Meinhardt
Project Manager Turner Construction
Main Contractor Ahmadiah Contracting and Trading Company
Other Consultants Hitachi Ltd.;
BMT Fluid Mechanics Ltd.;
Momentive;
Dow Corning Corporation
CTBUH Awards
2012 Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa Finalist
CTBUH 11th Annual Awards, (See the CTBUH Awards Book)

Videos
Featured Finalist: Al Hamra Firdous
2012 Awards Ceremony
Formworks for High-Rise Construction
J. Gnida (PERI Gmbh), CTBUH Mumbai Conference

Technical Papers
Sculpted High-rise, The Al Hamra Tower
R. Agarwal (SOM), N. Atari (SOM), Bangalore Structural Engineers World Congress

Other CTBUH Links
A Year in Review: Trends of 2011
CTBUH Report, 2012
Tallest Buildings Completed in 2011
CTBUH Poster, 2012
Current Tallest 20 Buildings in the World
CTBUH Poster, 2011

News Articles
SOM Completes 'Shrouded Figure' in Kuwait
World Architecture News, 2012-03
A Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Skyscraper Opens Its Robe in Kuwait City
Blouin Artinfo, 2012-01
Tallest skyscraper in downtown Kuwait
Arab Times, 2011-11
Kuwait Hamra Tower Project Going On as Planned
MenaFN.com, 2009-04
Kuwait City Gets First Super Tall Tower
SkyscraperNews.com, 2007-07