Kuwait Towers Photos, Persian Gulf Architecture, Image, Design, Architect, Height, Picture
Kuwait Towers
Landmark Building on the Persian Gulf Рdesign by Sune Lindstr̦m Architect, Denmark
26 Feb 2017
Kuwait Towers
Kuwait Towers Photos
To celebrate today’s Kuwait Liberation Day e-architect have posted some new images of this interesting cluster of three towers.
Kuwait Towers building exterior and restaurant, viewing gallery, stairs and lobby:

This iconic architectural statement is formed from a group of three slender towers, standing on a promontory into the Persian Gulf.
Opened: 1979
Architect: Sune Lindström
Height: 187 m

They were the sixth, and last, group in the larger Kuwait Water Towers system of 34 towers (33 store water, one stores equipment), and were built in a style considerably different from the other five groups.
The Kuwait Towers were officially inaugurated in 1979 and are regarded as a landmark and symbol of modern Kuwait.
The towers were closed for maintenance from March 2012 to March 2016.

The main tower is 187 metres (614 ft) high and carries two spheres. The lower sphere holds in its bottom half a water tank of 4,500 cubic metres (1,200,000 US gal) and in its upper half there is a restaurant that accommodates 90 people, a café, a lounge and a reception hall. The upper sphere, which rises to 123 metres (404 ft) above sea level and completes a full turn every 30 minutes, holds a café.

The second tower is 147 metres (482 ft) high an...