Kuwait Water Towers / أبراج المياه في الكويت

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In 1965, the government of Kuwait commissioned the Swedish engineering company of VBB (since 1997 Sweco) to develop and implement a plan for a modern water-supply system for Kuwait City. The company built five groups of water towers, 31 in total, designed by its chief architect Sune Lindström, called "the mushroom towers".

 

For a sixth site, the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed, wanted a more spectacular design. This last group, known as Kuwait Towers, consists of three towers, two of which also serve as water towers. Water from the Desalination facility is pumped up to the tower.

 

These thirty-three towers have together a standard capacity of 102,000 cubic meters of water. "The Water Towers" (The Kuwait Tower and the Kuwait Water Towers) were awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (1980)

 

Submitted: 28/01/2017

Accepted: 14/02/2017

 

Published:

- TOWER BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS (United Kingdom (Great Britain)) 14-Jun-2017

- CNN Digital (GEORGIA) 23-Jan-2018

- AllianceBernstein (NEW YORK) 26-Jan-2018

- NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT (Kuwait) 21-Jan-2018

- Hearst - Italy (Italy) 11-Mar-2018

- About.com PA (NEW YORK) 13-Mar-2018

- Hearst Russia Global Deal (Russian Federation) 22-Mar-2018

- Promotora de Informaciones, S. (Spain) 18-Apr-2018

- Abrar Alhussaini (Kuwait)22-Jul-2018

- Microsoft Multimedia Publishin (WASHINGTON) 18-Jul-2018

- Balance Publishing (United Kingdom (Great Britain)) 26-Nov-2018

- BNP Paribas (United Kingdom (Great Britain)) 03-Dec-2018

- Kokuyo Camlin Limited (India) 29-Aug-2019

- SIMON & SCHUSTER (NEW YORK) 27-Mar-2020

- SIMON & SCHUSTER (NEW YORK) 13-Apr-2020

- BBC News & Sport (United Kingdom (Great Britain)) 25-Aug-2020

- YiTing Huang (Taiwan) 08-Nov-2021

- KHAYAL CONSULTANTS (Kuwait) 03-Jan-2023

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