Kuwait Towers
| Kuwait Towers | |
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| Abraj l'Kuwait | |
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| General information | |
| Type | National Building, Water Tank, Restaurant |
| Location | Kuwait City,  Kuwait |
| Coordinates | 29°23′24″N 44°0′12″E / 29.39°N 44.00333°E |
| Height | 145.8m |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect |  Sune Lindström |
The Kuwait Towers are three towers of reinforced concrete in Kuwait City. The main tower is 187 metres high and serves as a restaurant and water tower. It also has a Viewing Sphere which rises to 123 metres above sea level and completes a full turn every 30 minutes. The second tower is 145.8 metres high and serves as a water tower. The third tower houses equipment to control the flow of electricity and illuminates the two larger towers. The towers hold 4,500 cubic metres of water.
The towers were designed by Sune Lindström and Malene Björn and built by Energoprojekt, a company from Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and Vatrostalna, a company from Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. . They opened to the public in March 1979. In 1991, after the liberation of Kuwait City during the First Gulf War, the towers were surveyed for structural damage. Substantial shell and bullet damage to the towers' exteriors was found. Interior damage was mainly to electrical gear, mostly lift equipment. Some of the large triangular glazed panels were also damaged by shell fire.
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[edit] External links
- Kuwait Water Towers at Structurae
- Glass Steel and Stone: Kuwait Towers
- 3D model of the towers for use in Google Earth
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Coordinates: 29°23′24″N 48°00′12″E / 29.39°N 48.00333°E
