Kuwait City The Archives
Saturday 09 March, 2013
OMA chosen to masterplan Airport City in Qatar
News: Rem Koolhaas’ studio OMA has been selected to masterplan a business and residential development linking the city of Doha in Qatar with the new Hamad International Airport. Called Airport City, OMA’s 10-square-kilometre masterplan comprises four districts along a “green spine” running parallel with the airport’s runways.
Thursday 14 February, 2013
The Exhibition Hall by OMA
OMA has revealed designs for a department store in Kuwait City that draws inspiration from the galleries of a traditional Arab market. The Exhibition Hall project, led by OMA partners Rem Koolhaas and Iyad Alsaka, proposes a three-storey shopping centre inside the existing 360° Mall and will include a public events space as well as [...]
Monday 12 November, 2012
Motor Sports Complex Museum Proposal / Marc Anton Dahmen | Studio DMTW
The Motor Sports Complex Museum, which is located next to a new race track and a dragster speedway, is another component of the development in Kuwait City. Designed by Marc Anton Dahmen / Studio DMTW, its main function is to be a public showroom for the King‘s private collection of vintage racing cars. Besides the [...]
Monday 12 November, 2012
Motor Sports Complex Museum Proposal / Marc Anton Dahmen | Studio DMTW
The Motor Sports Complex Museum, which is located next to a new race track and a dragster speedway, is another component of the development in Kuwait City. Designed by Marc Anton Dahmen / Studio DMTW, its main function is to be a public showroom for the King‘s private collection of vintage racing cars. Besides the [...]
Saturday 01 September, 2012
Kuwait Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
Visitors to Kuwait’s pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale can lie back on cushions around a faded patchwork of defunct masterplans, while recorded sounds and voices echo down from above.
Sunday 15 July, 2012
Five years ago…
It was a busy time for architects OMA this week five years ago, as they released designs for major projects that included a large urban development in the United Arab Emirates (above) and a 300-metre skyscraper in Mexico City (below).
Tuesday 26 June, 2012
S Cube Chalet / AGi architects
© Nelson Garrido Architects: AGi architects Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait Project Area: 750 sqm Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Nelson Garrido
Wednesday 28 March, 2012
MOP House / AGI Architects
© Nelson Garrido Architects: AGI Architects Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait Design Team: Joaquin Pérez-Goicoechea, Nasser B. Abulhasan, Gwenola Kergall, Georg Thesing, Lucía Sánchez Salmón, María Eugenia Díaz, José Ángel del Campo, Daniel Muñoz Medranda, Hanan Alkouh, Nicolás Martín Completion: 2011 Client: Private Photographs: Nelson Garrido