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Kuwait Water Towers

Field	Value
name	Kuwait Water Towers
image	Water towerz kuwait (2).jpg
caption	A group of nine towers
building_type	Water tower
structural_system	standard reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete
cost	2,800,000 KWD (US$ 9,800,000)
location	Kuwait City, KUW Kuwait
coordinates
start_date	February 1970
completion_date	December 1976
height	35–40 m
diameter	40 m
architect	SWE Sune Lindström
pushpin_map	Kuwait
pushpin_mapsize	300

The Kuwait Water Towers are a prominent group of 31 water towers in Kuwait City, Kuwait that were completed in 1976.

Design and construction

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". They were built by VBB out of standard reinforced concrete. Each tower holds 3,000 cubic meters of water. The tower groups are distinguished by number, height, color and ornamentation and they serve as landmarks for their districts.

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 Cycle).

Notes

Sources

Kultermann, Udo, 1999. *Contemporary architecture in the Arab states: Renaissance of a region. *New York; London: McGraw-Hill.
Kultermann, Udo, 1981. Kuwait Tower. Malene Bjorn's work in Kuwait. MIMAR: Architecture in Development, 1981:2. p 40–41. Hasan-Uddin Khan, ed. Singapore: Concept Media Ltd. ISSN 0129-8372 https://web.archive.org/web/20120927153411/http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=4420
Water Towers, 1983. In: Renata Holod, editor; Darl Rasdorfer, associate editor. 1983. Architecture and Community: building in the Islamic world today: the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. p. 173-181. Millerton: Aperture; Oxford: Phaidon. https://web.archive.org/web/20120927153614/http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=6150
Arkitekturmuseets tidning. (Sweden) 2008. nr.9. p. 48-49
Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Retrieved 5 August 2012

References

''Water Towers''
Water Tower Project Brief (pdf) pp 3-6. In: Aga Khan Award
Kultermann 1981
Aga Khan Award

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