Blogger chillnite posted pictures of what looks like a replica of the Taj Mahal that is being built here in Kuwait. According to him it’s a new mosque located off the 7th Ring Road. The picture above is of the Kuwaiti Taj Mahal while the one below is the original one in India. [Link]
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Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Mark is a creative director at an ad agency while Nat runs her own design studio called Push+Pull.
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Loool nice one I can see the diffrents Loool I liked alot:)
looks we’ve becoming the Chinese of the Middle East, but looks cool though!
uhhh chinese? I don’t get it. Do you think the Taj Mahal is in China? Or is it some other reference that I am missing.
dear
china produces duplicate of everything.
awwwwwww they are soo CUTE ;D
Lol I made a post on my blog about Kuwait’s Taj Mahal back in Oct.
http://yq8.tumblr.com/post/1373859237/kuwait-taj-mahal
My uncle lives close by it.
logan since you need it to be explained what Kal meant was how the chinese are pretty good at copying stuff and making their own perfect fakes Kuwait is probably trying to copy the original Taj Mahal. On different note.. The mosque is quite beautiful; the architect designed a beautiful structure different to the more common styles we see here in Kuwait and what add to its beauty would be if he could add a lot of greenery around it
I love it
Well .. it is Beautifull.. but it seems they have parking just in front.. it would have been more beautifull if parking goes either sidewise .. and in fron a Garden with some fountain.. Perfect
Wasn’t the Taj built as a ‘love’ mausoleum built by Shah Jehan in memory of his wife?
Bit ironic don’t you think LOL.
The Taj Mahal. Worlds most expensive mausoleum.
Mark, do you have any info on why they decided to construct the mosque in the image of the Taj Mahal?
Mubarak: Sorry I don’t have much details on this.
@Mubarak- bad plannning and misinformation I’d say……lol
All I’d say is, India should copyright its monuments..
although there are a few differences, it is still called ” THE REPLICA OF THE TAJ MAHAL”
I personaly believe making replicas is a matter if discredit.
nevertheless, its a gud job & quite a neat structure.
Copying is Chinese subject and GOV policy, it’s their basic skills that they lean professnally at school level, no country have it at present.
well clearly kuwait is starting to learn then!!
above bein an example!!
This mosque in Abdula almbark area,It called Sayda Fatema Alzahar mosque. While u guys making fun you don’t have an idea how this mosque was built and how much effort was done to collect donations to finish it and how some extremists were against building it and they even file a case to stop building it because they dont like to see beautiful things :)By the way this kind of architecture is popular in India and middle Asia .
Well put, and those who designed the mosque actually aquired permission to use a similar design to that of the Taj Mahal. :)
Totally awesome, I think :)
Taj Mahal goes down in history as the largest erection made by a man for his wife.
Holy shit.. that wife must have been “SUPER HOT”..
its my hard work to study Tajmahal & designe same like actual building shape but interior is not same
i have done this with my chief architect.
i like the idea of project owner Dr. Hassan Johar member of kuwait parliment & it was his idea to built TAJMAHAL with new thought & he used all his own money on this project.
i know some indians dont & i m pakistani may be tyey dont like this too.
I have been to the Taj Mahal which is stunning and I must say this does look very much like it. Nice one Kuwait. Does anyone know who the owner is?
where is it exactly?
Why a total replica??? This isn’t Las Vegas!
the owner’s name is Dr. Hassan Johar
he is the memeber of kuwait parliment
Its built in kuwait new area as u can see it on google earth maps showing near to kuwait airport
its MARKEZ TAHER CONSULTANTS WORK
& I M THE MAIN PERSON BEHIND THE REASON BEHIND OF THIS WORK.published in alwatan news papaer of kuwait