One of the rooms inside the House of Mirrors was a private library filled with old books dating back to the early 60s. Amongst the vintage Tell Me Why’s, one book grabbed my attention called The Kuwait Urbanization. It’s an old book published back in 1964 and it was filled with old sketches and photos of Kuwait. Near the end of the book I even spotted artists sketches from the competition to design the Kuwait waterfront (Gulf Road).
I checked online to see if I could buy the book but I couldn’t find it anywhere but luckily a follower of mine on Instagram had a PDF version which she was nice enough to email me. I’ve also decided it’s worth sharing this book with everyone so if you’re also interested in old Kuwait you can download the 166MB PDF file from [Here]
18 replies on “The Kuwait Urbanization”
There goes my weekend…
i need to fine a place that will print and bind this for me without charging me an arm and a leg
student center mishref co-op.
Thanks for the PDF mark!
Al Hafeez Center in Mirgab, near round about. They charge very cheap…
Number of pages * 0.025 kd -0.050 kd depending on where you print + 1 kd for the binding
Let us know pls.
Downloaded, Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much for sharing Mark.
excellent. thanks!
thanks for sharing an excellent piece of history.
I’ve seen this book referenced many times in journals before, but I’ve never been able to get hold of it. You just made my day. Thanks.
thanks Mark for sharing…
dear Mark,
they have that book and more in kuwait national library.
best regards. alia
Hey Alia, I am guessing it’s not for sale?
hi mark,
the pdf is no longer there. is it possible to find it elsewhere online? or is it possible to re-upload it?
thanks so much for sharing this valuable resource!
best,
m
hey i’ll check and see if i have the file anywhere
here is the link https://248am.com/files/saba.zip
Thank you so much for uploading this. Amazing resource for researchers!