The winners of the 2011 Emporis Skyscraper Award was recently announced and Kuwait’s Hamra Tower came in second place. The Emporis Skyscraper Award is a renowned architecture prize for new skyscrapers and the winners were chosen from over 220 skyscrapers completed in 2011. The tower that came in first place was the 8 Spruce Street which looks pretty impressive as well. [Link]
6 replies on “Hamra Tower wins 2nd place in Skyscraper Award”
Congratulations ! ! ! ! !
Hope like KUWAIT TOWERS , HAMRA TOWER also becomes an Icon for kuwait.
Neat! Good for them.
The Al-Hamra tower was also the 2012 winner of the commercial or retail structures award from the Institution of Structural Engineers.
https://www.istructe.org/events-awards/awards/structural-awards/winners-2012/winners-commendations/the-ai-hamra-firdous-tower
It’s tough to beat a Gehry
@Agja : I agree :p
New York by Gehry is so beautiful! Passed by it a while back, adds so much to the New York skyline!
The Tower name is AlHamra not Hamra.