Not to be confused with the Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Center, the Sabah Al Ahmad City Cultural Centre will be located in Sabah Al Ahmad City and feature the following:
– 2 theaters (700 seat & 250 seats for all sorts of theatrical productions)
– 200 seat Conference center with flexibility for hosting conferences with different capacities
– 250 seat Recital hall for music performances
– Children culture center with many cultural activities for children including a 150 seat theater
– Amphitheater for outside performances
– Museum
– Art gallery for hosting art exhibitions
– Library
– Book exhibition for hosting book fairs
– Cultural café
– Oasis: a green air-conditioned large space for public gathering
I originally posted about Sabah Al Ahmad City Cultural Centre back in 2012, but the project disappeared until it was brought back to life last month. It seems Al-Diwan Al-Amiri have taken over the project and its now expected to be completed mid 2018. Al-Diwan Al-Amiri are behind some of the biggest projects in Kuwait like the recently opened Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Center. Check out some of the renderings below:
Thanks q8-msc
27 replies on “Sabah Al Ahmad City Cultural Centre”
Looks great… But why do all diwan amiri projects have that geometric drawing design on the main building?! Getting too repetitive and meh looking
This wasn’t their project first, they just took it over plus you’re talking as if there are 10 projects using geometric buildings when it’s only 1… to be repetitive you would need a few
This, the museum thingy, and jacc all have that same design theme…
Three main projects is enough to be repetitive for me
Maybe they want that to be their architectural signature 🙄
yeah exactly although i doubt this is the case since the Sabah Al Ahmad City Cultural Centre was just recently taken over by the Diwan, it wasn’t initiated by them.
I think you’ve forgotten how the museum looks like, here is an image to refresh your memory.
https://www.sshic.com/uploads/s6_saascultural_1208x804pxl_2.jpg
The museum is composed of pretty straight forward rectangular boxes but lets say for the benefit of the doubt that all their buildings end up using geometric shapes is that a bad thing? Having the same theme across all the same projects isn’t a bad thing considering they’re created by the same organization. Like different branches of the same franchise. And its not like the architecture is horrible, they’re actually pretty nice so why is this a complaint?
im referring to the geometric “drawing” on the building sides, there’s that octagonal/hexagonal design going on
Yea I’m kinda having a hissy fit :p
They all have that feature
The arabesque pattern? That’s everywhere in the Islamic world
Yes that! True and I like it, but not how the amiri diwan is doing it
I wish the Diwan would take over International Fair Ground in Mishref and build something along the lines of ADNEC in Abu Dhabi
https://www.adnec.ae/
RIGHT?! I’ve been saying that for years. Get rid of the dilapidated amusement park equipment, tear down the current ancient halls [slapping alucobond panels onto a rickety old building does not a renovation make] and build a massive, modern, new, energy-efficient facility with spacious, flexible halls and a convention hotel. Throw in lots of open landscape, underground and overground parking, a nice indoor-outdoor food court and improved highway access and you’ve got an absolute winner.
The way that pocket of Mishref is going right now with the educational facilities, embassies and new buildings come up deserves world-class convention facilities to match.
seriously !! another cultural centre !! how about building something that is actually useful for a change – like a proper hospital, usable roads, or putting the money in the metro line that won’t be ready until 2040 !!!
Stop with your fucking complaining when good things are happening. You make it sound like we can only do one of the projects when in fact from everything you’ve listed only the metro line is currently stalled. Everything else you’re asking for is already underway and nearly completed:
Hospital: https://imgur.com/gallery/qKp1L
Roads: https://www.jahraroad.com/ and https://sheikhjabercauseway.com/
So stop nagging just for the sake of nagging.
Amen!
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Exactly +11111111
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Lol, I can’t believe there are nut cases like this who complain when good things happen. Ukh.
Jaber AlAhmed hospital, the new Amiri hospital, new AlSabah hospital, Jaber Ahmed bridge, the massive infrastructure road project that leads all the way to Jahra, these are all almost near completion.
Also, lets not forget the new airport is now under way, and all the digging is now complete, with construction to begin in the next few days. This and of course the Kuwait Airways revamp, which is looking good so far.
There also the new Sabah AlSalem University which is also almost done. I can keep this list going, but I think I have made my point clear
Kuwait is no longer in the place where there is no construction or development, we are way passed that now
Add Kuwait Motor City to the list.
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I find it strange….last weekend i went there and ask if there is any muesum ….the security man told me no – just resturants and fountain
Read the first sentence of the post
mark do you have any idea on how financially feasible are these projects ? al shaheed, the opera…etc
at the end of each year is their budget bleeding or self-sustained ?
no idea but my guess is this stuff doesn’t generate any profit at all and they’re not being built to make money anyway.
Museums, theaters and cultural centres are built to educate, expose and bring new cultural experiences to the people. Like if you’re playing the video game SimCity, museums don’t generate income in the game, instead they help with the happiness level of your population, increase value of surrounding land and helps with the level of education. I imagine its the exact same thing in real life, you build a park, people are happier, more events take place and surrounding land increases in value.
Now I feel like playing simcity…
i get that but at what cost, i mean almost all of them have commercial spaces rented which means some income is being generated
it only makes sense if they are self sustained (non profit but still can run byt its own)
and as a current age of empires II HD player, you should play theme hospital instead
They should let the Diwan Al-Amiri take care of all the major projects in Kuwait because they are really efficient when it comes to completing quality projects in time.
They are the ones behind Al-Shaheed Park as well.