- Arraya 2
The Arraya 2 is a
skyscraper currently under construction inKuwait City ,Kuwait . The tower will serve as a grade-A office structure. With sixty stories and 245 meters high (300 meters high with a 45-meter spire), the slender building will become the tallest tower in Kuwait (for a short while) and one of the fifty tallest towers in the world.Fentress Architects are the principal architects of the building, and Ahmadiah Construction is the primary contractor. The tower will complement the existing 130-meter high Arraya Tower housing offices and the Courtyard by Marriott hotel, as well as the upscale Arraya Shopping Mall and the Arraya Ballroom.
Construction on the tower began in February 2005, with occupation scheduled for February 2009. As of August 22, 2008, the tower has been topped out and the superstructure is complete. Exterior cladding, consisting of white marble, green glass and steel rods, is mostly complete. Interior works are well underway and are expected to wrap up by early 2009 in time for the tower's opening.
See also
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Liberation Tower
*Kuwait Towers
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