Arraya Tower, Skyscraper in Kuwait City, Kuwait
Arraya Tower is a 60-storey, 300-metre skyscraper in the Sharq district of Kuwait City, completed in 2009 to designs by Curtis W. Fentress of Fentress Architects. Its shaft is clad in white marble, green glass and steel rods, rising to a 45-metre spire; near the top a wider rectangular section carries a smaller block above it. It is a grade-A office building, separate from the adjacent Courtyard by Marriott hotel and Arraya Mall in the same complex.
Construction began in February 2005 on a 1,058-square-metre plot, with Ahmadiah Construction as primary contractor and Fentress Architects leading design. The tower was topped out by August 2008 and opened in mid-2009, the year the CTBUH ranked it fourth among buildings completed worldwide. It remained Kuwait's tallest building until Al Hamra Tower surpassed it in 2011.
The tower is owned by Salhiya Real Estate Company and stands in the Sharq district on Al Hilali Street, near Liberation Tower and Al Hamra Tower. Its name, Arraya, is shared with the wider Arraya complex of which it is the centrepiece.
Arraya Tower stands on Al-Hilali Street in the Sharq district of Kuwait City, near Liberation Tower and Al Hamra Tower. The tower itself is a grade-A office building; the Courtyard by Marriott hotel, the shopping mall and the conference centre belong to the wider Arraya complex around it. Visitors heading for the offices should not expect to enter through the hotel or mall.
The 45-metre spire brings the tower to 300 metres, and the CTBUH ranked it the 4th-tallest building completed in 2009. It held the title of tallest tower in Kuwait until Al Hamra Tower surpassed it in 2011.
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