01 January 2017

The $775-million Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Centre (SJAAC), designed by SSH – one of the leading masterplanning, infrastructure and building design firms in the Middle East – has been opened in Kuwait.

The new facility will showcase performing arts and create a world-class theatre quarter in a spacious parkland setting. Together with Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre, it will form Kuwait’s new national cultural district.

Made up of four connected buildings, the cultural centre includes a performing arts centre, music centre, concert halls, cinemas, conference centre, historical documents centre as well as libraries, parks, and fountains.

The project, procured on a design-build basis, saw SSH being appointed as designer by Al Hani Construction and Trading Company. It was completed in a record time of 22 months, said the company.

SSH was the lead architecture and engineering designer for the project working with the world’s renowned specialists in lighting, acoustics, theatre engineering and historical archives. The company worked closely with theatre engineers and acoustic specialists to create multiple performance spaces that are sophisticated in design and engineering.

The four jewel-styled buildings are set to be the centrepieces of the new cultural district in central Kuwait, close to the historic Flag Square.

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