The Wing House is a multi-storey family house located in Kuwait, with 420 m² built-up area and app. 500 m² open landscape featuring diverse recreational spaces and magnificent scenes. Basement floor accommodates an open plan for family gatherings, kids’ activities, gym and music practices. While the ground floor is mainly the zone targeting formal...
Project name
The Wing House
Architecture firm
Loak Designs
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop, Megascan Quixel
Principal architect
Mirna Emad
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › House
Studio Toggle,an architecture office from Kuwait, has won big at the prestigious A+ International Architecture awards presented by the popular Architizer magazine. The office, led by Architects Hend Almatrouk and Gijo Paul George, won the coveted "Popular Choice Award" in the "Best Young Firm" category, edging out four other finalists from the UK a...
Photography
Studio Toggle, Gijo Paul George
Al-Seif Staircase #s25k is a project under the umbrella of Amiri Diwan of Kuwait, donated by Tamdeen Group and supported by the Kuwait Municipality, Public Utilities Management Company (PUMC), and Al Ghanim International. It emerges as an initiative by Parallel Studio to refurbish the area that has witnessed significant contribution to cumulative K...
Project name
Al Seif Staircase #s25k
Architecture firm
Parallel Studio
Location
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Photography
Faisal Al Hindi and Yousif Abdulsaid
Principal architect
Mai Al Busairi
Design team
Mai Al Busairi, Daniel Oliveira, Daniel Kiss, Mohammad Najdi, Pil Matando, Uvis Mustathafa, Ali Fakhreddine
Collaborators
Amiri Diwan (Sponsor), Tamdeen Group (Donater), Al Ghanim International (Supporter), Kuwait Municipality (Supporter), Public Utilities Management Company (Supporter), Elevation Burger (Artist Program/ Graffiti Wall)
Structural engineer
Al Farooqi Engineering Consultants
Construction
Creative International, Arif Fawzi
Supervision
Parallel Studio
Visualization
Parallel Studio
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk Revit, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Material
Granite, Stainless Steel
Typology
Urban Development
Since the advent of oil modernization in 1950, Kuwait city tackled an urban transformation and development that had impact on the urban society, social relations and public behavior, including the demolition of one of the oldest government hospitals “Al-Amiri Hospital” in the late 1970’s to become t...