Materials include insulated blue-tinted vision and spandrel glass with selected use of silver aluminum panels. The exterior cladding design of the tower is a smooth aluminum and glass unitized curtain wall system. The stacked atrium gardens spin around the center of the plate, creating a dynamic twisted space rising through the tower. The tower features internal, vertically stacked, six-story-high atrium gardens rising through the height of the tower. This slab edge adjustment creates a twisted exterior massing for the tower. A concentric ring of structural columns allows for variation in slab edge location while keeping columns vertically aligned from floor to floor. The tower plate is organized with a circular-shaped core located in the center of the floor. The body of the tower “twists” by 80 degrees as it climbs from the ground level to the top-most occupied floor. The form of Al Tijaria Tower (also known as the Kuwait Trade Center) is inspired by a spiral or helix. The tower is located across from the Al Shaheed Park, the building area is 4,293.6 m 2 (46,216 sq ft). ![]() ![]() The tower is characterized by a two degree wrap between one floor and the other.
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