And they ruined it
One of my favorite skyscrapers in Kuwait just got slapped on with a tacky blue signage right on the top. Wasn’t there a nicer way to do it? I’ve noticed a lot of buildings use this blue cheap looking plastic for the building names but it really ruins the look, there must be a better or more tasteful material that can be used.
Note: Sorry about the blurry photo
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Sep 17, 2009
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23 Comments, add your own...
1. DLC | September 17th, 2009 at 10:46 am
This building look awesome only in B&W .. like the one u linked (monolith)
2. Max | September 17th, 2009 at 10:54 am
I think the blue blocks looks just fine !
3. Kuwait | September 17th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Mark :|
About the giveaways… I’ve been trying my best to enter but am unsuccessful. Thing is, I’m online only from work throughout the day and never in the evenings/nights from home. And when I check your blog in the morning, there is a draw that I’ve missed and a winner decided already.
To cut the crap… can you please extend a give-away for at least 24 hrs rather than for a few hours every evening?
This way maybe I can win your wrangler, ducati or some cool gadgets when you put them up ;)
4. Mark | September 17th, 2009 at 10:59 am
The giveaways always end in the evening. Yesterday it started at like 12pm and ended at like 9pm. I can’t have it open for 24 hours sorry.
5. Moey | September 17th, 2009 at 11:12 am
That sign looks ugly.
6. Mr.pedro | September 17th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Mark i was like WTF… early morning today while heading to sharq they really did ruin it i hope they read this and re doo the sign its such a loss
7. Kuwait | September 17th, 2009 at 11:31 am
No problem Mark… 9 days at home from tomorrow :D
At least now I have a chance!
8. Salbader | September 17th, 2009 at 11:34 am
I think they ruined it when the Tip of the curve at the top was not smoothed out..
It seems as if they ended it in a hurry!
9. mishref | September 17th, 2009 at 11:44 am
what’s the sign say ?
10. Mark | September 17th, 2009 at 11:47 am
I think “Al Tijaria”
11. zaydoun | September 17th, 2009 at 11:51 am
I’m guessing that the marketing manager and the architect probably never met
12. Bo-shaikha | September 17th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
I dont see whats wrong in the picture. Ill try to pay attention when i pass by it today
13. Kuwait | September 17th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
These are the same guys who ruined the Lateefa Towers (once Kuwait’s tallest residential towers) in Mahboola.
Same logo there too! Not just the logo but even the ugly blue lights at night are far worse than how they once shown bright at night and were visible from pretty far away.
14. Mathai | September 17th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
At least they dont have a neon plastic palm tree on top :)
15. Patrick | September 17th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
What’s the point of putting a name on a tower, and all the way on top. You don’t see this anywhere else in the world.
16. SWOS | September 17th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
the secret word is cheap, u said it.. everybody likes it.. as long as its cheap then that’s what they want not how it looks on a multi-million project.
17. amadO | September 17th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
agreed, looks crap
18. Nirvana | September 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
i saw it 2day cuz i just came back 4m egypt , it’s disappointing! this builting is one of ma fav.s too the name looks stupid
19. NoNo | September 18th, 2009 at 1:07 am
Yeah!! i past by that skysraper it was UGLY
20. Abdul | September 18th, 2009 at 5:49 am
I thought I’m the only one who noticed it! I agree with you, it doesn’t match at all.
21. haa1988 | September 18th, 2009 at 8:18 am
i think its ok
22. M3T4L | September 18th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
I think the sign should be changed, and it must read “The Hand of NOD” =]
23. Jassim | September 27th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
That aluminium with blue lettering used to be modern, about 5 years ago, now it’s just cliche and we’ve seen it so much that we don’t appreciate it anymore. Plus, building a pretty skyscraper then ruining it with and ad on top cheapens everything about the building. I agree with Zaydoun, “the marketing manager and the architect probably never met.”
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