Madinat al-Hareer

Burj Mubarak al-Kabir
برج مبارك الكبير
Artist's Rendition
General information
Status	Still of Construction
Type	Mixed-use
Location	Madinat al Hareer, Subiya, Kuwait
Coordinates	29°37′01″N 48°04′01″E / 29.617°N 48.067°E / 29.617; 48.067Coordinates: 29°37′01″N 48°04′01″E / 29.617°N 48.067°E / 29.617; 48.067
Estimated completion	2035-36
Opening	2036 (est.)
Owner	Tamdeen Real Estate
Height
Antenna spire	1,001 m (3,284 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	234
Floor area	390,200 m2 (4,200,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect	Eric Kuhne, Civicart, London

Madinat al-Hareer (Arabic: مدينة الحرير‎‎, meaning "Silk City"), is a proposed 250 km² (62,000-acre) planned urban area in Subiya, northern Kuwait. Upon construction, it would include the Burj Mubarak al-Kabir, a nature reservation of 2 square kilometres, a duty-free area which will be beside a new airport, in addition to a large business center, conference areas, environmental areas, athletic areas, and areas that concentrate on media, health, education, and industry. The City of Silk will also include numerous tourist attractions, hotels, spas, and public gardens. The city will be built in individual phases with total completion within twenty-five years. The development will cost an estimated 25 billion Kuwaiti Dinars (94 billion USD). In May 2014, the Silk City project was on hold.

In June 2014, the Kuwaiti government approved a decree creating a body in charge of developing Silk City and Boubyan Island. Kuwait also signed a cooperation agreement with China for developing Silk City and its economic belt. On June 3, 2014, Silk City's final masterplan was approved, the new Silk City masterplan replaces previous proposals.The Jaber Causeway (bridge that links Kuwait City to Silk City) is currently under construction.

The main attraction of Madinat al-Hareer, the Burj Mubarak al-Kabir will stand at 1,001 m (3,284 ft) tall. If the Silk City is completed it will also include Olympic Stadium, residences, hotels and retail facilities. Up to 700,000 people could be housed in the city complex and 450,000 new jobs. The complex is planned to be built across Kuwait Bay and will be linked to Kuwait City by a 23.5-kilometer-long (14.6 mi) bridge named Jaber Bridge (Arabic: جسر جابر). The bridge should decrease driving times from Kuwait City to Madinat al-Hareer to seventeen minutes rather than the usual one-and-a-half-hour drive around Kuwait Bay. Images of the proposed design were made public on March 30, 2006.

The skyscraper is planned to top out at 1,001 m (3,284 ft), in order to reflect the Arabian folk tale collection One Thousand and One Arabian Nights.