10. Hyatt Regency Kuwait
Kuwait Hotels Company had plans in place to build a stunning hotel in Kuwait City. The Hyatt Regency pictured was one of the proposals for the project, But it wasn’t a victim of the world economic crash.
It was due to start in 1975 and be completed in 1977 at a cost of 33,000,000 KD (US $117 million).
The site of the Hyatt Regency Kuwait on Kuwait Bay was to overlook a traditionally landscaped Arab park in downtown Kuwait City. The focus of the six-storey, 586 room luxury hotel was going to be a large landscaped atrium lobby. Restaurants, commercial space, recreational facilities, service amenities and the hotel rooms were to look on the atrium.
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There were also plans for an adjoining conference centre, similar in character to the United Nations General Assembly Hall, with seating for 700.
Recreational activities such as swimming and boating and the hotel's health club were to be linked to the hotel by an underpass to the beach.
The plans were never taken on, and in our opinion, Kuwait missed out on an iconic hotel.
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