2024-12-22T15:51:26-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149990592/kuwait-s-new-opera-house-catches-fire Nicholas Korody 2017-02-06T17:01:00-05:00 >2017-02-06T17:11:06-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1m/1mthfwbhhlfow4gr.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Centre in Kuwait&mdash;a gleaming $770 million cultural complex designed by SSH&mdash;caught fire on Monday, a mere three months after it opened to the public. The fire started on the building&rsquo;s titanium, geometric-patterned roof during maintenance work. According to a <a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-kuwait-fire-idUKKBN15L0Z4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">report</a>, nobody was injured and the fire has since been extinguished. But the incident will probably push back the opening of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical <em>Cats</em>, which was planned for Thursday.</p><p>Check out images of the project&mdash;pre-fire&mdash;<a href="http://archinect.com/sshic/project/sheikh-jaber-al-ahmad-cultural-centre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>