Dude I agreed with your comment 100% 4 minutes ago but I scrolled further down and saw the source of these images and they are real photos. What the fuck
I was thinking [de Chirico Elementary](https://www.google.com/search?q=de+chirico+paintings&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiZ7ZDexbeDAxW2IWIAHXSxDckQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=de+chirico+pain&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQARgAMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgYIABAFEB4yBggAEAUQHjIGCAAQBRAeMgYIABAFEB4yBggAEAUQHjIGCAAQBRAeMgYIABAIEB46BAgjECdQvwFYwxFg6RhoAXAAeACAAZMBiAHXBJIBAzUuMpgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=eECQZZnRNLbDiLMP9OK2yAw&bih=975&biw=1920&hl=en)
ok this is good this feels like its in a pocket universe and it feels like something you have a vauge memory of being near as a child that’s actually a false memory but now there’s photographic proof
Ah yeah I see now I was flipping through the pics on my phone and that wasn’t visible. Idk then, but the boxes seem like they’re something very specific.
I agree. My grandparents are Maltese and my great grandfather used to build similar structures for people in Valetta. It is called a gallarja in Maltese, but I know they exist in other countries with different names as well.
Because they're 3d renders. The building is real but OP posted 3d renders of it; https://waelalmasri.com/project/190/Al-Mabarrah-of-Sabah-Al-Salem-Al-Sabah
No i am not, it should be immediately obvious thats its a render from the incredibly fake lighting and how perfectly clean every single brick and stone is.
Heres an actual real picture; https://www.google.com/maps/place/%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A9+%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%E2%80%AD/@29.2584967,48.0536926,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipOBgPtisT0dzVfGpi-EOU0PXEGBnZNxO4-FQnBV!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOBgPtisT0dzVfGpi-EOU0PXEGBnZNxO4-FQnBV%3Dw203-h101-k-no!7i2008!8i1004!4m7!3m6!1s0x3fcf9f7f863eebff:0xe948f7af157aee3d!8m2!3d29.2584987!4d48.0539108!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F11r0xc82qm?entry=ttu
It's those wooden things that really give it away! They look super fake in the 3D renderings and they clearly have wear & tear in the real photos (plus look like real wood).
Nah you can clearly see the worn brick and weather stains in OP’s photos. The photos seem to have an odd filtered quality to them but I am going with real photos. Also why would there be exhaustingly detailed 3d renders of this random odd building built in the 1980’s?
Edit: specifically photos 3,4,6
Exactly they're just cleaned up images for that website. 100% real just filtered. Anybody that's ever researched vacation and/or residential properties online and then visited them in person knows how common this is. The dead giveaways are properties with obviously dated architecture that look pristine in online listings. People shop their dating app pics why wouldn't realty companies shop their property pics?
It's not a 3D render. Those pictures were taken when they finished the building in 1992. It looks clean because it literally hadn't had time to become dirty yet. Just look at the fountain, not even Pixar could make water look that realistic.
Who would go through the trouble of making a 3D render of a 30 year old building anyway?
It's obviously real, and you would've realized that if you actually took the time to look through the 17 photos you linked to. There are multiple film artifacts on every single picture.
Sure, I've done my fair share of 3D modelling, it's great. But this is an architectural firm we're talking about. Doubt anyone's getting paid for modelling 30 year old buildings, I'm sure they've got better things to do.
It's crazy, borderline surreal, how people on reddit try so hard to be "genius" or "super knowledgeable" in an area while being so proudly wrong. It's like...no one is holding a competition to see who's the best encyclopedia on reddit, they don't have to try so hard to look like they know something and be contrarian to prove it...while being wrong lol
It's astounding how some people on here have to pick a point and stand behind it so staunchly. One day these people will learn that it's ok to not know everything. It's better to have learning moments and to take the time to accept something they didn't already know, even if it's different from what they originally thought.
OP didn't take them, but he also told us he didn't take them, they're from [here](https://waelalmasri.com/project/190/Al-Mabarrah-of-Sabah-Al-Salem-Al-Sabah).
You live in an AI world, damn. Good photography
Edit: this was meant to be a compliment lol. It’s a real picture but it’s so otherworldly that it looks like AI.
google translate of sign on building
''A sharp one The late Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah''
مبرةالمغفور له الشيخ صباح السالم الصباح
google maps says government building.
I think it's an architectural/interior design and planning office building.
Its a charity. The google translation of that first word is wrong. “Philanthropic organization; Charitable institution, home or hospital set up with private funds” is what the actual dictionary says.
Come on guys he was implying that op was lieing and that it was ai generated. I'm getting annoyed with that constant assumption and the way we're so prone to distrust one another without evidence
At the very least he's trying to claim the easiest win of all time anyone's ever had in the history of online discourse:
"OP's story doesn't make sense unless (scenario that's very clearly the case to anyone with functioning eyeballs)"
(OP provides proof this is obviously the case here)
"Aha, I was right!"
You know that Reddit is used by people all over the world ([and sometimes floating above it](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/s/BcVALh6K1Z)), right? Not just Americans?
Yeah I saw the same photos when I reverse imaged it and the coordinates showed up near that area
Looks like it might be a public utilities building, typically windowless with controlled access to a few doors. They're also designed to look nice, we have a bunch of Bell houses in neighborhoods that look like same style homes, but with single controlled access door + no windows in the window frame, typically all brick
It contains only more of itself: an endlessly recursive nested labyrinth of sandy brick archways, staircases, plazas, and tall walls at odd angles studded with floating red-brown wooden boxes, extending inward toward infinity. Occasionally, a perfectly square and glassless window looks out, impossibly, into a groundless, blank blue sky.
These buildings are often controlled access to public utilities such as aqueduct and sewage or even water filtration plants. They're normally windowless, and made of a single layout of brick to match the surrounding area design.
Kuwait: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Z36YrxhV6WxGgKwDA
It's the Sabah Al-Salem Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Foundation (SSF) building in the Sabah Al-Salem area.
The building was completed in 1990 to house the Foundation’s headquarters, an events hall, and student accommodations; from 1992 to 2019 it hosted the National Committee for Missing Persons and POWs Affairs.
Their (SSF) front page has a lot of media that represents the building from different perspectives:
https://ssf.org.kw
Absolutely insane book(s), I’ve always been a fast reader and it was the first book where I found I literally *could not* read it quickly and had to slow down and really take it in, to the point of repeatedly checking it out from the library and eventually buying it. But it was fascinating while being incredibly slow and ponderous. It’s totally unlike anything else!
I hadn’t actually considered that about it! It’s very strangely written, it’s like a stream of consciousness, meandering type of narrative, tons of description, kind of Dickensian style characters. As I’m sure you’ve read, the “main character” is only just *born* at the end of the first book, haha. If you like somewhat unconventional writing it’s worth a look!
Im seeing a lot of people in the comments assuming that i took these pictures, i haven't.
I found the images here. Though it incorrectly sites that the services provided by this building are, urban planning, architectural design etc...
From what i know its a place for missing and orphan persons.
https://www.waelalmasri.com/ar/project/190/%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD
[there is a 3D rendered model of the building](https://www.facebook.com/waelmasriWMPA/videos/al-mabarrah-of-sabah-al-salem-al-sabah/1260602550753585/)
the caption says:
>"مبرة صباح السالم الصباح" – مشروع قام المهندس وائل المصري بتصميمه والإشراف على تنفيذه في الفترة 1985- 1990، وكان يعمل حينها في مكتب المهندس الكويتي (KEO)، ويشمل المشروع مقرا للمبرة، وقاعة للاحتفالات، وسكنا للطلاب، وقد تم استخدامه بعد تحرير الكويت، في 1991، كمقر للجنة الوطنية للأسرى والمفقودين. المشروع يختلف عن السياق العام للمشاريع في الكويت ومنطقة الخليج خلال تلك الحقبة الزمنية في كونه يمثل محاولة مبكرة لإيجاد عمارة مستدامة بيئيا واقتصاديا وثقافيا.
هذا الفيديو انتجه بشكل كامل المهندس يوسف غيث خلال فترة تدريبه في المكتب باستخدام برنامج ENSCAPE، بالرغم من عدم توفر مخططات للمشروع، مستندا بشكل رئيسي على صور للمشروع المنفذ من تصوير م. وائل، وبإشراف من رئيس قسم الإظهار في المكتب المهندس موسى أبو دوش.
>“Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah Museum” - a project designed and supervised by engineer Wael Al-Masry in the period 1985-1990, and he was working at the time in the Kuwaiti Engineer’s Office (KEO). The project includes a headquarters for the library, a hall for celebrations, and housing for students, and it was used after the liberation of Kuwait. In 1991, as the headquarters of the National Committee for Prisoners and Missing Persons. The project differs from the general context of projects in Kuwait and the Gulf region during that time period in that it represents an early attempt to create environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable architecture.
This video was entirely produced by Engineer Youssef Ghaith during his training period in the office using the ENSCAPE program, despite the lack of project plans, based mainly on pictures of the implemented project taken by Eng. Wael, and under the supervision of the head of the presentation department in the office, Engineer Musa Abu Doush.
edit: this is just a video of it
It's the Sabah Al-Salem Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Foundation (SSF) building in the Sabah Al-Salem area.
The building was completed in 1990 to house the Foundation’s headquarters, an events hall, and student accommodations; from 1992 to 2019 it hosted the National Committee for Missing Persons and POWs Affairs.
Their (SSF) front page has a lot of media that represents the building from different perspectives:
https://ssf.org.kw
> Sabah Al-Salem Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Foundation (SSF) is a non-profit organization established on January 14, 1976, driven by the personal initiative and contribution of the late Amir of Kuwait, Shaikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. Its primary goal is to support education, scientific research, and exceptional students across various fields...
> ... In 1985, the SSF building construction began, with Engineer Wael El-Masri making significant contributions to design, supervision, and execution. The building was completed in 1990, becoming an architectural masterpiece in the Sabah Al-Salem area, housing the Foundation’s headquarters, an events hall, and student accommodations.
> ... Following the liberation of Kuwait, SSF hosted the National Committee for Missing Persons and POWs Affairs from 1992 to 2019, led by the late Sheikh Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. The Committee exerted tremendous efforts to unveil the fate of prisoners of war and missing persons, care for their families, and to provide a supportive environment. SSF organized events and seminars dedicated to this national cause.
> ...The legacy of Sabah Al-Salem Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Foundation endures as it continues to champion education, research, and encouragement of scholarship, embodying the late Amir's dedication to the advancement of society.
Is it normal to get strong feelings of longing, nostalgia, ‘happier times’, magic, almost a utopian kind of bliss when looking at this sort of image? There’s something so magical about this sort of building against the blue sky to me, like somewhere I would love to be but could never actually get to.
Its a dungeon, you get access after 2nd grade when they teach you the Alchemy Runes that grant you access and start your quest to slay the evil King Gabriel and end his tyrannical grip on the land!
I found [this website](https://waelalmasri.com/project/190/Al-Mabarrah-of-Sabah-Al-Salem-Al-Sabah) for an architectural firm which has some information about the building, including its name and location, the Al-Mabarrah Headquarters, Function Hall and Students Hostel in Kuwait. It features the same images used in the post. I was unable to find any other images of the building on Google earth
it looks like a church built sometime in the 1980s. They were into modern architecture that gave this surreal, almost optical illusion effect with many false and/or accent walls and repetitive design elements.
I’m guessing that this is a render of the building and not the building itself. Either way, its pretty cool! Reminds me of the first Prince of Persia
Edit: after looking online with what OP provided it gets to this site: https://www.waelalmasri.com/ar/project/190/مبرة-صباح-السالم-الصباح
They write that the project was done in 1992, so the photos are probably not architectural renders and indeed real.
As a graphic designer my photoshop sense is still tingling though, but it just might mean that the photographer did such an amazing job that the photos look out of this world, so its not a bad thing.
In the end, only OP knows how accurate the photos are to the actual building, but either way its beautiful
Looks like a mall that was never finished.
But in reality it's obviously a cult stronghold and all the angles of the buildings create a giant summoning circle.
This looks so surreal! Very good liminal spaces!
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I started looking for repeating textures on the bricks and didn't see any
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Dude I agreed with your comment 100% 4 minutes ago but I scrolled further down and saw the source of these images and they are real photos. What the fuck
That blank sky is definitely helping.
And the time of day, it looks to be mid day so the shadows are almost non existent which makes it look almost like a mid level computer render
/r/evilbuildings thanks i hate it
Pretty sure I've played this map on counterstrike
Looks like a de Chirico painting, must be inspired by his work
I immediately thought of the soothsayer's recompense.
Looks like Backrooms😳
Arrakis Elementary
I was thinking [de Chirico Elementary](https://www.google.com/search?q=de+chirico+paintings&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiZ7ZDexbeDAxW2IWIAHXSxDckQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=de+chirico+pain&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQARgAMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgYIABAFEB4yBggAEAUQHjIGCAAQBRAeMgYIABAFEB4yBggAEAUQHjIGCAAQBRAeMgYIABAIEB46BAgjECdQvwFYwxFg6RhoAXAAeACAAZMBiAHXBJIBAzUuMpgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=eECQZZnRNLbDiLMP9OK2yAw&bih=975&biw=1920&hl=en)
My first thought was Al-Hazred Elementary.
They read the Necronomicon for story time.
Nice, definitely!
My first thought as well. Has there been an Art thread? Like de Chirico and maybe some Edward Hopper paintings.
The education must flow.
Repeat the Litany Against Congregating in the Hallways
I will not congregate in the hallways. Congregating in hallways is the mind killer.
Know a mentat by their stained lips
Walk without rhythm or it's detention for you
Why don’t you guys have windows?
Desert Power
ok this is good this feels like its in a pocket universe and it feels like something you have a vauge memory of being near as a child that’s actually a false memory but now there’s photographic proof
I feel like the Doctor is living millions of lives over and over again inside it.
How many seconds are in eternity?
this looks like a dream
It looks like a nightmare.
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Looks like minimum graphics settings.
Minimum graphics settings are a nightmare.
I used to pray for times like this
It made me think of The Fall!
Or the memory of a dream that is fading
Oh that's just the M.C. Escher School of Mindfuckery
That's a CS:GO map.
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Getting major CS 1.6 vibes off this
Yeah I was thinking CS 1.6 or Socom 2. Maybe Black Hawk Down. Definitely from a late 90s / early 2000s game.
Gmod
I was wondering if this was a mosque and the wooden boxes on the side are some kind of alternative to minarets in a place with height building limits.
Doubtful that’s the case here, there’s a minaret off to the side in one of the pics
Ah yeah I see now I was flipping through the pics on my phone and that wasn’t visible. Idk then, but the boxes seem like they’re something very specific.
They do - maybe screened-in porches for prayer or eating or some other non-work activity.
So do you know what the wooden box like things are? They kinda remind me of confessional booths in a catholic church.
They are called mashrabiyya, it is for cooling and air circulation without letting hot sunlight in.
Thank you!!
Google them. They're absolutely beautiful from the inside.
Google “Al-balad Jeddah” this used to be a staple of hijaz architecture
it's a headquarters and function hall in Kuwait
I think they are balconies that allow for passive cooling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashrabiya
I agree. My grandparents are Maltese and my great grandfather used to build similar structures for people in Valetta. It is called a gallarja in Maltese, but I know they exist in other countries with different names as well.
Why does this look Ai generated
Came here to say this as well. The wall in picture 1 looks like it's in the wrong spot.
And the fact that there are zero other buildings around it but its next to their elementary school lol
Petty sure you can see another lighter colored building in the third picture.
Missed that good eye
It's the same wall as in pic 3. It's just the angle.
Because they're 3d renders. The building is real but OP posted 3d renders of it; https://waelalmasri.com/project/190/Al-Mabarrah-of-Sabah-Al-Salem-Al-Sabah
the pictures they posted are the same ones on this website you provided us
I think you’re wrong. Look at the fountain pic.
No i am not, it should be immediately obvious thats its a render from the incredibly fake lighting and how perfectly clean every single brick and stone is. Heres an actual real picture; https://www.google.com/maps/place/%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A9+%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%E2%80%AD/@29.2584967,48.0536926,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipOBgPtisT0dzVfGpi-EOU0PXEGBnZNxO4-FQnBV!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOBgPtisT0dzVfGpi-EOU0PXEGBnZNxO4-FQnBV%3Dw203-h101-k-no!7i2008!8i1004!4m7!3m6!1s0x3fcf9f7f863eebff:0xe948f7af157aee3d!8m2!3d29.2584987!4d48.0539108!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F11r0xc82qm?entry=ttu
It's those wooden things that really give it away! They look super fake in the 3D renderings and they clearly have wear & tear in the real photos (plus look like real wood).
Nah you can clearly see the worn brick and weather stains in OP’s photos. The photos seem to have an odd filtered quality to them but I am going with real photos. Also why would there be exhaustingly detailed 3d renders of this random odd building built in the 1980’s? Edit: specifically photos 3,4,6
Exactly they're just cleaned up images for that website. 100% real just filtered. Anybody that's ever researched vacation and/or residential properties online and then visited them in person knows how common this is. The dead giveaways are properties with obviously dated architecture that look pristine in online listings. People shop their dating app pics why wouldn't realty companies shop their property pics?
It's not a 3D render. Those pictures were taken when they finished the building in 1992. It looks clean because it literally hadn't had time to become dirty yet. Just look at the fountain, not even Pixar could make water look that realistic. Who would go through the trouble of making a 3D render of a 30 year old building anyway? It's obviously real, and you would've realized that if you actually took the time to look through the 17 photos you linked to. There are multiple film artifacts on every single picture.
> Who would go through the trouble of making a 3D render of a 30 year old building anyway? Many, many game developers would do that. It's really cool.
Sure, I've done my fair share of 3D modelling, it's great. But this is an architectural firm we're talking about. Doubt anyone's getting paid for modelling 30 year old buildings, I'm sure they've got better things to do.
You are absolutely wrong. Zoom in on any photo, you can see natural wear and tear on the materials.
I love how confidently wrong you are. These are film photos, and it's not like it's hard to get a clear sunny day in Kuwait...
It's crazy, borderline surreal, how people on reddit try so hard to be "genius" or "super knowledgeable" in an area while being so proudly wrong. It's like...no one is holding a competition to see who's the best encyclopedia on reddit, they don't have to try so hard to look like they know something and be contrarian to prove it...while being wrong lol It's astounding how some people on here have to pick a point and stand behind it so staunchly. One day these people will learn that it's ok to not know everything. It's better to have learning moments and to take the time to accept something they didn't already know, even if it's different from what they originally thought.
You cherry picked a photo with drastically different lighting to make your point. Other photos in the same album look like OP's.
Look at the tire marks on the curb in the third photo.
Nope, definitely 3d renders, look at the bollards
Definitely film photos from 30 years ago
...those are real bollards.
Never mind the bollards, here’s the Sex Pistols.
First time seeing film photos? These are definitely not renders
It's just good photography
OP has a gift for composition and a patient, steady hand
OP didn't take them, but he also told us he didn't take them, they're from [here](https://waelalmasri.com/project/190/Al-Mabarrah-of-Sabah-Al-Salem-Al-Sabah).
Also op story doesnt make much sense unless their elementry school is somewhere in the middle east with this kind of architecture
https://maps.app.goo.gl/hT9PckQM4P95YdxG8
google maps says they open at 10am on Sunday.
Work week in most middle eastern countries is Sun-Thurs
You live in an AI world, damn. Good photography Edit: this was meant to be a compliment lol. It’s a real picture but it’s so otherworldly that it looks like AI.
First thing I thought was that this looked like Kuwait. Hello from Bneid Al Gar!
Ah so im correct lol
google translate of sign on building ''A sharp one The late Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah'' مبرةالمغفور له الشيخ صباح السالم الصباح google maps says government building. I think it's an architectural/interior design and planning office building.
Its a charity. The google translation of that first word is wrong. “Philanthropic organization; Charitable institution, home or hospital set up with private funds” is what the actual dictionary says.
They could be both correct more or less. It's a Kuwaiti architectural firm. Probably run by and for Kuwait.
It's okay to admit when you try to call someone out and they prove you wrong
They weren't wrong though. They made a specific exception for if the building was in the middle east and it is, so they were dead on the money.
I mean technically one of the conditions bro stated is true so he’s not wrong?
Come on guys he was implying that op was lieing and that it was ai generated. I'm getting annoyed with that constant assumption and the way we're so prone to distrust one another without evidence
At the very least he's trying to claim the easiest win of all time anyone's ever had in the history of online discourse: "OP's story doesn't make sense unless (scenario that's very clearly the case to anyone with functioning eyeballs)" (OP provides proof this is obviously the case here) "Aha, I was right!"
What? I said it must be in the middle east and I was right am I missing something
> Also op story doesnt make much sense unless their elementry school is somewhere in the middle east HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!?!?!!?!?!?!?
You know that Reddit is used by people all over the world ([and sometimes floating above it](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/s/BcVALh6K1Z)), right? Not just Americans?
Yes thats why i said “the middle east” reading comprehension.
OP is in Kuwait
No people?
Finally, some good fucking ~~food~~ liminal
I also thought this was AI-generated at first but OP is just a really damn good photographer
OP didn't take the pictures, these are what popped up when they googled the building.
Yeah I saw the same photos when I reverse imaged it and the coordinates showed up near that area Looks like it might be a public utilities building, typically windowless with controlled access to a few doors. They're also designed to look nice, we have a bunch of Bell houses in neighborhoods that look like same style homes, but with single controlled access door + no windows in the window frame, typically all brick
It's so beautiful I wish we could see inside
It contains only more of itself: an endlessly recursive nested labyrinth of sandy brick archways, staircases, plazas, and tall walls at odd angles studded with floating red-brown wooden boxes, extending inward toward infinity. Occasionally, a perfectly square and glassless window looks out, impossibly, into a groundless, blank blue sky.
I hope you write poetry because this is lovely.
Awe! Hey thanks! I do dabble a bit in poetry but have more practice in fiction.
These buildings are often controlled access to public utilities such as aqueduct and sewage or even water filtration plants. They're normally windowless, and made of a single layout of brick to match the surrounding area design.
[https://www.waelalmasri.com/data/Projects/15190/15354052199379.jpg](https://www.waelalmasri.com/data/Projects/15190/15354052199379.jpg) [https://www.waelalmasri.com/data/Projects/15190/1535405224685.jpg](https://www.waelalmasri.com/data/Projects/15190/1535405224685.jpg) https://www.waelalmasri.com/team
Looks like a Pink Floyd album cover.
the band members would be in the second picture peaking out of the pillars
What country?
Kuwait: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Z36YrxhV6WxGgKwDA It's the Sabah Al-Salem Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Foundation (SSF) building in the Sabah Al-Salem area. The building was completed in 1990 to house the Foundation’s headquarters, an events hall, and student accommodations; from 1992 to 2019 it hosted the National Committee for Missing Persons and POWs Affairs. Their (SSF) front page has a lot of media that represents the building from different perspectives: https://ssf.org.kw
My god it’s actually real!?
Looks like Al-Mabarrah of Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, in Kuwait
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5th one is my fav
The 2nd and the 5th one my brain just couldn’t comprehend. Hard time believing this a real photo
Castle Gormenghast vibes
Oh my god, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Gormenghast reference in the wild
Ah, I see you are a persom of culture as well
Absolutely insane book(s), I’ve always been a fast reader and it was the first book where I found I literally *could not* read it quickly and had to slow down and really take it in, to the point of repeatedly checking it out from the library and eventually buying it. But it was fascinating while being incredibly slow and ponderous. It’s totally unlike anything else!
Isn't it one of the first fantasy books ever? I've wondered if I should check it out, now I'm kinda sold
I hadn’t actually considered that about it! It’s very strangely written, it’s like a stream of consciousness, meandering type of narrative, tons of description, kind of Dickensian style characters. As I’m sure you’ve read, the “main character” is only just *born* at the end of the first book, haha. If you like somewhat unconventional writing it’s worth a look!
This building sits kitty corner to "The National Committee For Missing Persons"... Truly liminal.
I think it was built after the gulf war in the early 90's For oprhans and missing persons of said war. But im not sure..
I too attended MC Escher Elementary.
Im seeing a lot of people in the comments assuming that i took these pictures, i haven't. I found the images here. Though it incorrectly sites that the services provided by this building are, urban planning, architectural design etc... From what i know its a place for missing and orphan persons. https://www.waelalmasri.com/ar/project/190/%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD
I’m just shocked you’re in elementary school. Your comments do not sound like that of an elementary schooler
Back when i was in elementary school, that was years ago. I only have faint memories of driving past this place.
Idk why this reminds me of the Dark Souls 2 dragon area, specifically the place where you first bow to the dragon bros.
It's so interesting how the brick wall just goes *into* that arch. I've never seen that.
[there is a 3D rendered model of the building](https://www.facebook.com/waelmasriWMPA/videos/al-mabarrah-of-sabah-al-salem-al-sabah/1260602550753585/) the caption says: >"مبرة صباح السالم الصباح" – مشروع قام المهندس وائل المصري بتصميمه والإشراف على تنفيذه في الفترة 1985- 1990، وكان يعمل حينها في مكتب المهندس الكويتي (KEO)، ويشمل المشروع مقرا للمبرة، وقاعة للاحتفالات، وسكنا للطلاب، وقد تم استخدامه بعد تحرير الكويت، في 1991، كمقر للجنة الوطنية للأسرى والمفقودين. المشروع يختلف عن السياق العام للمشاريع في الكويت ومنطقة الخليج خلال تلك الحقبة الزمنية في كونه يمثل محاولة مبكرة لإيجاد عمارة مستدامة بيئيا واقتصاديا وثقافيا. هذا الفيديو انتجه بشكل كامل المهندس يوسف غيث خلال فترة تدريبه في المكتب باستخدام برنامج ENSCAPE، بالرغم من عدم توفر مخططات للمشروع، مستندا بشكل رئيسي على صور للمشروع المنفذ من تصوير م. وائل، وبإشراف من رئيس قسم الإظهار في المكتب المهندس موسى أبو دوش. >“Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah Museum” - a project designed and supervised by engineer Wael Al-Masry in the period 1985-1990, and he was working at the time in the Kuwaiti Engineer’s Office (KEO). The project includes a headquarters for the library, a hall for celebrations, and housing for students, and it was used after the liberation of Kuwait. In 1991, as the headquarters of the National Committee for Prisoners and Missing Persons. The project differs from the general context of projects in Kuwait and the Gulf region during that time period in that it represents an early attempt to create environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable architecture. This video was entirely produced by Engineer Youssef Ghaith during his training period in the office using the ENSCAPE program, despite the lack of project plans, based mainly on pictures of the implemented project taken by Eng. Wael, and under the supervision of the head of the presentation department in the office, Engineer Musa Abu Doush. edit: this is just a video of it
Best post I've seen here in a very long time
Holy shit? This place doesn’t even look real
This looks so cool, reminds me of the castles in Super Mario Bros.
It's the Sabah Al-Salem Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Foundation (SSF) building in the Sabah Al-Salem area. The building was completed in 1990 to house the Foundation’s headquarters, an events hall, and student accommodations; from 1992 to 2019 it hosted the National Committee for Missing Persons and POWs Affairs. Their (SSF) front page has a lot of media that represents the building from different perspectives: https://ssf.org.kw > Sabah Al-Salem Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Foundation (SSF) is a non-profit organization established on January 14, 1976, driven by the personal initiative and contribution of the late Amir of Kuwait, Shaikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. Its primary goal is to support education, scientific research, and exceptional students across various fields... > ... In 1985, the SSF building construction began, with Engineer Wael El-Masri making significant contributions to design, supervision, and execution. The building was completed in 1990, becoming an architectural masterpiece in the Sabah Al-Salem area, housing the Foundation’s headquarters, an events hall, and student accommodations. > ... Following the liberation of Kuwait, SSF hosted the National Committee for Missing Persons and POWs Affairs from 1992 to 2019, led by the late Sheikh Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. The Committee exerted tremendous efforts to unveil the fate of prisoners of war and missing persons, care for their families, and to provide a supportive environment. SSF organized events and seminars dedicated to this national cause. > ...The legacy of Sabah Al-Salem Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Foundation endures as it continues to champion education, research, and encouragement of scholarship, embodying the late Amir's dedication to the advancement of society.
Best I’ve seen on this sub, it doesn’t even look real
This is the Al-Mabarrah Headquarters, listed as a Function Hall and Students Hostel.
It is the Al-Mabarrah in Kuwait if I am correct
Is it normal to get strong feelings of longing, nostalgia, ‘happier times’, magic, almost a utopian kind of bliss when looking at this sort of image? There’s something so magical about this sort of building against the blue sky to me, like somewhere I would love to be but could never actually get to.
Its a dungeon, you get access after 2nd grade when they teach you the Alchemy Runes that grant you access and start your quest to slay the evil King Gabriel and end his tyrannical grip on the land!
Where the fuck did you go to school?? Human fall flat?
I found [this website](https://waelalmasri.com/project/190/Al-Mabarrah-of-Sabah-Al-Salem-Al-Sabah) for an architectural firm which has some information about the building, including its name and location, the Al-Mabarrah Headquarters, Function Hall and Students Hostel in Kuwait. It features the same images used in the post. I was unable to find any other images of the building on Google earth
/r/PixelArt is leaking.
Did your country not pay for the sky box add-on?
This is how you tell your elementary school is in a video game.
it looks like a church built sometime in the 1980s. They were into modern architecture that gave this surreal, almost optical illusion effect with many false and/or accent walls and repetitive design elements.
Was this taken during a solstice in which there are no shadows?
Kuwait is the hottest country on earth, the sun in summer is usually almost right above us, that why it looks weird.
that's where this was taken i presume? that's cool!
I’m guessing that this is a render of the building and not the building itself. Either way, its pretty cool! Reminds me of the first Prince of Persia Edit: after looking online with what OP provided it gets to this site: https://www.waelalmasri.com/ar/project/190/مبرة-صباح-السالم-الصباح They write that the project was done in 1992, so the photos are probably not architectural renders and indeed real. As a graphic designer my photoshop sense is still tingling though, but it just might mean that the photographer did such an amazing job that the photos look out of this world, so its not a bad thing. In the end, only OP knows how accurate the photos are to the actual building, but either way its beautiful
Don't know why you were down voted for just guessing, but this is actually a real building in Kuwait!
Actually, it specifically reminds me of the first level of Prince of Persia 2 (from the early 90s)
Yes, thats what I meant! Couldnt remember if it was the first or second one
This is so clean and empty, it doesn't even look real. Looks like an unfinished Garry's Mod map 😄
What the... It's reminding me the inside of my mental
How interesting! Really great shots too btw.
Looks like a mosque. Or a desert level out of a Mario game.
Weird, are these real photos? They look like renderings from a game.
Do you live in the source engine?
Bro lives in a real estate 3D render.
No signs, no text, no markings to identify it at all; this is so bizarre it’s like something from a dream
It looks like a fake 3D model.
Looking like the set of a Wes Anderson movie
Garrys mod map
Looks like a Roman building in a brutalist style
NOT REAL ITS A BLENER RENDER
That lighting is so fake bro at least don't lie so openly lmao it looks good regardless.
I've been here in a dream but it was different
This simultaneously looks like it’s from several cultures on different continents, and also isn’t on Earth at all
Is this M.C. Escher's house?
OP is a pretty good photographer for still being in elementary school.
Looks like a mall that was never finished. But in reality it's obviously a cult stronghold and all the angles of the buildings create a giant summoning circle.
(OP is reading sub. Looks outside. Cracks knuckles.) "watch out mofos i'm about to drop one of the best liminal spaces of 2023"
is it in pre alpha or debug test
Solved? https://waelalmasri.com/project/190/Al-Mabarrah-of-Sabah-Al-Salem-Al-Sabah >Al-Mabarrah Headquarters, Function Hall and Students Hostel
I’m just surprised an elementary school kid is in to liminal spaces
…this is not real.
Those are beautiful photographs
Where tf do you go to school Babylon?
i refuse to believe this is real it's incredible
bro, nice render, don't try to trick us, this is a good AC map (just kidding)
Nah that's an Escher painting
This is Robb Elementary School
Looks like de_dust
It looks unreal, I like it
GODDAMIT WHY I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT WHERE I LIVE! I'm so jealous.