KUWAIT CITY:

The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) announced Saturday that it has won a Getty Foundation grant to study the sustainable protection of art designing and implementing metal plates that cover the spherical structures of the Kuwait Towers, designed by the Danish architect Malene Bjorn in 1968.

The council stated in a press release that this grant comes through “Keeping It Modern” program, which preserve the urban heritage of the twentieth century, especially buildings of exceptional global value, to witness an opportunity for scientific progress. (KUNA)