Lack of Architectural Journals
Mishal Adel AlMusaileekh
(Kuwait University, 25 September 2012)
T-Square is a Kuwaiti magazine that contributes in spreading architecture in Kuwait state. T-Square Magazine as one of the magazines that help the people to understand architecture in a proper way of meaning in terms of function, structure and aesthetic, because when we understand architecture we will be able to critique things that are belong to the architectural term. The original founder of the magazine was Ruba Qusay Al Saleh. The magazine talks about architecture in different way of visions and approaches.
”Let knowledge always be your safe haven, it is the only form of security that is yours to keep” [i]
Ruba Qusay Al Saleh
T-Square magazine goal is to find the hidden points that are stacked in architecture by exploring the new methods to make a clear identity to the Kuwaiti designers, photographers, animators, historians, and more. Some of the people in Kuwait did not care about their history of architecture to design a house or something that is related to Kuwait history of architecture. T-Square magazine tries to help the people through its articles to raise the level of the knowledge for those people that did not know what architecture is. Howe ever, architecture is a huge term that need to tough to go through it. Architecture is an up to date term that can be effected from different circumstances in our life.
The magazine gives different approaches and visions for the readers to understand what architecture is, by contributing different professors such as from Kuwait University College of Architecture Prof. Aseel Al Ragem, Prof Omar Khattab and other professors from outside Kuwait University and students such as Arch.Noura Al Musallam, Arch. Yousef Al Qaoud, and so more members that are trying to raise the architectural term in Kuwait as general and in the architectural field as to be a specific.
In conclusion, T-square magazine is always an up to date magazine that helps student of architecture in Kuwait University to gain more experience in the architectural field. It has to be expanded through over the world to give them an idea about what is Kuwait architecture in term of building a projects that is sustainable and durable for Kuwaiti environment
