SABIC Home of Innovation Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

SABIC Home of Innovation Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

SABIC Home of Innovation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia sustainable architecture – net zero energy building in the Middle East: LEED certified buildings, with the Demonstration Center gaining Gold and the Innovation Home building being Platinum.

The Noble Quran Oasis in Madinah, KSA

Noble Quran Oasis in Madinah

Design: Rafael de La-Hoz, architects. The theoretical concept comes from the holiness of the Quran itself in which the book is never to touch the ground but to be lifted by one’s hands or placed on a base.

King Fahd International Stadium Riyadh

King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh

Design: Schiattarella Associati, Architects. Rome-based architecture firm win commission for refurbishing this building for around 50,000 spectators, beating 5 internationally known architectural firms.

Jeddah Tower Saudi Arabia Skyscraper, KSA

Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia Skyscraper

Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture with SWA, landscape architecture. Jeddah Tower is to be the world’s tallest building, due to hit 1,008 m / 3,307 ft, that is 180 m / 591 ft taller than the Burj Khalifa. This skyscraper will have 167 floors.

Urban Heritage Administration Centre Diriyah

Urban Heritage Administration Centre in Diriyah

Design: Zaha Hadid Architects, London. ZHA awarded first prize in the architecture competition to build this new building in Diriyah. The contest was for the 8,780m² head office of the Heritage Museum.

Addiriyah Contemporary Art Center, KSA

Addiriyah Contemporary Art Center Building

Design: Schiattarella Associati, Architects. Two international awards for Addiriyah Contemporary Art Center project in Saudi Arabia: ‘Concept Winner’ at this year’s ICONIC AWARDS and Honorable Mention at the American Architecture Prize 2016.

The Piazza Residence Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

The Piazza Residence in Jeddah

Design: Badih and Kantar Architects. This intimate residential complex is inspired by the way Mediterranean cities have evolved: low-rise buildings provide a relaxed informality with bridging terraces connecting many properties.

Al Zahraa Residence in Jeddah, KSA Property

Al Zahraa Residence in Jeddah

Design: Badih and Kantar Architects. Residential development of simple white volumes: non-repetitive composition providing privacy and front buffering gardens, an introverted landscape shielded from traffic noise.

Abraj Kudai Hotel in Mecca, Accommodation

Abraj Kudai

KSA hotel building esigned by Dar Al Handasah, the new Saudia Arabian accommodation project has a total built area of 1.4 million metre square and will be set in the Manafia area in Makkah’s central zone.

The Ring House & Atelier in Riyadh, KSA

Ring House & Atelier in Riyadh

Design: MZ Architects. The house – atelier has been designed for a young Saudi jewellery artist who wished to have a private living and working space expressing her soul and creations, within the garden of her family’s main residence where she currently lives.

Makkah Museum Mecca KSA: Mossessian

Makkah Museum in Mecca KSA by Mossessian Architecture

UK architects studio Mossessian Architecture has won an architectural competition to design Saudi Arabia’s Makkah Museum, a building dedicated to the Islamic faith.