Syria developments, Damascus building project news, architectural design, property architects
Syrian Property Information : Buildings
Post updated 11 February 2026
Syria Architecture Designs – chronological list
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Middle East Architectural Development – West Asia Built Environment Links:
Syrian Developments
Middle East Architectural Projects + Key New Property Designs, alphabetical:
EAA Foundation Tents by Zaha Hadid Architects
Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
Syria: Post-War Housing Competition
Syria: Post-War Housing Competition Winners
We aim to add more buildings in this Middle East country soon – submissions are welcome.
Location: Syria, Western Asia.
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Middle East Architecture Designs
Contemporary Architecture in the Middle East – architectural selection below:
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This index page is for architectural projects in this war-ravaged Middle Eastern country on the e-architect website.
Syria: Post-War Housing Competition Winner
matterbetter initiated ‘Syria: Post-War Housing Competition’ for architectural students and professionals.
Winner 1st Place – Endless Future Project:
Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, Damascus, Syria
picture © AKAA / Alhadi Albaridi
In designing school facilities in this desert climate, the architects opted for natural ventilation, a decision with crucial implications for the morphology of their solutions. The garden is the building block, creating the microclimate, feeding cool air into the ventilation system through PVC pipes, made to circulate by means of the updraft created by solar chimneys.
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Syrian Arab Republic
Officially titled the Syrian Arab Republic this is a country in Western Asia, bordering Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, Israel to the southwest and Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west.
The country contains diverse ethnic and religious groups, including Arab Alawites, Arab Sunnis, Arab Christians, Armenians, Assyrians, Druze, Kurds and Turks. Arab Sunnis make up the majority of the population.
Its capital city, Damascus, is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
Syria is a member of one international organization other than the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement; it is currently suspended from the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and self-suspended from the Union for the Mediterranean. Source: Wikipedia
Comments / photos for the Contemporary Syrian Architecture Information page welcome