Article | Sportshall, Jeddah | MIMAR 4 • April – June 1982
Continuing our archives series posting articles on projects in Jeddah by international architects and firms. This article was featured in MIMAR issue 4, published in 1982. It is part of a section introducing Frei Otto’s new work. The early issues of MIMAR featured beautiful cut-outs on the cover page of one of the reviewed projects, in this case, the Sports Hall of the King Abdulaziz University.
Article | SOM’s New Tower in Jeddah… | Architectural Record February 1979
This is the first part of our archives series in which we post articles on projects in Jeddah by international architects and firm as well as PhD Theses and research papers on the city of Jeddah, especially during its formative years between 1965 – 1985.
Jeddah Architectural Guide | CM/06
مركز أدهم التجاري Adham Commercial Centre CM/06 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS/06 1980 Atelier Antoine Romanos 62 m 14 Floors 30,000 m2 2,500 m2 (Site) approx. The Adham Commercial Centre follows in … Continue reading
Visualogue|39.Shinkenchiku Architecture|Reda Sejini
Shinkenchiku Architecture As part of the University of Prince Muqrin’s College of Engineering 2 day symposium on Architecture and Entrepreneurship, urbanphenomena principal and co-founder Reda Sejini presented an introductory lecture … Continue reading
madeinjeddah|Fakhamah Series #04|”Deluxe” Palace II
Despite tough economic times, we find “fakhamah” -albeit un-announced- withering the hardship and clinging on with this stunning comeback. Budgetary restraints dictated doing away with the customary placard and … Continue reading
Jeddah Architectural Guide | CM/32
مركز زهران للأعمال Zahran Business Centre COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS/32 2013 Saudi Diyar Consultants 14 Floors + 2 Basements 106,687 m² 12,291 m² (Site) Zahran Business Centre, by Jeddah based Saudi Diyar, has … Continue reading
madeinjeddah|Fakhamah Series #02|Luxurious Apartments
No doubt the only other ubiquitous word in the world of local Real Estate sales that could challenge ” فخم ” is ” فاخر “. Albeit the subtle differences between … Continue reading
Report | CITYSCAPE JEDDAH | Jeddah: 2015 April 5-7
A Report from the latest CITYSCAPE Jeddah Exhibition The latest event from the world renowned Cityscape portfolio of events was recently held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia between 5-7 April 2015. … Continue reading
Visualogue|36. Swiss Made|Ahmed Kaki
Where would we be without Swiss precision? Something direly lacking in our part of the World! Our March visualogue speaker, Ahmed Kaki will introduce how Swiss architects have managed to … Continue reading
madeinjeddah|The Pizza Mosque
The Pizza Mosque exemplifies Jeddah’s tolerance and casual attitude towards Religion within the context of daily life. Despite the Pizza symbolizing the encroachment of Western culture in a traditional society, in … Continue reading