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Article | National Commercial Bank | MIMAR 16 • April – June 1985

Continuing our archives series, posting articles on projects in Jeddah by international architects and firms. This article on the NCB tower by SOM was featured in MIMAR issue 16, published in April – June 1985.

July 31, 2025 · Leave a comment

Article | Haj Terminal | MIMAR 40 • September 1991

This article was featured in MIMAR issue 40, published in September 1991. It is one of the projects that has been awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in the second cycle of the awards, back in 1983..

July 20, 2025 · Leave a comment

Article | Island Mosque | MIMAR 19 • January – March 1986

Continuing our archives series posting articles on projects in Jeddah by international architects and firms. This article was featured in MIMAR issue 19, published in March 1986. It is one of the few examples of Egyptian architect Abdel Wahed El-Wakil’s writing.

December 28, 2024 · Leave a comment

Article | Hajj Terminal | Architectural Record June 2010

In the June 2010 issue of Architectural Record, the Hajj Terminal was awarded the 25 Year Award as part of the annual AIA Honor Awards that highlights best practices and recognize exemplary projects by the AIA community.

August 5, 2020 · Leave a comment

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.

June 21, 2020 · Leave a comment

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.

March 5, 2020 · Leave a comment