All Middle East and Africa articles – Page 12
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Art deco cinema restoration appeal
Film fans are calling for a Scottish architect to restore an art deco cinema on the tropical Tanzanian island of Zanzibar.
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NewsAtkins wins contract for US Army projects in Middle East
Projects likely to cost up to $100 million each
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NewsAtkins to build Sherborne School's Qatar outpost
Old Shirburnian Michael Hopkins’ practice pipped at post
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NewsHogarth Butterfly House takes wing
Hogarth Architects has started on site with its Butterfly House, the first building in a small holiday development on a remote 2.4ha site in Kilifi, Kenya.
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NewsFoster & Partners' 3Beirut project takes shape
Three towers are Fosters’ first development to break ground in Lebanon
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NewsCapita Symonds designs schools for Nigeria
Capita Symonds is preparing for construction to begin on a series of nine modular schools in Nigeria.
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NewsFive new British embassies to be opened
The UK is to open or re-open up to five new embassies around the world as part of a major reassessment of its diplomatic priorities.El Salvador, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Southern Sudan, and even Somalia if the security situation improves, will all get British embassies, foreign secretary William Hague announced today.Staffing in ...
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NewsHopkins in race to build Gulf outpost for top school
The firm founded by Sherborne School old boy Michael Hopkins is one of six on the shortlist to build a new Sherborne for ex-pats and locals in Qatar.
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NewsSheppard Robson opens first overseas office
Practice sets up Abu Dhabi studio on the back of Masdar win
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NewsWorking abroad: Metropolitan Workshop
Building relationships has led the London practice to work worldwide
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NewsSaudis plan mile-high tower in HOK-masterplanned city
Kingdom Tower would be twice the height of Burj Khalifa
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TechnicalThe Souk, Abu Dhabi Central Market, by Foster & Partners
An opening roof allows rain to fall on an internal tiled square in this ambitious modern reinterpretation of the traditional Middle Eastern souk.
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Syria unrest hits museum scheme
The uprisings spreading across north Africa and the Middle East have led to the postponement of a conference to discuss the future of museums and heritage sites in Syria.
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NewsInternational intelligence: Qatar
The 2022 World Cup has focused Qatar’s glittering development plans
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OpinionGold’s not all that glitters in the Gulf
Middle Eastern cities have more in common with UK metropolises than first meets the eye
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NewsFosters completes first projects in Africa
Third building in Morocco will be completed later this year
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NewsArtists may boycott Gehry's Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
Artists are threatening to boycott Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Abu Dhabi because of working conditions at the site.According to the New York Times more than 130 artists are proposing a boycott of the museum on Saadiyat Island, which is just beginning construction.Guggenheim Foundation director Richard Armstrong told the paper: “While we ...