All Middle East and Africa articles – Page 14
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Building StudyFirst look: Zumthor shelters historic Jericho mosaic
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has designed a shelter to protect the Middle East’s largest mosaic
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NewsZumthor designs protection for Middle Eastern mosaic
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has been selected to design a shelter to protect the Middle East’s largest mosaic.
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NewsZaha Hadid's Cairo Expo City enters design development
Fresh pictures of Zaha Hadid Architects’ design inspired by Nile delta
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NewsInternational intelligence: Egypt
The country is a tale of dynamism in the face of adversity, says Muriel Muirden.
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FeaturesQ&A with Alan Corrigan, associate at WATG, on working in Egypt
Q&A with Alan Corrigan, associate at WATG, on working in Egypt
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Populous eyes work in Iraq with bid for 100,000 seat Baghdad stadium
Sports specialist Populous has made a bid to work in Iraq by chasing the contract for a 100,000-seat stadium and sports complex outside Baghdad.
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NewsFoster & Partners' Abu Dhabi museum takes flight
Five lightweight towers of the Zayed National Museum work like the “feathers of a bird’s wing”
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NewsArchitect realises pipe dream with Iranian villa
Barsav Concept & Construction has completed work on a private house in Karaj, Iran.
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NewsFosters unveils design for Qatari World Cup bid
Foster & Partners is behind the centrepiece stadium for Qatar’s bid to host the 2022 football World Cup.
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NewsGensler wins four major projects in Riyadh
Gensler has won four commissions in Riyadh’s 5 million sq m custom-built financial region - The King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD).
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NewsAuthor urges architects to reconsider Libya work
Hisham Matar says profession is being used as part of a ’PR facelift’
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NewsZaha Hadid designs first project for her native Iraq
Central Bank headquarters in Baghdad will be a symbol of the new nation, says practice
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FeaturesHow British practices are changing the face of Libya
As BD reported in our last issue firms are increasingly looking abroad to find work during the recession, and Libya and Brazil are two of the most popular countries.
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NewsZaha to design Cairo Expo City
Zaha Hadid Architects has beaten Norway's Snohetta to win a competition to design Cairo Expo City, a 450,000 sq m exhibition and conference complex.
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NewsZaha Hadid's Cairo Stone Towers
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled a new 525,000 sq m scheme called the Stone Towers for the Stone Park district of Cairo, Egypt.
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NewsGMW Architects opens Qatar office
GMW Architects has opened an office at Doha in Qatar, to be known as GMW Gulf
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NewsEl-Wakil wins classical architecture prize
Egyptian architect Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil has won the $200,000 (£127,000) Richard H Driehaus prize for classicism in the contemporary built environment.
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NewsCairo terminal revision
GMW Architects has been appointed to refurbish the interior design of the new terminal at Cairo airport.