Arabic Architecture

A intenção do projeto era combinar as inspirações árabe e mediterrânea num pequeno pátio. Marta Malheiro Preservar as paredes brancas como influência árabe, foi o objetivo trazer para dentro de casa a característica vegetação mediterrânea de modo a harmonizar os estilos. Marta Malheiro lguns dos elementos singulares e caracteristicos do pátio conseguem combinar ambos os estilos, interligando-se e criando um espaço em harmonia. Marta Malheiro Marta Malheiro Marta Malheiro Mais

Oscar & Wild Camberwell é uma boutique de moda feminina de propriedade da efervescente iraniana Melbournian Paloma Hatami. Esta é a segunda de suas lojas após a abertura de sua loja original Kew em 2009.   A Oscar & Wild tem peças de vestuário e acessórios provenientes de locais como Irã, Dubai e Marrocos, além de renomados designers australianos e marcas internacionais que atendem a clientes experientes em moda. A seleção e combinação de peças são rigorosa e apaixonadamente fornecidas pela própria Paloma, cuja composição é uma representação muito real de sua rica história e estilo... Mais

Concept. There are three main drivers in the development of the design. The first and foremost is the art collection of the Barjeel Foundation, so the question we posed ourselves was, how to best present the artworks and to provide an atmosphere which is suitable for their display and conservation in the long term? The second driver which informs the museum is the climate and atmospheric conditions of Sharjah. Knowing how big a challenge this poses on the visitor experience, so from very early on we focused on strategies to activate the exterior spaces through elements that could contribute to a larger argument for sustainability. We achieved this by imagining a beautiful lattice-frame wooden roof draping over the museum providing shade an... Mais

O arquiteto vencedor do prêmio Pritzker, Jean Nouvel, buscou inspiração para o conceito do Louvre Abu Dhabi na cultura arquitetônica árabe tradicional, criando uma 'cidade museu' no mar coberto por uma vasta cúpula. A cúpula de 8 camadas é uma maravilha do design geométrico, permitindo que a luz penetre nas camadas e criando um efeito cinematográfico de "chuva de luz" à medida que o caminho do sol progride ao longo do dia. Os pilares de apoio estão escondidos dentro do edifício para dar a impressão de que a cúpula está flutuando. O complexo conceito de engenharia do Louvre Abu Dhabi o tornou um dos projetos de museus mais inovadore... Mais

Architect: Shape Architects – Beirut / Jad GhostineClient: Base LCCWorks: Main wall, front desk and counterCategory: Mesh SheetsMaterials:- Plywood: Birch for wall and black MDF for desk- Finish: Laminated Black MDF and Walnut Finished BirchA new fusion restaurant in the financial center of Dubai, with a blend between European and Arabic architecture, featuring a gigantic double curved WOOD-SKIN wall. The multi-toned wood finish pops off the all white furniture and exposed concrete. Opposite the restaurant, a 50 m long counter is clad in shiny black laminate to reflect lights from outside, enhancing its clean and organic movement. Mais

The project includes the People’s National Assembly, the National Council (Senate), the Chamber (Congress), and a residence for legislators. Algeria’s new parliament is a project that must meet the highest standards. The building needs to embody the idea of democracy in action, the Algeria of the future, freedom, peace, strong but deliberative power. The architecture must communicate a distinct national identity founded on universal values. How can a 220,000 m2 complex convey openness, dialogue, debate – an essentially dialectical spirit – without defaulting to an architecture whose monumental scale creates a totalizing effect? It is necessary to look to democracy’s architectural roots, which originate in the Mediterranean ba... Mais

The northern coast of the Kingdom of Oman will soon be graced by twenty five new Mosques. They will be the community places and spiritual homes for the citizens of the likewise newly founded townships. Such large scale construction project is extending previous standards of today’s urbanism. It reaches out to new dimensions of format and quality as well as to new strategies of urban planning. Most notably, on this occasion the Kingdom of Oman may render unique profile and visibility to its particular social and cultural identity. Its “traditional modernity” is essentially marked by cosmopolitan and tolerant social attitudes and distinguished equally by plurality and homogeneity. Driving change from tradition to modernity at deliberately... Mais

The smallest of the United Arab Emirates, Ajman boasts a picturesque location along 1km of the Persian Gulf. Meaning ‘small city’ in Arabic, when we were engaged with AECOM to complete the masterplan for the Ajman waterfront, this was no city as we knew it. Made up of towers, highway and suburbs, we wanted to inject some fine grain and give Ajman a proper city, with a new type of Arabic architecture. The masterplan needed to allow for a marina, tourism complex and seven residential towers and given the location, there was one major imperative with any plan we developed – the layout and architecture needed to address the harsh Middle Eastern climate. Naturally we turned to the people who know the area best and extensively studied indigenous... Mais

A) Overview The design captured the art of geometry in the Arabic architecture. To rectify the relatively simple pitched architectural roof, a composition of domes in various sizes was introduced to the space hence revealing an eye catching feature where all the main sales activities are processing. B) Brief & Concept B1.1) Mediterranean style property developments are spreading over China like chain stores of a brand, an outstanding interior in exchange of ‘just another Mediterranean’ among thousands has to be done to draw special attentions. B1.2) The designer convinced the client with simplified yet powerful Arabic design languages for the sales office of an exotic property development to replace a normal Mediterranean prototyp... Mais