Diplomatic Architecture

In Jeddah, a building has been completed that speaks two architectural languages simultaneously and makes them sound like one. INJ Architects The new Indonesian Consulate General in Jeddah sits within one of the most historically layered cities in the Arabian Peninsula, a city where the UNESCO-listed Al-Balad district preserves centuries of Hijazi urban culture through its distinctive coral-stone facades and ornate wooden Rawshan screens. The client, the Republic of Indonesia, brought a brief that was as much cultural as it was functional: to build a sovereign diplomatic compound on Saudi soil that would carry the identity of the Indonesian nation without erasing the architectural memory of its host city. The project was further shape... More