Arabic Architecture
Architectural design and urbanism across Arabic-speaking regions, from North Africa to the Middle East.
Cambra Buró Sets a Kuwaiti Coastal Villa on a Sculpted Travertine Plinth and Lets the Upper House Float
In Abu Al Hasaniya, Kuwait, a 3,000 sqm seaside villa pairs a heavy stone base with clay, cork and walnut to work with the Gulf climate.
Memola Estúdio Builds a Steel-Framed Restaurant in São Paulo That Translates Arab Space into Tile, Screen and Structure
In Higienópolis, São Paulo, Casa Baruk swaps applied ornament for a ceramic mashrabiya, a column-free steel hall and tile that does real work.
Ayoub Architects Stacks Travertine Volumes over a Terraced Hillside Garden in Southern Amman
In southern Amman, JA House embeds its living spaces in a steep slope above a public park, using deep cantilevers and green terraces to keep the oaks.
RAHEEL | Museum of Bedouin Heritage
RAHEEL | Museum of Bedouin Heritage
RAHEEL – Museum of Bedouin Heritage
Bedouin Heritage Museum in Marsa Matrouh
Wadi Rum Observatory: Architecture That Disappears Beneath the Desert
A subterranean research center in Jordan that subtracts rather than builds, leaving the night sky and sandstone landscape undisturbed.
Millefiori: Rewriting the Berber Fortress as an Open Community for Senior Living in Rabat
A co-living community for older residents in Rabat that keeps the fortress's sense of safety but runs a public street through its quiet courtyards.
Riyadh For All: Rebuilding Rabat's Multigenerational Life Around the Riad Courtyard
An Editor's Choice entry to Co-Life that reads the Moroccan riad as a social system, pairing elders and young residents in an 85:15 shared community.
Riad's: A Shortlisted Co-Life Entry That Scales the Moroccan Courtyard House into a Town for Elders
Riad's swaps the single institutional block for a network of courtyards, alleys, gardens, letting older residents choose how much of town life they join.
AWM Architectes Urbanistes Wraps a Moroccan Data Center in Gabion, Terracotta, and a Double Roof
In the arid heat of Benguerir, a 37,000-square-meter server facility disappears behind passive cooling strategies and local materiality.
Peacock Hail Cafe Grows from Saudi Arabia's Rock
Movs Studio carves a café into the sandstone landscape of Ha'il, blurring the line between geology and hospitality architecture.
Villa H by ARK-architecture
A contemporary Tunisian villa balancing compact urban constraints with light, courtyards, and restrained materiality to create calm, adaptable domestic spaces.
