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22/10/2025

SceneHome touches down in Lebanon for We Design Beirut, a five-day experience packed with art exhibitions, designer showcases, excursions, and workshops. The opening dinner hosts over 150 design enthusiasts from around the world for lively conversations, and even better food at the original Em Sherif restaurant.

22/10/2025

The Gateway at Dubai Creek Harbour is set to become the world’s tallest metro station. Designed by SOM for the Dubai Metro’s Blue Line, the 74-metre-tall, 10,800-square-metre structure is conceived as both a transit hub and a civic landmark shaped by the rhythm of the Creek it overlooks.

The Gateway at Dubai Creek Harbour becomes the world’s tallest metro station, blending transit and civic space.

20/10/2025

At Cairo International Art District, a dialogue between hand and imagination unfolds through seven rugs by Kahhal1871 that reimagine what craft can mean today.

19/10/2025

A new museum dedicated to Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain will open in Doha, with an architectural form that is loyally shaped after one of his final sketches. Scheduled to launch in November 2025, Lawh Wa Qalam: M. F. Husain Museum is based on an idea first drawn in 2008 and will be realised within Doha’s Education City, part of Qatar Foundation’s expanding cultural landscape.

Lawh Wa Qalam: Maqbool Fida Husain Museum is based on an idea first drawn in 2008 and will be realised within Doha’s Education City, part of Qatar Foundation’s expanding cultural landscape.

18/10/2025

For Cairo Design Week 2025, Karim Mekhtigian curates Downtown Cairo. A district that, to him, embodies the soul of the city.

17/10/2025

Egyptian architect Shahira Fahmy presents 'Nakhla' at Ithra’s Baseqat Exhibition in Dhahran, a woven installation that reflects on the heritage of the date palm as part of the Khoos Initiative.

Egyptian architect Shahira Fahmy presents "Nakhla" at Ithra’s Baseqat Exhibition, a woven study of craft, light and memory.

16/10/2025

OUALALOU+CHOI wins the international competition to design Casa Sud Train Station in Casablanca, a new civic and architectural landmark that connects the city’s historic centre with its growing districts.

OUALALOU+CHOI has won the competition for Casa Sud Station, a vaulted urban landmark connecting Casablanca’s districts.

14/10/2025

Located on the northern edge of El Gouna, DoubleTree by Hilton Mangroovy stands as a contemporary expression of Egypt’s coastal architecture, shaped by its context, climate, and craft. Designed by ElGhoneimi International, the project reflects the natural rhythm of the Red Sea through an architectural language that merges international hospitality standards with an authentic Egyptian identity.

Designed by ElGhoneimi International, the project reflects the rhythm of the Red Sea through an architectural language that merges global hospitality standards with an authentic Egyptian identity.

13/10/2025

The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) has launched the Khoos Initiative, reimagining the ancient craft of palm weaving through exhibitions, residencies, art commissions, and films, bridging tradition and contemporary design.

Ithra launches the Khoos Initiative, celebrating the creative and cultural legacy of palm weaving through art and design.

12/10/2025

From Morocco’s Marinid splendour to the geometric clarity of Central Asia, the madrasa stands as one of the most enduring architectural typologies of the Islamic world. Beyond their role as educational institutions, these structures functioned as mosques, civic anchors, and centres of patronage—each revealing the material language and cultural vision of its era.

From Fez to Hyderabad, explore how historic madrasas shaped architecture, learning, and urban life across the Islamic world.

11/10/2025

Dar Arafa Architecture's upcoming Art Center experiments with upcycled materials and integrated solar design, rethinking how structure and sustainability can work as one.

Near the Giza Plateau, Dar Arafa Architecture's Art Center tests new materials and solar-integrated, load-bearing design.