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Nohlab's 'Everything' installation among Noor Riyadh festival highlights
by Tom Walker | 02 Dec 2022
An immersive audiovisual experience that "observes everything as it is" was a among the highlights of this year's Noor Riyadh festival in Saudi Arabia. Created by design studio Nohlabs, the installation – called Everything – is true to its name and questions everything in existence by suggesting new possibilities for them. Offering visitors the opportunity to observe the elements that construct their everyday lives, the experience ascribes new meanings to
Saudi 'giga project' Qiddiya kicks off 12-month ground preparation work
by Andy Knaggs | 04 Feb 2020
Construction at Qiddiya – the site earmarked as Saudi Arabia's future "capital of entertainment, sports and the arts" – has moved into a new phase, with the appointment of Saudi road construction company Abdul Ali Al-Ajmi to undertake a 12-month ground preparation project. The work will involve landscaping 7 million cu m (247 million cu ft) of earth, across a combined area of more than 4 million sq m (43
Studio Studio Studio create mesh and cork fortress installation in Riyadh
by Stu Robarts | 26 Dec 2019
Studio Studio Studio, a new interdisciplinary collaboration lab founded by Edoardo Tresoldi, have created a 26m (85ft)-high pavilion from cork and mesh with intimate spaces and narrow paths that visitors can explore. Gharfa is part of the Diriyah Oasis temporary creative district in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh. Tresoldi aimed to create "a theatrical world where technique, reality, and illusion are all intertwined." Mesh has been used to sculpt
Saudi Arabia green lights country's first Museum of History of Science and Technology in Islam
by Tom Anstey | 12 Mar 2018
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has issued a license for the establishment of the country’s first ever Museum of History of Science and Technology in Islam. Issued by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH), the license will see the museum established at the Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh. The project, said a release, will be developed in collaboration with the Institute of Arab and
Italian architects design 'artificial hill' to enclose Riyadh stadium
by Kim Megson | 19 Dec 2016
Italian architects Schiattarella Associati have won an international competition to refurbish the 50,000 capacity King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The studio have been commissioned to design the project by the country’s General Sport Authority (GSA), which said it was impressed by their decision to create an artificial hill at the base of the multi-purpose stadium, creating a formal joint with the surrounding landscaping. This sloping surface forms a
Hyatt plans Regency-branded hotel in Riyadh
by Pete Hayman | 03 May 2012
Image: Hyatt Regency Riyadh is to open in Q3 2013 Hyatt Hotels Corporation has announced the signing of a new management agreement that will see a new 257-bedroom Regency-branded property open in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Due to launch in Q3 2013, Hyatt Regency Riyadh will be group's seventh hotel in Saudi Arabia and will include a male spa housing six treatment rooms among its facilities. The hotel - the result
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