SAR 109 Billion Worth of Projects Awarded in Saudi Arabia Since Early 2025
The value of projects awarded in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of 2025 through November has reached nearly SAR 109…
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Saudi Arabia Issues New Municipal Requirements for Private Educational Buildings
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Municipalities and Housing has issued new municipal requirements for private educational buildings, aiming to enhance the…
Five Words Every Architect Must Know Before Speaking to a Real Estate Developer
Fifteen years ago, during one of my early years in practice, I was sitting in a meeting room with a…
Diriyah Company: Tender issued for Montage Hotel construction in Wadi Safar
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia —Diriyah Company has officially released a tender for the construction of the Montage Hotel, a key hospitality…
The Rain Test: When Rare Storms Become the Only Honest Inspector of Buildings
In much of the Middle East and other arid regions, architecture grows under skies that rarely darken. Buildings rise confidently…
Jeddah Tower Construction Update: December 2025
Significant Progress in the JEC Tower ProjectOne of the world’s most ambitious skyscraper projects is showing new momentum after a…
The Hidden Architecture of Holes: Rethinking Core Drilling in Concrete Structures
There is a moment in every project when the drawing meets the drill. The structure has been cast, the reinforcement…
Who Pays for the Song We Dance To
There are moments in architecture when the entire profession collapses into one question.Not a question of structure or budget or…
The Myth of Bigger Steel: When Strength Isn’t Just Diameter
It started with what looked like a simple question.On site, I asked if increasing the steel diameter — say from…
Variation Math: Lessons from the Site
It was supposed to be a simple variation.But variations, like cracks in concrete, reveal more than they fix.Earlier this week,…
Millau Viaduct: An Examination of Modern Bridge Construction Technique
Millau Bridge Project – Technical OverviewIntroductionThe Millau Viaduct in France is an engineering project designed to enable highway passage across…
The Anxiety of Construction: Between Precision and Perfection
There is a certain kind of fear that only builders know.It is not the fear of deadlines or budgets, but…
The Tone of Authority: Understanding Hierarchy in Construction
In the architecture and construction world, projects rarely fail because of concrete or steel. They fail because of tone.Not the…
Stone Farmhouse Extension by Studio Bressan in Italy
Studio Bressan has taken up a 19th-century stone farmhouse perched on a hill on the Asolo hills in Italy and…
Designing and Building a Sustainable Wall: Balancing Structure and Form with Material Interaction in the Local Context
Balance of Structure and Form in Wall DesignThe wall model seeks to create a delicate balance between structure and form,…
The AI Marketplace: When Architecture Meets Instant Checkout
For decades, architects, designers, and manufacturers have treated the web as a showroom. A place to display catalogs, publish project…
The Sicily Bridge: An Engineering Marvel Connecting the Island to the Mainland After Decades of Waiting
After Decades of Attempts: The Italian Dream Becomes RealityAfter many years of planning and postponements, Italy’s ambitious dream of connecting…
Seasonal Deadlines: When Architecture Races Against Time
In 2010, I worked with a local architectural office in Saudi Arabia, on a project that became one of the…
Winter Pavilion Extension by Valdivieso Arquitectos: A Modern Contrast to Rural Tradition
Location: Alcalá de la Selva, Teruel, SpainProject Size: 1,460 sq ft (136 m²)Completion Date: April 2024Site Area: 0.175 acresTotal Construction…
Concrete Doesn’t Shudder: What Does Job Extinction Mean for the Future of Construction?
In an era where brains are replaced by processors and years of experience are compressed into a .zip file, global…
OWIU Renovation of the Glass Ridge House in Los Angeles
Project OverviewOriginally designed in 1973 by modernist architect and SCI-Arc co-founder Ray Kappe, the Glass Ridge House sits in a…
