British firm bags design contract for Dubai’s Al Maktoum airport

The UK-based Leslie Jones Architecture has been commissioned to carry out design work at Al Maktoum International Airport as it undergoes a $32 billion...

Features

Behind the façade, more light

Prior to the invention of electricity, our ancestors used to rely on the sun as their prime source of illumination, making do...

Construction

New software transforms your Lego plaything into a 3D digital building

A London-based sketch and modelling studio has found a way to turn Lego blocks into a digital modelling kit, potentially redefining the...

Opinion

Why airports need first-class design

For our final issue of 2014, we look at a broad range of subjects, one of which is aviation design. For me,...

Construction

RMJM merges European operations in MidEast business

[caption id="attachment_15785" align="aligncenter" width="560"] Harry Downie and Boran Agoston will lead operations at RMJM International.[/caption] RELATED ARTICLES: Gehry promotes cloud based buildings...

Construction

Gehry promotes cloud based buildings

[caption id="attachment_14796" align="aligncenter" width="348"] Frank Gehry has promoted the use of paperless design for buildings.[/caption] Frank Gehry’s company, Gehry Technologies, has spent several...

Construction

Kuwait’s SSH completes design of Algeria Gulf Bank HQ

[caption id="attachment_14771" align="aligncenter" width="457"] Kuwait's SSH will provide construction supervision for project as well.[/caption] RELATED ARTICLES: India looks to Kuwait for infrastructure investment...

Construction

Brad Pitt linked architecture firm sues Zabeel Investments

Graft Gesellschaft von Architekten, the German architecture firm that collaborated with Hollywood star Brad Pitt to design a luxury hotel and resort...

Construction

Afghanistan to build financial centre

Afghanistan’s bankers plan to set up a financial centre to house the country’s 17 banks and its first ever stock market, it...

Analysis

Beneath the surface

[caption id="attachment_11151" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Facades at Masdar are stringently tested for efficiency.[/caption] In a region that is striving to make its ‘statement...