Round City Magazine - Art Architecture Design and Construction

Featured

Architecture Rifat Chadirji Tribute

Rifat Chadirji: 10 buildings and the stories behind them

Rifat Chadirji Tribute

Rifat Chadirji Tribute: A foreword by Richard England

Rifat Chadirji Tribute

In conversation with Dr Rifat Chadirji

The Arab World Institute by Jean Nouvel

Opinion: Ornamentation – the continuous crime

al-Khulafa Mosque by Mohamed Makiya

Exploring Baghdad’s rebuilt Abbasid landmark: al-Khulafa Mosque by Mohamed Makiya

The oil and the brick; tales of a Scotsman in Persia

Interview: Reparametrize Studio on using AI for Syria’s post-war reconstruction

Interview: British-Syrian academic Ahmad Sukkar speaks on architecture education in the region

Featured

Architecture Rifat Chadirji Tribute

Rifat Chadirji: 10 buildings and the stories behind them

Rifat Chadirji Tribute

Rifat Chadirji Tribute: A foreword by Richard England

Rifat Chadirji Tribute

In conversation with Dr Rifat Chadirji

Rifat Chadirji Tribute

Rifat and my Baghdad days

Rifat Chadirji Tribute

Designing with Rifat Chadirji

A step into Baghdad’s first brutalist house: The Yasoub Rafiq Residence by Rifat Chadirji

Interview: Designing developments for vulnerable communities with Yasaman Esmaili

Interview: Omani architect Ali Jaffar Al-Lawati discusses launching the Middle East’s most successful architecture radio show

Editor's Pick

Rifat Chadirji Tribute

The architect as a collector

Eisenman and his passion for fragmented grids

Competition

Design

A Living pedestrian bridge over the Nile competition

Latest

The Arab World Institute by Jean Nouvel

Opinion: Ornamentation – the continuous crime

al-Khulafa Mosque by Mohamed Makiya

Exploring Baghdad’s rebuilt Abbasid landmark: al-Khulafa Mosque by Mohamed Makiya

The oil and the brick; tales of a Scotsman in Persia

Interview: Reparametrize Studio on using AI for Syria’s post-war reconstruction

Interview: British-Syrian academic Ahmad Sukkar speaks on architecture education in the region

Interview: Passionate explorer Deena El-Mahdy is bridging the gaps between the classroom and the workplace

Interview: Designing developments for vulnerable communities with Yasaman Esmaili

Interview: Lina Ghotmeh discusses architecture as history’s great narrator

Interview: Architect Shabnam Khalilpourfar is creating a modern identity for her hometown in Iran’s West Azerbaijan Province

Interview: Iranian architect Sanaz Ghaemmaghami hopes to change the face of contemporary Iranian architecture

Architecture

Interview: British-Syrian academic Ahmad Sukkar speaks on architecture education in the region

Currently at the University of Sharjah, the Mohamed Makiya Prize... Read More

Interview: Passionate explorer Deena El-Mahdy is bridging the gaps between the classroom and the workplace

The Egyptian architect and academic hopes to impact the regional... Read More

Interview: Designing developments for vulnerable communities with Yasaman Esmaili

The Iranian architect and educator shares insight on her projects... Read More

Design

New video explores Zaha Hadid’s 1983 publication ‘Planetary Architecture Two’

Philip Michael Wolfson speaks with Nicholas Boyarsky about Zaha Hadid’s... Read More

Beirut design studio reveals new furniture pieces for shrinking apartment sizes

Borgi Bastormagi’s recent collection ‘Shaping 90’ features a series of... Read More

Beirut design studio T Sakhi uses Murano glass for new tableware series

The new collections combine the special glass with recycled material.... Read More

da block

Art

Spanish photographer portrays Dubai’s cityscape as glossy mirage

Spanish photographer Manuel Alvarez Diestro captured Dubai’s buildings at what... Read More

This Palestinian photojournalist is documenting Gaza’s athletes in quarantine

Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Al-Zahra’a Shbair depicts life in Gaza through... Read More

This photo series blends contemporary architecture with ancient Iranian sites

Iranian artist Mohammad Hassan Forouzanfar has released new images as... Read More

Construction

International competition invites photographers to showcase concrete in everyday life for a chance to win $10,000

Launched by the Global Cement and Concrete Association, the competition invites... Read More

Op-ed: Tirana’s dwindling cobblestone structures reflect Albania’s neglected Oriental-Islamic heritage

In the capital of Albania, the largest Muslim society in... Read More

Moroccan and German students build a home out of hemp and solar panels

Part of the ‘Solar Decathlon’ competition, the project has received... Read More

Call for participation

The Dia Azzawi Prize for Public Art in the Arab World

Nominate public art in your city

Learn more about Public Art Award

More stories

A 1940s building in Amman is renovated into a culinary showroom

Video shows Africa’s largest Covid-19 field hospital being built in Morocco

A residential building in Casablanca honours the city’s history of experimental architecture

Interview: Cairo Heritage School on adapting architectural education programmes in Egypt

10 DESIGN reveals concept for wall-less Expo pavilion

In Review: Al-Shaheed Monument, Part II

Awards and Competitions

Tamayouz Living Pedestrian Bridge Over The Nile Competition

Egyptian architects use rammed earth techniques for Abu Galoum project

The Arab World Institute by Jean Nouvel

Opinion: Ornamentation – the continuous crime

Interview: Omani architect Ali Jaffar Al-Lawati discusses launching the Middle East’s most successful architecture radio show