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The articles shown here were originally published in the Red Envelope journals, a series of publications that follow specific themes related to the built environment, including ‘Urban Planning & Regeneration’, ‘In-Between’, and more. The Red Envelope journals are published by LWK + PARTNERS, and edited by Round City co-founder Rima Alsammarae. The journals aim to provide knowledge and insight on global urban design for readers interested in architecture, design, development and the built environment.

Volume I, Journal I is available to read in digital format here.

Volume I, Journal II is available to read in digital format here.

Volume I, Journal III is available to read in digital format here.

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With theatre dating back thousands of years to the Bronze Age, the...

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Madinat as-Salam: The history of Baghdad’s first urban plan

Conceived in 762, Al-Mansur’s ‘Round City’ was an incredible example of early urban design, setting the stage for the Islamic Empire’s golden era. While today, Baghdad has undoubtedly grown beyond the double-ring masterplan, its original layout was then the region’s largest construction project, providing a throne from which the Abbasid dynasty reigned.

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Karwa Mosque: A Dome-less Islamic Prayer Space in Malaysia

Karwa Mosque: A Dome-less Islamic Prayer Space in Malaysia In a suburb on a Malaysian island, a mosque designed by an emerging female architect, Eleena Jamil, challenges traditional Islamic design in Southeast Asia.

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Opinion: Kourosh Salehi writes on the conditions of sprawling, dense cities

Large dense and sprawling cities are part of an inescapable global reality. Their advantages have long been praised ever since the Modernists argued for “town as a machine for movement”, but what of their disadvantages? If regulations have shaped the affluent cities in the advanced economies, what of the unregulated or under regulated cities across the world?

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Saudi Arabia and its path towards a contemporary architectural identity

In Riyadh, context-driven architecture marks the city's development during the 1970s, 80s and 90s, but where does the architectural identity of the Saudi capital stand today as it tries to navigate between its contemporary foundation and its future?

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Yasmeen Lari: Pakistan’s First Female Architect

Pakistan’s first female architect is as determined as ever to continue improving the quality of life of her country’s most afflicted

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Fouad Street: The oldest planned, still inhabited street in the world

23 centuries after it was first drawn in sand, the world’s oldest planned, still inhabited street continues to mark the ongoing transformations of an ever-evolving city.

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Thresholds of cinematic space: exploring the significance of doors and architecture in film

Architecture has long been used as a secondary character in films –...

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The serendipity of architecture and time

Osaka-based writer Nader Sammouri explores the relationship between architecture and film as...

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Beyond the quinquennial years: the rise of female students of architecture in the UAE

An analysis of the rise of female students of architecture in the...

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