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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Architecture and Design Authority has announced the participation of the Saudi National Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, Saudi Press Agency reported. A ceremony was held on Thursday ahead of the pavilion’s official opening on Saturday. The pavilion will feature the work of Albara Saimaldahar, which is curated by Noura and Basma Bouzo.
JEDDAH: Architecture’s changing role and influence over time is explored at a major exhibition at the Hayy Jameel arts complex in Jeddah. “Accommodations,” which kicked off on Jan. 20 and will run until Aug. 7, is curated by Brooklyn-based Uzma Z. Rizvi and Murtaza Vali. It features research by architects Hussam Dakkak, Basmah Kaki and Hessa AlBader of Studio Bound. The
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Accommodations
Curators: Murtaza Vali and Uzma Z. Rizvi
Commissioner: Architecture and Design Commission and the Saudi Ministry of Culture
Street Scene with People and Vehicles, Three Large Government Buildings, Jiddah, 1950s.. Image Courtesy of Saudi Aramco
Studio Bound is a design and research practice founded in 2015 between London and the Gulf, by Basmah Kaki, Hessa AlBader, and Hussam Dakkak. Architect Basmah Kaki is a recipient of the RIBA Bronze Medal and the SOM Foundation UK Award, and is the director and tutor of the AA Visiting School: Makkah vs Makkah program. She is based in Jeddah and is working on a number of key cultural projects, such as leading heritage work in UNESCO sites in Al Balad in Jeddah and in Al Ula. Hessa AlBader collaborates on both design and research projects in London and in the Arabian Gulf. She is a co-director and tutor of the AA Visiting School: Makkah vs Makkah program with a work portfolio that ranges between curating and managing internatio