Have you ever encountered sandstorms? If you have ever spent some time in Dubai or any other city in UAE, especially during spring and summer, you have probably witnessed its tropical desert climate and massive sandstorms. And you might know that when they occur, they slow down or, on larger scales, completely shut down the city’s ordinary rhythm.
Project name
Absorbent Sandstorm Skyscraper Dubai
Architecture firm
Kalbod Design Studio
Visualization
Shaghayegh Nemati, Sara Rajabi, Ziba Baghban
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohamad Rahimizadeh
Design team
Shaghayegh Nemati, Zahra Tavasoli, Fateme Shaerzadeh
Typology
Future Architecture
An architectural concept, a house among the canyons. Is it possible to build a house of difficult terrain? The ravines and deep drops of canyons can be used as a habitat for a retreat from nature. Deserts have their own charm, where you can gaze out from the heights and rest on the heights immersed in meditation.
Project name
Canyon House
Architecture firm
Cosmo Render
Location
Khujand Desert Canyon, Tajikistan
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Megascans, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Dilshod Sharipov
Design team
Dilshod Sharipov
Visualization
Cosmo Render
Typology
Residential › House
Desert House is a conceptual house designed for a virtual world located in a desert environment with stunning views of an oasis. The house is primarily made of glass ,steel and concrete , with a rooftop pool that can be seen from below with Hidden stairs blend seamlessly with the pool.
Project name
Desert House
Architecture firm
Omar Hakim
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Unreal Engine, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Omar Hakim
Typology
Residential › House
Ascending with the natural rock formations the heavy mass attempts to exemplify the significance of the desert landscape in comparison to human form insignificant by terms of scale. Using forced perspective with both void and shape, the user is directed through an artificial canyon designed to build tension before the release of entry into the home...
Architecture firm
Zyme Studios
Location
Yucca Valley, California, USA
Principal architect
Cody Hall, Kaylin Hall
Visualization
Zyme Studios
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › House
The sonoran deserts of North Scottsdale have always been a place for quiet contemplation, incredible sunsets, long vistas and close interactions with wildlife and desert textures. The goal of this design process sought to intervene on the site with a home, which from the street has minimal impact and from the north.
Project name
Carefree Ranch Residence
Architecture firm
180 Degrees Design + Build
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
James Trahan, AIA
Visualization
Garth Lindquist
Typology
Residential › House
Located in the city of Dammam, KSA, the Disconnect-to-Connect proposal for Retal Mosque Design Competition which has been selected among the shortlisted projects, emerges as an icon, which intends to continue the symbolic power that the mosque represents with the pretention of expressing new modernity, a new concept of mosque architecture.
Project name
Disconnect to Connect Mosque
Architecture firm
Elshareef Kabbashi
Location
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Elshareef Kabbashi
Visualization
Elshareef Kabbashi
Client
Abdullatif Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture, AIA - Retal Mosque Design Competition - RMDC
Typology
Religious › Mosque
Conservation of Mosaics in Middle East are Focus of Getty's Final MOSAIKON Courses. These advanced MOSAIKON courses will train professionals for the long-term preservation of mosaics.
Terra Solis Dubai, part of the iconic Tomorrowland family, has seen an increase in demand following the success of sellout crowds at Tomorrowland’s three-weekend summer edition throughout July in Belgium, with people eager to experience the year-round holistic leisure offering.
