Gensler, the global architecture, design and planning firm, has announced the appointment of Steven Velegrinis as Design Director to its Middle East operation. Velegrinis will play a global role with an initial focus on the MENA region and an emphasis on KSA.
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Alexandra Williams
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Steven Velegrinis, Design Director, Gensler Middle East
UAE-based smart and green facilities management company Farnek has launched a new state-of-the-art online remote digital platform called PowerTek, which was developed by in-house experts, at Farnek’s innovative digital solutions, sister company HITEK.
Jubail Island, the 12 AED billion master-planned development with over 30km of pristine waterfront is today celebrating its first official residential handover to take place on the island since the masterplan was first announced in 2020.
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Saeed Khalloudi
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Jubail Island
LEAD Development today announced that it has completed the energisation of electrical substations in Jubail Island, in an important step towards completing the infrastructure works and handing over of the land plots. With the planned substations powered up, Abu Dhabi Construction Company can now move ahead with key test and commissioning work for t...
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Saeed Khalloudi
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LEAD Development
Twenty-seven tents, donated to EAA by the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, will be placed in refugee and displaced communities in Syria, Turkey and Yemen.
Project name
EAA Foundation Tents
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Location
Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Pakistan
Photography
Luke Hayes, Education Above All Foundation (EEA)
Principal architect
Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher
Design team
David Reeves, Ilya Pereyaslavtsev, Ramon Weber, Vladislav Bek Bulatov, Henry David Louth, Vishu Bhooshan, Li Chen, Ruxandra Matei
Collaborators
Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, Dar Al-Handasah, Architen Landrell
Structural engineer
Buro Happold
Construction
Duol TR / Tensaform
Client
Education Above All Foundation
Typology
Educational, School, Clinics, Emergency Shelters, Refugee Camp
Scholars and dignitaries discuss and celebrate the role of museums as hubs in contributing to peacebuilding and social cohesion through presentations, an interactive exhibition, and a concert by Bait Al Oud Orchestra of Sudan.
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Mohamad Adham Al-Sayed
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ICCROM - Sharjah
Abu Dhabi is making significant progress in implementing its various policies and initiatives to build resilience and prepare the emirate to confront the impacts of climate change.
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Kamil Rogalinski
The MOSAIKON course in Sidon assembled mosaic conservation trainees to tackle long-term preservation of mosaics in storage.
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MOSAIKON participants in Sidon, Lebanon, photo by Anwar Sabik
