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Architectural essays, project notes, research, material observations, and built-environment reflections from INJ Architects.
Conserving Modern and Postmodern Buildings in Saudi Arabia
A practical framework for assessing, repairing and adapting Saudi Arabia’s modern and postmodern buildings, with the Hajj Terminal as a…
Saudi Urban Heritage Conservation: Evidence, Fabric and Use
A field-based framework for conserving Saudi urban heritage through evidence, material diagnosis, compatible use, maintenance and three documented case studies.
Hijazi Architecture: Jeddah, Rawashin and the Red Sea City
A documented reading of Hijazi architecture that distinguishes coastal Jeddah from inland cities and explains the roshan tower house, materials…
Southern Saudi Architecture: Terrain, Rain and Asir’s Building Traditions
An evidence-led reading of Asir’s building traditions, connecting Rijal Almaa’s terrain, stone and earth construction, Al-Qatt Al-Asiri and settlement-scale conservation.
New Objectivity in Architecture and Engineering
New Objectivity in Architecture and Engineering, New Objectivity, in German, is Neue Sachlichkeit, which is sometimes also translated as New…
Realism in architecture
Realism in architecture, The built environment is the buildings, bridges, roads, parks, and all things around us that are designed…
Water architecture and its relationship to Islamic architecture
Water architecture and its relationship to Islamic architecture, Water architecture is the architecture that is related to water, in which…
The manifestations of Islamic architecture in Andalusia
The manifestations of Islamic architecture in Andalusia, After the Muslims completed the liberation of Andalusia, they began to implement their…
Modern architecture in Saudi Arabia
Modern architecture in Saudi Arabia, Modern architecture is an architectural period with a special direction that includes a range of…
Modern architecture and its various styles
Modern architecture and its various styles, Rejecting ornamentation and embracing minimalism, modernist architecture became the most important new style or…
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