Gulf Architecture's Bold Decade: GCC Skylines Transform
Neom, Qiddiya, Red Sea Project. The GCC is building at a scale that rewrites the architectural conversation. These aren't buildings. They're competing visions for the future.
Jan 14, 2026

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12 stories for“sustainable architecture”
Neom, Qiddiya, Red Sea Project. The GCC is building at a scale that rewrites the architectural conversation. These aren't buildings. They're competing visions for the future.
Jan 14, 2026

Thick walls, small openings, shaded courtyards and wind towers were not decorative. They were a cooling system, and a glass tower in the desert is a decision to pay for that work with electricity instead.
Aug 7, 2026

Building a new home of the same size can produce up to thirteen times the embodied carbon of refurbishing the old one. That number has started appearing in planning decisions, which is how a technical argument becomes a policy.
Aug 18, 2026

New homes emit around 2.5 times their design estimates on average. Non-domestic buildings run to 3.8 times. The studies that established this looked at buildings that had been published as exemplars.
Aug 19, 2026

Maximalism is officially strategic. 2026 designers pair bold jewel tones with intentional craftsmanship, ditching minimalism for rooms that demand attention and touch.
Jul 10, 2024
