2024 AlMusalla Prize given to pavilion design made from local waste materials in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Arabian Diriyah Biennale Foundation has awarded the inaugural 2024 AlMusalla Prize to a collective that includes EAST Architecture Studio, AKT II, and the San Francisco–based artist Rayyane Tabet.Asif Khan, Lina Ghotmeh and seven other colleagues from around the Middle East region served as judges for the competition, whose brief asked for a collaborative team to design a Musalla prayer space equal to 1,615 square feet. The winning pavilion design uses waste taken from local date palm trees as the primary building material while quoting the vernacular seen in Jeddah's Al-Balad historic district.Read the full post on Bustler
The Saudi Arabian Diriyah Biennale Foundation has awarded the inaugural 2024 AlMusalla Prize to a collective that includes EAST Architecture Studio, AKT II, and the San Francisco–based artist Rayyane Tabet.
Asif Khan, Lina Ghotmeh and seven other colleagues from around the Middle East region served as judges for the competition, whose brief asked for a collaborative team to design a Musalla prayer space equal to 1,615 square feet. The winning pavilion design uses waste taken from local date palm trees as the primary building material while quoting the vernacular seen in Jeddah's Al-Balad historic district.Read the full post on Bustler
