Beyond the market imperative an alternative that builds upon community and local materials through education and long-term investments

جدة التاريخية Ramadan nights

Recommended reading for a first-hand account by artists, academics and writers on what has been lost on the regeneration of East London

History stroll through the alleyways of Jeddah AlBalad

We are delighted to welcome Lucio Frigo from MATERIA on board as one of our AFSIC 2022 speakers. View our full agenda here: afsic.net/agenda/ #afsic #afsic2022 #businesstwitter #financetwitter #investmenttwitter #investortwitter

The house as a life project, the house of Xavier Corberó, five decades in the making suddenly work of art once his life ceased

Look up to your past (جدة التاريخية)

Bayt Nasseif details | جدة التاريخية

Thank you Ithra Events | فعاليات إثراء for the opportunity to discuss the role of designers in the urban regeneration process and the incredible potential of the KSA cultural landscape #Ithra_tanween #Bricklab

Strongly recommend this course on urban regeneration by ⁦Università Bocconi⁩ #EdoardoCroci #SurLab to which I had the pleasure to contribute Sustainable Urban Regeneration | ⁦Coursera⁩ coursera.org/learn/sustaina…

..w/ the invaluable contribution of francesca benedetto & her students at Harvard GSD who were joined by students of the Ecole Nationale d'Architecture e d'Urbanisme de Tunis #ENAU. Thanks again to Gareth Doherty we also had the honour of welcoming to Tunis The Loeb Fellowship (2/6)

..Nadia Siméon of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and #KateBauer of Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative (3/6)

..special thanks to Leila Ben-Gacem ليلى بن ڤاسم who has been a partner & friend from the outset, for her continuous inspiring work on the Medina with #BlueFish and for providing a true home to the students and all of us at #DarBenGacem (4/6)

Thank you Meddeb Amel, #SoulefAouididi and #SadikaGhouma of the #ASM, Montassar Jmour of #INP, #FakherKharrat of ENAU, #AhmedAbdalkefi for the trust, Ghazi GHERAIRI, #ZouberiMouhli, #JustinMcGuiness, #DhaferBenKhalifa, Faïka Béjaoui, #LouFatmi, Sofia Guellaty and all (5/6)

Now back to work to make this as impactful as it can and must be! (6/6)

Jeddah Al Balad #BaytSharbatly

I contributed an essay to Cambridge University Scroope Architectural Journal by Arch Cambridge focussing on a 1960-70s cultural review in Morocco, Souffles-Anfas, that “became one of the most radical publications on decolonial narratives in the Arab world”. arct.cam.ac.uk/aboutthedepart…

Catch a first glimpse of the Benga Riverside School in Tete, Mozambique. #workinprogress MATERIA Picture: the Primary School's main courtyard.