Articles by Saudatu Bah

Lebanese designer Najla El Zein has created the Us, Her, Him elongated, limestone benches at Flag Plaza in Doha, Qatar. The sculptural benches, which were designed to reflect the complexity and importance of human connections, were made from 313 meters of hand-sculpted limestone. “The vision behind Us, Her, Him was to capture the nuanced experience

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Students from Bilkent University have completed a community centre for Syrian refugees in Hatay, Turkey, in collaboration with their professor Chen-Yu Chiu and his architecture firm Studio Cho. Named Taiwan-Reyhanli Centre for World Citizens, the hub is built from 400 concrete blocks repurposed from the Turkey-Syria border walls, which make the structure both earthquake-proof and

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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Sindalah, the first region of Saudi Arabia’s Neom project to open for visitors. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Italian studio Luca Dini Design has designed Sindalah, an island resort in the Red Sea that has become the first region of mega-project Neom to be completed

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a rural retreat in Greece designed by Invisible Studio. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Architect Piers Taylor, founder of British practice Invisible Studio, has completed a concrete residence named House in an Olive Grove in Corfu, Greece. The project sparked discussion among readers. One described it as

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