. Riyadh’s new world-class financial district and its tallest structure, the PIF Tower designed by Omrania and HOK, were lit a brilliant shade of green, the national color, during Saudi National Day. At times, architecture signifies the spirit of a nation. Omrania and HOK designed the PIF Tower, an 80-story skyscraper within the King…
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. The KAFD Grand Mosque was designed by Omrania as a total work of architecture, art, landscape, and urban design. New photographs beautifully reveal some of the mosque’s key design features. Until recently, the architecture KAFD Grand Mosque, inspired by the crystalline geometries of naturally occurring “desert rose” sand crystals, was only partially recorded…
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. Amid the pain and difficulties of the covid-19 pandemic, Omrania’s leadership team sends a message of hope and appreciation to our hard-working colleagues and staff members who continue working from home. “This is a thank-you note to all colleagues at Omrania for keeping work going through this worldwide crisis,” says Basem Al-Shihabi, Managing Director…
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. By any measure—physical, visual, or symbolic—the PIF Tower has redefined the skyline of Riyadh. Photographers are noticing. Architecture does not only belong to building owners or architects. It belongs also to its environment and the people who use it, experience it, and sometimes photograph it. In the case of the PIF Tower (formerly…
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. During the 70-day public festival known as Riyadh Season, amateur and professional photographers turned their lenses on the life and culture of Riyadh, including popular architectural landmarks like the Kingdom Centre. Omrania is honored to contribute to the built environment of this growing metropolis. Riyadh Season has been a great celebration of the…
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. The twelfth cycle of the Award program united students, professors, architects, and members of the public to celebrate the next generation of great design. The 2019 twelfth cycle of the Omrania | CSBE Student Award for Architectural Design once again drew hundreds of competitive submissions from dozens of universities in multiple countries across…
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. Managing Director Basem Al-Shihabi was honored at the First Landscape Middle East Awards Ceremonyhosted by Landscape Middle East Magazine. On 25 November2019, Mr. Shihabi received the Lifetime Achievement Award presented byLandscape Middle East Magazine at a ceremony atthe Ritz Carlton DIFC Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to the event’s organizers, the…
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. To accommodate continuing growth across the company’s design team, Omrania is opening additional office space for its engineering division. The company is putting the final touches on its new 966-square-meter penthouse office space, a necessity for corporate expansion and employee comfort. Conveniently located just 450 meters west of the company’s existing headquarters office…
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The Omrania ‘family’ of directors, colleagues, and staff came together at the Hyatt Regency Riyadh Olaya to share a banquet in observance of Ramadan and a celebration of teamwork. Approximately 250 members and guests attended Omrania’s annual corporate Iftar and dinner party on the evening of Tuesday, 21 May 2019. It was an…
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. Blending cosmopolitan style and contemporary luxury with locally inspired art and design details, the Radisson Blu also represents a climate-appropriate sustainable design strategy. The new Radisson Blu Hotel & Residence has officially opened in in Riyadh’s Diplomatic Quarter, a lush precinct that is home to over 80 foreign embassies and diplomatic missions. With…
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. Omrania’s founder offered remarks on the Saudi real estate sector and the importance of placemaking as part of an invited panel discussion. On Wednesday, 1 May 2019, Basem Al-Shihabi, Managing Director of Omrania, participated in a ceremony and panel discussion to celebrate the launch of Raza, the real estate management arm of Saudi…
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We are saddened by the passing of Kilic Uyanik, our esteemed colleague who worked with Omrania through a key period of growth and development starting in the 1980s. As a Chief Architect-Planner at Omrania, Mr. Uyanik participated in many of the company’s major residential, corporate, academic, and health care development projects in the Middle…
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