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Green Architecture:
Back to Life

Maybe 2019 will be remembered as the year in which the issue of climate change was most often mentioned in the media and in political…

From the World

Green Architecture:
Back to Life

Maybe 2019 will be remembered as the year in which the issue of climate change was most often mentioned in the media and in political…

From the World

Green Architecture:
Back to Life

Maybe 2019 will be remembered as the year in which the issue of climate change was most often mentioned in the media and in political…

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Compasses is considered the most knowledgeable international interior design and architecture platform in the Middle East, an integrated communication system operating mainly in the market of the Gulf Countries.

Compasses quarterly magazine was set up in Dubai in 2007. Compasses Architecture & Interior Design was originally intended to become a unique showcase of Middle Eastern continuous transformation into a charming, dynamic and contradictory anthropized environment. In its pages you can appreciate new trends in urban planning and architecture. Compasses is now after ten years of “publishing” a media platform of contents and ideas targeting architects, interior designers, consultants, traders, design and architecture addicts and VIPs. With several years of experience, Compasses will show you the architectural innovation.

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From The Middle East

The Sky Over Dubai. Redefining Architecture and Infrastructure of a Future Smart City Based on Vertical Mobility

With the industrial revolution cities started to move vertically. In that period, we had new materials like steel and new technologies like electricity and elevators that helped architects and engineers to look…

From the World

Biesbosch Museum Island,
Water in Between

In the National Park De Biesbosch, born in 1421 in the aftermath of a famous flood…

Architecture & Design

Tirana Vertical Forest:
Conquering the Landscape

Buried in concrete and in eternal transformation, the capital of Albania – that after the…

Essays

Down to the
Vertical Gardens

Patrick Blanc’s first work dates back to 1986: it is the green wall at the…

Architecture & Design

The Tomb of Rafiq Hariri in Beirut:
The Void Option

On February 14th, 2005, Rafiq Hariri, the Prime Minister of Lebanon, was murdered in an attack in a time of tensions with the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. The Lebanese people, deeply…

Essays

Notre-Dame de Paris: NO to the Haste of Politics, YES to the Patient Time of Restoration

A substantial part of the cathedral of Notre-Dame is not anymore. A few hours of…

IDEAS & TRENDS

New ideas for trendy
design solutions

Through the PLUGIN Martinelli Luce you can easily realize the calculation and rendering of your architectural environment spaces.

Martinelli Luce On Demand

Today it is increasingly essential to be connected to the world through the network in…

From exquisite marble to technical ceramics: FMG Fabbrica Marmi e Graniti reinterprets Calacatta Oro

FMG offers the unmistakable graduated shading and veining of Calacatta Oro marble on large format technical ceramic tiles, perfect for walls, floors and made to order furnishings.

Cobblestone, the new collection of G.T.Design, designed by Deanna Comellini

Cobblestone, the new collection of G.T.Design, designed by Deanna Comellini, is a new chapter in…

Lago New Customisable Kitchens: Design them Online

Essential lines, modularity and architectural mimicry: these are the keywords in the story of Kitchens, the new collection designed and produced by LAGO, the Italian design brand that once again confirms its vocation for the manufacture of furnishings for all the rooms in the home.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Looking for an architecture or design event? Find the major international events, exhibitions, trade fairs and conferences held in the Middle East region and around the world.

SAIE
14 - 17 October 2020

The Building Fair. Design, construction, plant engineering – evolves and places the construction system at the center of the event to confirm its role as a commercial, training ...