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Bahrain Architecture News

Contemporary Persian Gulf Building Designs – Built Environment Updates.

post updated 7 August 2025

Kingdom of Bahrain Architecture News + Key New Middle East Property Designs, alphabetical:

Bahrain Architecture Designs – chronological list

Bahrain Building News

13 July 2022
Al Dana Amphitheater, Sakhir
Design: S/L Architects

photo : Al Dana
Respect for natural surroundings is what ultimately evokes the strongest bond to that nature. They allow the amphitheatre to be an organic and everlasting part of its existence.

2 June 2022
Manama Post Office Rehabilitation
Design: Studio Anne Holtrop, Architects

photo : Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Maxime Delvaux (photographer)
The Manama Post Office, formerly the Customs Building, one of the oldest public buildings in Bahrain (built in 1937), was rehabilitated.

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Kingdom of Bahrain Architecture News Archive

7 Apr 2019
Museum and Entrance to the Pearling Path, Muharraq
Design: Valerio Olgiati

image Courtesy architecture office
The site contains ruins that form part of the UNESCO Pearling Path. The entire building functions as the entrance to the cultural heritage and the foyer for the medina.

19 Dec 2018
Amwaj Villa, Manama
Design: Moriq

photograph : Riyaz Quraishi
This was a single family home designed in an upmarket locality of Bahrain called Amwaj Island. The Clients wanted modern architecture and well defined interior areas.

22 Jan 2015
Bahrain Marina Masterplan Development, Manama
Design: Benoy

image Courtesy architecture office
Benoy, the international, award-winning Architecture, Masterplanning, Interior and Graphic Design firm, announce the first phase of the Bahrain Marina Development in Manama.

28 Jun 2013
New Oncology Centre at King Hamad University Hospital (KHUH)
Design: HASSELL

image by architects office
The new building for client the Bahrain Defence Force will be designed to the highest international standards of healthcare provision. The property will provide first-class cancer care and research facilities to Bahrain in a ‘translational’ environment, where research advances are used to directly benefit patient care.

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22 Feb 2012
Bab Al Bahrain Square Competition Winners News
1st Prize: Pearl Dive design by Lukas Lenherr, Switzerland

picture from contest organiser
The void: a physically powerful identity and a strong sense of a space are given to a place when it contains a clear void. It is the void that connects people.

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21 Nov 2011
Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain
Design: SOM – Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

image from architects practice
5-star hotel project on Bahrain Bay – the country’s highest-profile, master-planned $2.5 billion waterfront community. The 5-star hotel construction will inject new optimism into several of Bahrain’s flagship sectors.

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17 Feb 2010
Zaha Hadid Exhibition in Bahrain, Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Center for Culture and Research
15 Mar – 30 Apr 2010
Zaha Hadid – Fluidity & Design

photography courtesy of ZHA
For her inaugural exhibition in the Gulf, Zaha Hadid – Fluidity & Design, the Pritzker Prize winning architect presents her practice’s continued exploration and research towards a new architectural language of fluidity. This new language is driven by the latest advances in computational design processes and state-of- the-art fabrication technologies.

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Bahraini Architectural Updates 2007 – 2009

19 Oct 2009
Durrat al Bahrain
Design: Atkins

image Courtesy architecture office
International design and engineering consultancy, Atkins, has been awarded the architectural and infrastructure design on phase III of Durrat al Bahrain, a 20 km2 reclaimed series of paradise islands at the southern tip of Bahrain.

16 Aug 2009
Durrat Marina Masterplan
Design: Atkins

image Courtesy architecture office
Reclamation works include a 50m canal to separate the largest island of the marine from the reclaimed golf course.

3 Jul 2009
At Bahrain
Design: Aedas Architects

18 May 2009
Bahrain Model Sports Club
Design: Leigh & Orange, Architects

image Courtesy architecture office
The program of sports clubs is part of the Bahrain government’s drive to provide recreation, sports training and venues for interclub league competitions for the people of Bahrain in four regional sports clubs.

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19 Nov 2008
Nomas Towers, Juffair
Design: Atkins

image Courtesy architecture office
A mixed-use facility on a massive scale, combining premium residential apartments and townhouses, three floors of retail and entertainment, a five-star hotel and boutique waterfront office facility.

8 Apr 2008
Bahrain WTC Wind Turbines – World Trade Center
Design: Atkins

image Courtesy architecture office
The Atkins designed Bahrain World Trade Center (BWTC) made history today as the turbines on this pioneering project turned together for the first time.

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23 Dec 2007
Bahrain World Trade Centre – Twin skyscrapers, Manama
Architects: Atkins

photo from Atkins
Tapering to a height of 240m, each tower building is visually anchored to the ground by a concertina of curved, sail-like forms, with 34 floors of office space and an exclusive viewing deck on the 42nd floor.