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Middle East Buildings : Architecture
Contemporary Built Environment Developments in Southwestern Asia. Modern property designs information + images.
post updated 22 January 2026
e-architect Editorial team select what we feel are the key examples of Middle East Architecture. We cover completed Middle East buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and design competitions.
The website focus is on contemporary Middle Eastern buildings but information on traditional buildings is also welcome.
We have 2 pages of Middle East Architecture selections with links to hundreds of individual project pages.
Buildings in the Middle East
Middle East Architecture : A-R
Middle East Buildings : S-Z (this page)
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Middle East Building Developments – Saudi Arabia
Modern Saudi Arabian Buildings selection arranged alphabetically:
Al-Birr Foundation Office Tower, Riyadh
Design: Perkins+Will
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Saudi Arabian Tower Building
For the Al-Birr Foundation’s new headquarters, Perkins+Will reinterpreted the typology of an urban tower in the spirit of Le Corbusier’s explorations of the brise-soleil, calibrated to the extreme solar exposure and heat conditions of the microclimate of Riyadh. The design employs innovation in elevation and section, rather than plan, as the generator for functional solutions as well as symbolic analogies to Saudi historical precedents.
Al Faisaliah Complex
Design: Foster + Partners
Nigel Young, Foster & Partners
Playing a key part in Riyadh’s urban development, the 240,000-square-metre Al Faisaliah Complex is centred around Saudi Arabia’s first skyscraper – a distinctive 267-m-high office tower – alongside a five-star hotel, a banqueting and conference centre, luxury apartments and a three-storey retail mall. The scheme carefully balances cost-effectiveness and flexibility to produce buildings which are efficient but also responsive to the Middle Eastern climate.
Alrriyadh Ritz Carlton Tower Building
Design: ECHO Architecture
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ECHO Architecture is currently working on over 80 projects based in Saudi Arabia including the world’s 5th tallest tower in Riyadh, the newest luxury hotel in the Ritz Carlton Brand. Last year alone Echo masterplanned over 12 million m2 across 5 projects in the region creating and evolving towns and communities for the Kingdom.
Arab Satellite Communications HQ
Design: heneghan.peng.architects
image : heneghan.peng.architects
Arabsat headquarters building
The design of the new headquarters for Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) was the subject of an international competition commissioned by the Arriyadh Development Authority in 2008. heneghan.peng.architects with Buro Happold engineers won the architectural competition and were subsequently appointed in March 2009.
King Abdulaziz Center, Dhahran
Design: Snøhetta
picture : MIR
King Abdulaziz Library Building
The King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture is a bold new initiative on the part of the Saudi Aramco Oil Company to promote cultural development within the Kingdom. Following an invited architectural design competition in 2007 architects Snøhetta were selected to design this prestigious cultural facilities, including an auditorium, cinema, library, exhibition hall, museum and archive.
King Abdullah Economic City
Design: SOM Architects
image : SOM
King Abdullah Economic City
Designed by American architect Marshall Strabala, the King Abdullah Economic City is a major mixed use business center totaling 1.1 million square meters (12 million square feet) to be built in western Saudi Arabia. Strabala designed the master plan for the city as an Associate Partner in Charge of Design at Skidmore Owings Merrill LLP.
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Middle East Building Designs – UAE Selection
Modern UAE Buildings arranged alphabetically:
0-14 tower, Business Bay Building
Design: RUR Architecture – Reiser + Umemoto
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Dubai Business Bay tower
DIFC Lighthouse Dubai building
Architects: Atkins
architecture image © from Atkins
DIFC Lighthouse
Burj Al Alam tower
Design: Nikken Sekkei
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Burj Al Alam tower
Burj al Arab
Design: Atkins
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Burj al Arab Hotel
Burj Khalifa
SOM Architects
photo © Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Burj Khalifa Skyscraper
Dubai Opera House Building
Zaha Hadid Architects
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Dubai Opera House
Dubai Signature Towers
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
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Dubai Signature Towers
DIFC Lighthouse Dubai building
Architects: Atkins
architecture image © from Atkins
DIFC Lighthouse
Jumeirah Emirates Towers
Design: Norr Group – Hazel Wong
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Jumeirah Emirates Towers
Museum of Middle East Modern Art
Architect: UNStudio
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Museum of Middle East Modern Art building
The Opus Dubai Buildings
Zaha Hadid Architects
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Palm Island
RMJM Architects
image © RMJM
Palm Island Dubai
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Location: Middle East, Western Asia
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Middle East Buildings in other countries
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Middle East Building information + photos welcome.
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Architecture Design
Contemporary Building Designs – recent architectural selection from e-architect below:
Buildings / photos for the modern Middle East Architecture designs page welcome.
Website: Middle East – BBC news