A North Coast family home shaped by a circular pool, where material warmth geometry, and light support year-round living.

In her Cairo home, Soha Omar layers memory, travel, and art into a space built around one guiding idea: happiness.

Exploring how architecture in the Middle East shapes women’s freedom, safety and presence in public spaces.

Cairo Design Week returns 19–28 November 2026, turning the city into a hub of design and ideas.

Between Al-Muizz Street’s bustle and Le Riad Hotel de Charme, Cairo’s noise fades, replaced by carved wood, mashrabiya shadows, and a carefully curated sanctuary.

Nestled in the Lebanese mountains, Lifehaus blends sustainable design with storybook fantasy, making you wonder if a hobbit might wander in for tea.

In Essaouira, Ddar House is shaped by landscape and climate, and built with local craft and materials.

Sam House transforms Café Riche through its ‘Aziza’ collection, shaping four distinct spaces inspired by women across eras through light, material and design.

Architect-turned-upcycler Dalia Emad Aly remakes everyday objects into functional art.

Dubai-based IDST redesigns a Fujairah café, bringing the building’s warm sand-coloured walls indoors.

Kids With Rugz opens a studio where anyone can try tufting and make rugs with their own design.

In Sicily, Arab ceilings, Norman palaces, and citrus gardens reveal how conquest became cultural inheritance, and how architecture learned to speak more than one language.