Keywords: Architecture


Dounia Benjelloun Mezian wins Silver Dolphin at Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards

Moroccan producer Dounia Benjelloun Mezian has added another international distinction to her production career after winning a Silver Dolphin at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards on September 25 for Astral, a film inspired by Rabat’s Mohammed VI Tower. The award came in the Architecture......

Morocco inaugurates new Timenkar middle school in Al Haouz province

A new middle school in Timenkar, in Morocco’s Al Haouz province, was inaugurated on September 7 in Aourir, on the Timenkar plateau at an altitude of 2,100 meters. The facility represents another milestone in the reconstruction efforts launched following the 2023 earthquake. Covering 984 square......

Morocco courtyard officially recognised as a cultural landmark in Buenos Aires

Argentina has officially recognised the Morocco Courtyard, a Moroccan-inspired public space in Buenos Aires, as a site of cultural significance for the capital. The designation was marked by a ceremony held at the courtyard in Palermo, one of the city’s best-known and most vibrant neighbourhoods. The......

New York Times highlights Rabat’s Royal Theatre as a global cultural landmark

The Royal Theatre of Rabat has received international recognition after being highlighted by The New York Times as a remarkable architectural and cultural landmark that strengthens Morocco’s position on the global cultural map. The publication praised the venue as an outstanding example of contemporary......

UNESCO grants World Heritage status to Italy's historic condominium theatres

Italy has secured another place on the UNESCO World Heritage List after the international organization recognized the country's unique network of 18th- and 19th-century condominium theatres, celebrating a distinctive architectural and cultural tradition that played a pivotal role in the rise of Italian......

Gdynia earns UNESCO World Heritage status during its centenary celebrations

The Polish port city of Gdynia has secured a place on the UNESCO World Heritage List, receiving international recognition for its distinctive modernist urban landscape as the city marks the 100th anniversary of its founding. The decision acknowledges Gdynia's remarkable transformation from a small......

Tbilissi faces controversy as futuristic cultural center set for demolition amid political tensions

A futuristic cultural complex in the heart of Tbilissi is at the center of a renewed political debate after authorities approved its demolition, with opponents viewing the decision as an attempt to erase a symbol linked to Georgia’s pro-European past. Known as the “Tubes,” the unfinished......

Michelangelo’s restored lion heads revive the Renaissance grandeur of Rome’s Palazzo Farnese

A landmark restoration project has returned one of Rome’s most remarkable Renaissance façades to its former brilliance, revealing hundreds of intricately carved lion heads that have watched over Palazzo Farnese for centuries. Following five years of conservation work, specialists have completed......

Philippe Geluck abandons Brussels Cat museum project amid rising construction costs

The Belgian cartoonist Philippe Geluck has officially abandoned his long-planned museum project dedicated to his iconic character The Cat, citing sharply rising construction costs and repeated delays that made the project financially unfeasible. The museum, which was intended to celebrate both the famous......