Awarded after winning first prize in an international architectural competition. The project won the Aga Khan Award in architecture (1995 cycle), and has become, since its completion, the subject of much academic research and publication. The main concept of the project is to revitalyze the center of Arriyadh city, based on its historic urban and architectural heritage, by developing the existing streets and introducing landscape plazas and pathways to connect the architectural elements together. The theme of the contemporary reinterpretation of local traditions is continued in the interior design through details, colors and materials.