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Project: Al-Bidda Tower
Type: Commercial
Floor count: 43
Height: 200m
Construction start: 2006
Construction end: 2007
Architect: Higgs & Hill Overseas Ltd
Key Fact: Also called the Tornado Tower because of its twisting shape

Burj Qatar by Ateliers Jean Nouvel

The Barbar Temple is an archaeological site located in the village of Barbar, Bahrain, and considered to be part of the Dilmun culture. The most recent of the three Barbar temples was rediscovered by a Danish archaeological team in 1954. A further two temples were discovered on the site with the oldest dating back to 3000 BC. The temples were built of limestone blocks, believed to have been carved out from the nearby Jidda Island.

Arad Fort is one of Bahrain's most important fortified castles. The Fort was built in the style of Islamic forts at the end of the 15th and early 16th centuries. Due to its strategic location overlooking various sea passages of Muharraq Island, Arad Fort was used as a defensive fortress throughout history, from the time Bahrain was occupied by the Portuguese in the 16thcentury to the reign of Shaikh Salman Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa in the 19th century. Arad Fort was most recently restored in the 1980's, a process which took three years. In order to maintain the historical authenticity and value of Arad Fort, exclusively traditional materials were used, such as coral stone, lime and tree trunks.

A proposal for a villa in a difficult sloped terrain with a very narrow entry area. Prague 2005.

Shalet in Bahrain

New highway layby designed for the planned north Bohemian highway. Year 2000.

The urban design won the 2nd prize in an urban contest among the Czech architecture universities. Dated 2002.

A concept for an energy saving house designed for so called European Village in Swedish Malmo. Dated 2001.

The representatives of the Bohemian town of Česká Lípa challenged students of architecture to come with a proposal of a new theatre hall. Students got the freedom to chose a location for the theatre anywhere within the town and present their vision of the new town theatre. Dated 2002.

Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret 1929,