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Selected works

Case studies in mud, shade and proportion.

A small, honest portfolio across the Riyadh region. Areas in square metres, years as completed.

Award, 202401
Family residenceDiriyah

Courtyard House, Al-Bujairi

A four-bedroom house folded around a single deep courtyard, its rammed-earth walls doing the cooling the old way.

Completed
2023
Area
620
02
Guest majlisDiriyah

The Bujairi Majlis

A detached majlis with a palm-wood ceiling and triangular openings, sized so the evening light reaches the far cushion.

Completed
2022
Area
180
03
Farm retreatWadi Hanifa

Wadi Hanifa Retreat

A low earth pavilion at the palm line, opening to the wadi with a shaded veranda that never sees direct sun.

Completed
2023
Area
910
Conservation04
Cultural hallDiriyah

Al-Turaif Reading Room

A quiet public room beside the heritage walls: mud-brick mass, high clerestory light, and benches that belong to the plaster.

Completed
2021
Area
340
05
Family residenceAl-Malqa, Riyadh

Two-Palm Villa

An urban house that keeps the courtyard idea inside a tight plot, built around the two palms that were already there.

Completed
2024
Area
540
Award, 202106
Heritage conservationUshaiger

Najdi House Restoration

A century-old mud house surveyed, structurally repaired and re-plastered — kept old on purpose, made safe on purpose.

Completed
2020
Area
410

Full drawings and site records for each project are shared on request during a studio visit.

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The studio is in Al-Bujairi, a short walk from the At-Turaif walls. Tell us about the project and we will suggest a time to sit on the site together.

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Atelier Nakhla

A Najdi heritage-modern architecture atelier in Diriyah — building with mud, shade and the long shadow since 2014.

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