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AD Middle East on Instagram‎: "Norman Foster: Lessons from the world’s greatest architect. He is the visionary behind global landmarks such as the Great Court of the British Museum (@britishmuseum) in London, Apple Park in Cupertino, the Reichstag in Berlin, and the soon-to-open Zayed National Museum (@znmuae) in Abu Dhabi. But did you know that six decades ago Norman Foster (@officialnormanfoster) began his practice in a bedsit? In an exclusive interview with AD, the pioneering architect talks

History Photographed on Instagram: "The magnificent central bronze doors of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome are nearly 2,000 years old, but they were not originally built for the church. ⁠ ⁠ The doors were repurposed from the ancient Roman Senate House, known as the Curia Julia, and moved to the basilica in the 17th century.⁠ ⁠ Today, these monumental doors serve as the main entrance to the basilica. ⁠ ⁠ Despite their age and immense weight, they are so precisely balanced that a s

Architecture 🏠 on Instagram: "In April 2024, the Diriyah Biennale Foundation announced the AlMusalla Prize, an international architecture competition focused on designing a musalla: a flexible space for prayer and reflection accessible to people of all faiths. The winning project, designed by EAST Architecture Studio in collaboration with artist Rayyane Tabet and engineering firm AKT II, is a modular structure built with materials derived from local date palm waste, including fronds and fibers,