Envisioned as a village within a circle, the pavilions designed by the firm of Tarik Oualalou and Linna Choi, working out of offices in Casablanca and Paris, were the venue of the 2023 World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings, held from 9
The New Zealand practice of Bergendy Cooke – in charge of the concept, design, and interiors – has in collaboration with the Moroccan architect Amine Abouraoui built this hotel beside the Majorelle Garden in Marrakech. Reinterpreting vernacular archi
Next to Jardin Majorelle, in the Moroccan city that so inspired Yves Saint Laurent, the museum devoted to his work features local terracotta brick, forming patterns that evoke the weft and warp of the fabric in an opaque envelope that protects from t
Una estructura central, de 680x18 metros, une todos los espacios y pabellones del complejo, construido para la cumbre climática COP 22; un colosal toldo de membrana pretensada, de 12.400 metros cuadrados, protege del fuerte sol el eje principal en to
The volumes that make up the museum are aggregated in a way that evokes Marrakech’s traditional architecture: an elongated block that marks the entrance, a top-lit cubic volume for exhibitions, and two smaller ancillary buildings.
Drawing inspiration from the ksar and the madrasa – Maghrebi fortified cities and schools –, and combining local knowledge with modern technology, the project reinvents earth as building material able to fulfill current comfort needs and safety requi
