Urbanism – magpie

14 May 2026

Zaha Hadid masterplan for BEEAH’s Khalid Bin Sultan City project

30 June 2025

Zaha Hadid Architects has been publicising its masterplan for Khalid Bin Sultan City, a mixed-use development adjacent to BEEAH’s headquarters in Sharjah. There’s no word yet on how big it will be, how many people and workplaces it will house, [ … ]

Modern heritage in Abu Dhabi: plaques on 60+ buildings

7 February 2024

There’s not much of the original Abu Dhabi to be seen in the city; the original pre-20th century fishing village was probably little more than a collection of barasti huts, maybe with a few more substantial coral- and stone-based buildings [ … ]