Author Archives: Ali Karimi

Evocative of both prehistory and post‑apocalyptic futures, Bahrain’s Dilmun burial mounds should not be consigned to the museum

The work of the Jordanian architect‑archaeologist Ammar Khammash offers a view into his country’s material and geological histories

A new workshop for a Bahraini family of weavers goes some way towards capturing the informal atmosphere of the traditional majlis

Despite its context of colonial extraction, Bahrain’s first sand golf course demonstrates attitudes to landscape that the region would do well to adopt

Studio Anne Holtrop’s conversion of the former Customs House into a post office traces the history of Bahrain’s urban development

Hopkins Architects’ wildlife sanctuary in Kalba offers a different model of city-building in the Gulf, but asks if an architectural showpiece was ever necessary

Temporary tree artworks lack the permanence that meaningful encounters require