Space building like from "Dune": desert dunes in Zaha Hadid Architects' design

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA).

Anastazja Dżupina, 21 of February '25
Siedziba BEEAH w Szardży, Zjednoczone Emiraty Arabskie

BEEAH headquarters in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Photo by Hufton+Crow © Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)

Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a headquarters for BEEAH Group, located in the city of Sharjah, in the desert areas of the United Arab Emirates. The building's form is inspired by the natural landscape, where local winds have shaped distinctive sand ridges and hills. [...]

Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a headquarters for BEEAH Group, located in the city of Sharjah, in the desert areas of the United Arab Emirates. The building's form [...]

Architects and Profession

Krakow's local government against pat-development - real change or official marketing?

Standards for Responsible Construction

Przemysław Ciępka, 21 of February '25
Kraków opracował

Kraków opracował "Standardy odpowiedzialnego budownictwa". Czy rozwiążą problem patodeweloperki?

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Does the law still have the power to curb the zeal of path developers? The amendment to the Law on Technical Conditions was supposed to help, thanks to which issues such as the lighting of apartments, the distance of development from the border of the plot or the need for a playground were regulated. The legal changes did not have the desired effect - on the contrary, one might be tempted to say that the amendment was one of the driving forces for the development of unfair practices in the PRS [...]

Does the law still have the power to curb the zeal of path developers? The amendment to the Law on Technical Conditions was supposed to help, thanks to which issues such [...]

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