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Villa Butterfly / Mohamed Amine Siana

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 29 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Near Marrakech's Amelkis golf course, Villa Butterfly takes inspiration from a fleeting vision of butterflies on site—a metaphor of chrysalis and flight that shaped its design. The project blends Moroccan tradition with an international, contemporary outlook.

Villa VOL005 / Studio BO

Hadir Al Koshta — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000

On the edge of a golf course in Marrakech, on a 1,400 m2 plot, stands a villa conceived as a silent presence, at once grounded and weightless, sensual and spiritual. The project is rooted in the ochre landscape of the city, drawing from its materiality and light a raw, unpretentious nobility.

Places of Protest in Africa: Public Spaces for Engaging & Fostering Democracy

Paul Yakubu — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 07:30:00 +0000

Protest has always been a powerful tool for creating change, and public spaces provide a platform for social engagement in societies. As part of the International Day of Democracy, we examine Africa, its series of emerging protests in the past year, and how citizens in various countries question political justice, demand better living standards from their government, and interrogate their nation’s sovereignty. With demonstrations ranging from organized large-scale marches to smaller spontaneous outbursts, residents of these countries have explored public spaces in symbolic and significant ways to amplify their voices. These spaces include public squares with cultural and historical meaning, sites of political buildings, or makeshift protest areas such as roads and open areas. Through this, African cities show how people make these spaces their own and how the power of their conglomeration cannot be ignored in unwrapping the democratic essence of public spaces.

Cities, Villages, and UNESCO Historical Landmarks in Morocco Are Severely Damaged by a Major Earthquake

Maria-Cristina Florian — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 06:30:00 +0000

Friday, September 8th, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Morocco’s High Atlas Mountain range. The epicenter was located just 72 kilometers southwest of Marrakech, the country’s fourth-largest city and a popular tourist destination. The quake is the strongest to hit the nation’s center in more than a century. Estimates put the number of victims at over 2,000 and more injured, but as several towns and villages remain inaccessible high in the mountains, the number is expected to increase. In addition to the human toll, several historical landmarks, including UNESCO World Heritage sites, have been affected, while eyewitnesses in the foothills of the mountains report that several remote towns have been completely destroyed, according to CNN.

Maison Brummell Majorelle / Bergendy Cooke

Hana Abdel — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

A new boutique hotel in Marrakech. Inspired by the local vernacular, without replicating it, we have created a unique and playful contemporary language while maintaining a textural reference to the site’s rich history. An abundance of lush vegetation and running water in various volumes conjures up the notion of an oasis.

Modern Morocco: Building a New Vernacular

Eric Baldwin — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 05:00:00 +0000

Modern Moroccan architecture is reinterpreting vernacular traditions. Taking its name from the Arabic al-maġhrib, or the “place the sun sets; the west”, the kingdom is a sovereign state home to numerous examples of Islamic design, as well as detailed art and ornamentation found within geometric patterns, friezes and open courtyards.

Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech / Studio KO

Paula Pintos — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 06:00:00 +0000

Dedicated to the work of the legendary French fashion designer, the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech (mYSLm) opened its doors in autumn 2017. It houses an important selection from the Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent’s impressive collection, which comprises 5,000 items of clothing, 15,000 haute couture accessories as well as tens of thousands of sketches and assorted objects.

How to Change Cities With Culture: 10 Tips Using UNESCO

Strelka Magazine — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 08:00:00 +0000

This article, written by Svetlana Kondratyeva and translated by Olga Baltsatu for Strelka Magazine, examines the most interesting cases of the role of culture in sustainable urban development based on the UNESCO report.

Narrowminded + BOM Propose New Central Bus Station for Marrakech

Sadia Quddus — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 01:00:00 +0000

As part of an international competition, Narrowminded Architects teamed up with BOM Architects to identify and solve central functional deficiencies in a proposal for a new Marrakech Central Bus Terminal. Together, the architects found that obsolete infrastructure, unclear orientation, hazardous traffic density, rampant pollution, and confusing overlaps between vehicular and pedestrian flow were all contributing factors in the inefficiencies and hindered advancement of the terminal. Thus, with the intent to create a timeless environment that could flourish in Marrakech's future morphological developments, the proposal adopted a strategy to thoroughly address each individual issue.

Fobe Home / Guilhem Eustache

Megan Jett — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

A client introduced me to a film producer in Belgium. He offered me to draw up the plans of several houses on land he had bought in Marrakech, Morocco. For many years I regularly visited Morocco. From the first trip I was bewitched by that country and the three projects studied to date are certainly fed, to varying degrees, by all the images and impressions gathered during my stays.