About Subscribe Submit news Get in touch
 
Home Opinion In depth Video LIVE news Interviews Company profiles Events diary Jobs
Architects selected for major museum projects in Saudi Arabia | Planet Attractions
     



Architects selected for major museum projects in Saudi Arabia

The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has appointed celebrated architects Lina Ghotmeh and Asif Khan to design two major museums in Saudi Arabia.






The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has appointed celebrated architects Lina Ghotmeh and Asif Khan to design two major museums in Saudi Arabia.

Ghotmeh, who created the 2023 Serpentine Pavilion, will design the contemporary art museum, Khan, meanwhile, will create the museum of the Incense Road. Both of which will be located in AlUla.

The duo were selected via an international competition, judged by an expert panel chaired by Dr Khaled Azzam, the architect of the RCU’s ‘Journey Through Time’ masterplan, which will see the development of 15 cultural institutions across Saudi Arabia.

“This masterplan will guide the reinvigoration of AlUla establishing a new cultural legacy including the implementation of a circular economy expected to create 38,000 new jobs,” said Dr Azzam.

“AlUla is a spectacular landscape of discovery, where heritage, works of nature and humankind combine to reveal a long and intimate relationship between people and their environment.”

Read more here


Live

 

Universal’s Epic Universe soft opens to public ahead of May opening





Paw Patrol to launch at Chessington with UK’s first themed land opening in 2026





New Simworx Helios Experience attraction opens at Portlantis




Industry insights



The world is on fire, so why should we care about cultural heritage?



Video



WATCH: ‘Surround yourself in horror’ as Universal’s Horror Unleashed prepares for 2025 debut


In Depth



Supplier Showcase 2025: The biggest attractions projects landing worldwide this year



© Kazoo 5 Limited 2025
About Subscribe Get in touch
 
Opinion In depth Interviews
LIVE news Profiles Diary Video
Jobs
Architects selected for major museum projects in Saudi Arabia | Planet Attractions


Architects selected for major museum projects in Saudi Arabia

The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has appointed celebrated architects Lina Ghotmeh and Asif Khan to design two major museums in Saudi Arabia.






The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has appointed celebrated architects Lina Ghotmeh and Asif Khan to design two major museums in Saudi Arabia.

Ghotmeh, who created the 2023 Serpentine Pavilion, will design the contemporary art museum, Khan, meanwhile, will create the museum of the Incense Road. Both of which will be located in AlUla.

The duo were selected via an international competition, judged by an expert panel chaired by Dr Khaled Azzam, the architect of the RCU’s ‘Journey Through Time’ masterplan, which will see the development of 15 cultural institutions across Saudi Arabia.

“This masterplan will guide the reinvigoration of AlUla establishing a new cultural legacy including the implementation of a circular economy expected to create 38,000 new jobs,” said Dr Azzam.

“AlUla is a spectacular landscape of discovery, where heritage, works of nature and humankind combine to reveal a long and intimate relationship between people and their environment.”

Read more here


 



© Kazoo 5 Limited 2025