Benoy, an international architectural firm, says steady progress is being made on Solitaire, a vibrant 65,000-sq-m urban district being developed by Saudi-based Al Marqab Investment Company in the capital Riyadh with the raft work completed and casting of the first basement slab set to begin.

Chapman Taylor, a leading global architect and masterplanner, says it has been signed up by UCC Holding to develop the design for the façade of a new private hospital in Doha, Qatar.

Summertown Interiors, a  leading UAE sustainable fit-out contractor, says it has been awarded the contract for the refurbishment of the food court, Picnic Square, within the Times Square Center in Dubai.

Acciona Cultural Engineering has completed work on the exhibition space at Bait Mohammed bin Khalifa (BMBK), a historic house located in the Unesco World Heritage site of Al Ain in the UAE.

Prasoon Design Studio, a new-age Dubai-based architecture firm specialising in hospitality, residential, commercial, retail and institutional projects, is looking to disrupt the industry both in the Middle East and on a global scale through iconic designs deeply rooted in environmental mindfulness.

Khatib & Alami (K&A), a multidisciplinary design consultancy which operates primarily across the Middle East and Africa, says it has completed the design for a new land port in Safwan on the Iraqi-Kuwait border.