{"id":1598,"date":"2025-10-09T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theboudoirvixen.com\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2025-10-09T15:17:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:17:50","slug":"from-saudi-arabia-to-uzbekistan-almusalla-pavilion-reinstalled-for-the-inaugural-bukhara-biennial-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theboudoirvixen.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/09\/from-saudi-arabia-to-uzbekistan-almusalla-pavilion-reinstalled-for-the-inaugural-bukhara-biennial-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"From Saudi Arabia to Uzbekistan: AlMusalla Pavilion Reinstalled for the Inaugural Bukhara Biennial 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-video\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"188\" data-end=\"1085\">In April 2024, the Diriyah Biennale Foundation announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1015727\/shaping-the-future-of-islamic-architecture-diriyah-biennale-foundation-unveils-almusalla-prize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the AlMusalla Prize, an international architecture competition focused on designing a <\/a><em data-start=\"331\" data-end=\"340\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1015727\/shaping-the-future-of-islamic-architecture-diriyah-biennale-foundation-unveils-almusalla-prize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">musalla<\/a>: <\/em>a flexible space for prayer and reflection accessible to people of all faiths. The winning project, designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/office\/east-architecture-studio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EAST Architecture Studio<\/a> in collaboration with artist Rayyane Tabet and engineering firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/office\/akt-ii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AKT II<\/a>, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1026283\/on-weaving-pavilion-almusalla-east-architecture-studio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a modular structure built with materials derived from local date palm waste<\/a>, including fronds and fibers, and inspired by regional weaving traditions. Installed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/777599\/ad-classics-hajj-terminal-king-abdulaziz-airport-som\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Hajj Terminal of King Abdulaziz International Airport<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/jeddah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeddah<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/country\/saudi-arabia\/page\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, the musalla served for four months during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/islamic-arts-biennale\">Islamic Arts Biennale<\/a> as a space for prayer, welcoming both Muslim and non-Muslim visitors. Conceived to be dismantled and reassembled, the structure was recently relocated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/country\/uzbekistan\/page\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uzbekistan <\/a>for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1034009\/uzbekistans-inaugural-bukhara-biennial-2025-opens-across-restored-historic-landmarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the inaugural Bukhara Biennial 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1034877\/from-saudi-arabia-to-uzbekistan-almusalla-pavilion-reinstalled-for-the-inaugural-bukhara-biennial-2025\">Read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April 2024, the Diriyah Biennale Foundation announced the AlMusalla Prize, an international architecture competition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theboudoirvixen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theboudoirvixen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theboudoirvixen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theboudoirvixen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theboudoirvixen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.theboudoirvixen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1599,"href":"http:\/\/www.theboudoirvixen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions\/1599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theboudoirvixen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theboudoirvixen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theboudoirvixen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}