Insights

Increasingly, we live in cities that have everything except space to live...

Contemporary retail architecture has ceased to be a backdrop for products. It has become their story...

nicholas is delighted to be exhibiting at Cityscape Global in Riyadh from 17th-20th November 2025. Come and meet us in the Architecture & Design zone in Hall 5 to discuss your next project...

The Gulf cities are evolving at an accelerated pace: instead of relatable hubs, dispersed and car-dependent layouts have emerged. This disrupts the everyday interactions that once formed naturally on our streets...

Admitting you’re having BIM coordination issues is a bit like having and embarrassing family member – a lot of people would rather avoid them and hope that they go away...

Bahrain and the entire Gulf are standing at a turning point. For decades, prosperity was built on oil, but the pace of the change has overtaken this: the climate debate, urban pressures, and growing technological ambitions now demand a new way of thinking about cities...

Planning and building new stadiums is something the Middle East has become very adept at. Legacy planning for those stadiums has a more chequered history...

Modern cities are gradually distancing themselves from the people they are supposed to serve. Under pressure from global trends, architecture can become placeless and devoid of memory...

Reading hotel reviews recently, what comes across strongly is a sense of the bland and generic – even in 5-star establishments...

As an architect, I’ve come to understand that a project rarely begins on the drawing board. It’s born in conversations, compromises, and constraints that test our patience and imagination every single day...

Have you ever wondered what will remain after us? In architecture, the answer is tangible. Buildings endure longer than we do, bearing witness to our vision and way of thinking...

At the centre of the hospitality experience is, of course, the guest suite.‍ It needs to feel both “familiar” (known and desired) and “elevated” (you have attained it)...