Maraya AlUla concert venue, Saudi Arabia Resort, Middle East Architecture
Maraya AlUla concert and entertainment venue
10 Aug 2020
Maraya AlUla concert venue, Saudi Arabia
Design: Florian Boje of Gio Forma, Milan, Italy
‘The largest mirrored building in the world’
The building set a Guinness World Record in 2019
Location: north west Saudi Arabia, the Middle East

Maraya, a multi-purpose concert and entertainment venue in AlUla, North West Saudi Arabia, has been named a winner in one of the world?s biggest architecture awards.

AlUla is a destination of global significance with 200,000 years of human history and culture at the crossroads of ancient civilisations. The Architizer A+ Awards is the world?s largest awards program focused on promoting and celebrating the year?s best architecture.
Run by New York based Architizer.com, a seven million plus online community of leading architects, the annual awards consist of five peer judged finalists with one jury winner and one popular choice winner in each category.
A finalist in the Architecture + Glass category, Maraya was selected by distinguished luminaries from fields as diverse as design, technology, real estate and fashion. Finalists were selected for excellence in architecture with criteria based on form, function and impact.

Maraya achieved the most public votes in its category to be named the 2020 popular choice winner.
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