Residential Compound — Renovation

The renovation reconfigures 12,650 m² of built-up area across a 4,114 m² plot into a coherent residential ensemble. The facade is organised around a repeating rhythm of tapered vertical blades that project from the masonry plane, creating pronounced shadow relief and reducing the apparent bulk of the multi-storey block. At ground level, a continuous arcade of arched openings establishes a shaded threshold between the compound's forecourt and its residential entries.

The palette — warm sand render, dark window frames, and timber-toned elements at the colonnade — reads as grounded in the local material register while avoiding historicist ornament. In Riyadh's intense solar climate, the vertical fins serve a practical as well as compositional function, shielding glazing on the upper storeys from direct east and west sun without interrupting natural light to the interior units.

Pioneer Landmarks led the project in its renovation capacity, reworking the envelope and public-facing elements of an existing compound to bring its architectural language and performance up to a contemporary standard. The dusk render, with its calibrated uplighting that reinforces the blade geometry, indicates attention to the building's presence after dark — a considered extension of the facade design into the lit environment.