Category: <span>Current</span>

What if the grid was the park—and the rest was carved away or it was raised on top?From Hippodamus’ Miletus to Cerdà’s Barcelona, the grid served the infill. Buildings rose, shadows cast. Egalitarian in theory, zoned in practice—just look at Manhattan.Parks? Rare interruptions—Broadway’s diagonal, the void of Central Park.Everything else? Solid. Filled. Built up. Super […]

Drawn on paper, walls, and lately on an iPad, these works span more than twenty years of searching, questioning, and seeing. Together they form a visual diary of an ever-changing state of mind—where each drawing is both a destination and the beginning of another thought. My Drawings – Naji Moujaes   My Photo by Jorge […]

Sharing the moment where a sketch comes full circle. The pen that once imprinted my fingers—and was imprinted by imagination—is ready to pass the baton to AI. Not as a replacement, but as a collaborator: reiterating, nudging, fiddling just enough to kick the ball further and let it rebound with intent (no funny business). Farewell […]

Burlap sandbags in marble — Lebanon’s perpetual state of war makes these the most permanent, while all else dissolves into memory and thin air.Facades and faces erased, yet their ghosts linger.Ephemeral imprints between vanished memories —what was meant to be permanent is fleeting,and what was meant to pass — stays forever.

Housing is the only universal denominator in public policy. Every person needs shelter—whether rich or poor, urban or rural. Unlike education, work, or even health services that vary by age or situation, housing is a daily constant and a structural determinant of quality of life. But in most economies, rent consumes 30% to 50% of a household’s income—especially in urban areas. […]

“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” — Winston Churchill Architecture isn’t passive—it programs how we live, grow, and relate to one another. A home isn’t just a shelter; it’s a framework for personal and social development. PAD10’s adaptable housing vision: Adaptable interiors to break down or aggregate up to enable owning what is feasible to […]

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” — Frederick Douglass Architecture should work upstream. Not to react, but to anticipate. To create conditions where people can root, belong, and grow. Our Adaptable Housing Case Study builds on this belief. It aims to thicken the middle class—to let people own within the city, belong to it, […]

“Democracy is not just the right to vote—it is the right to live with dignity.” — Naomi Klein Democracy is not sustained by ballots alone. It is grounded in the ability of citizens to participate meaningfully—to think critically, act freely, and shape their future. But what gives people that ability? It isn’t only education or income. […]

Many have asked why I chose the name PAD10 for my first creative studio in Kuwait, and why I later launched PAD7 in Beirut and PADx in Paris. In this blog post, I will explain the meaning and the history behind these names. PAD stands for Publishing, Architecture, and Design. These are the three fields […]

Just wrapped up an invigorating three-day exploration at #SaloneDelMobile2024 in Milan. From scouting unique furniture pieces, with combinations in mind to marry between a seamless blend of indoor and outdoor, solidity and transparency, textured and minimalist designs, that are hosted in spaces we design @pad10 The venue itself put a smile on my face with it ageing gracefully […]

PAD10 just set foot in Paris; PADx Architecture SAS is now registered in Paris at the Order of Architects. Visit PADx Architecture site at L’Ordre des architectes d’Ile-de-France Link

No public roads: instead, private encroachments that connect to one another. Each plot shares with the public domain part of its land, where all link with each other in a wandering path. Someone may be generous enough to add a pool or a garden to the mix, the least is a right-of-way. Therefore, you start […]

We were awarded as finalists for the Architects in Residence – 100 Architects for 100 Houses International Design Competition was conducted on behalf of The Royal Commission for AlUla See Project.

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Offices of the real estate company have been designed by PAD10. Client to move in beginning of 2023. See Project.

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The urban grid, from Hippodamus’ Miletus to Cerda’s Barcelona, served the infills within for shadow to be casted at. Egalitarian in plea yet polarized in zoning as is/was Manhattan’s grids. Parks are the anomaly of intersecting the diagonal Broadway and the big hole of Central Park. Otherwise, buildings occupy the city blocks, from higher to […]

With PADx Paris, PAD10 Kuwait, and PAD7 Beirut, we publish TheKultureFiles pamphlet issue 7 where we feature: – Our interview with French-Tunisian elSeed, a multi-cultural calli-graffiti artist who was recently featured in Time magazine, – Two “Adaptable Housing” prototypes, one in Beirut and another in Berlin, whereby we develop architectural mechanisms on gauging housing with […]

In lack of public policy and government’s track record, does architecture have the power to kneel down and pick up any median-wage earner, who works in the city, enabling her/him to live, own, and grow in it? Are private initiatives able to find the proper legal and financial frameworks to bypass governmental inaction for the […]

Hind Residence fit-out package will be launched soon, upon the completion of the core-and-shell one. Project was launched on December 2020. From a Sol LeWitt figure ground emanates a private residence. The monochromatic abstract art shades the internal courtyards, stepping up at multi-levels, with multiple permutations throughout the day. The street façade detaches from the […]

We are very excited for the four new private residences undergoing construction in Kuwait at Dahiyat Abdulla Al Salem. 4 siblings, 4 plots, each with his/her own wishes/desires; be them symbolic, programmatic or photographic. Individually, each is interpreted architecturally to a private residence to come together, side by side, in a ‘cadavre exquis’, where no […]

Baraka Chalet, recently got a “Merit Award” as part of the 2019 AIA Middle East Design Awards, organized by the American Institute of Architects, Middle East Chapter. The Project was one of 3 Built Projects to gain such recognition in the MENA region. As per Iyad Alsaka, OMA partner and jury member, PAD10’s Chalet 66 […]

PAD10 is featured on Archinect with a recently finished project; check it out today as it is on their front page at www.archinect.com

PAD7/PAD10 will participate in Promoting Research workshop, taking place on 16 October at 12:30pm at the College of Architecture in Adailiyah. The workshop will be divided into three panels with moderated discussions taking place in each panel, with focus on: What role does the Architecture Exhibition play in knowledge production and consequently research? As curator, […]

KFAS Headquarters and Convention Center, an awarded Project by PAD10 Architects + Designers at AIAS_KU Tafaseel Exhibition 2019, themed “TIME and MOTION”: “While moving through time, it is virtuous to nod for memory, moving the other way! KFAS HQ’s architecture inspires movement, by sloping up, stepping back, and tri-vaulting its façade into a liwan; all […]

PAD10 was recently awarded a Certificate of Honor for its participation in the architectural design competition for North Design Union Headquarters in China.

PAD10 was voted 5th by an international jury out of 110 entries from 25 countries in a 2-stage international design competition for KFAS New Headquarters in Kuwait. It was the only Kuwaiti and Arab office that was a stage-2 finalist. The competition was organized as a restricted, international, 2-stage design competition with prior open pre-qualification […]

Chairs on Stairs, an urban art installation on the stairs of Mar Mikhayel where both, the chair and the stair, stand in opposition and appreciation to one another. The stair, dynamically connecting in between neighborhoods, may be the last hope for the idea of a ‘sidewalk’ uncompromised by encroaching cars. The chair, statically sets markers […]

Naji Moujaes Speaks at TEDx University Of Balamand Conference ‘New Rules’ See Teaser.

On with the second round of speakers! As we all know, there are lots of challenges and obstacles that we need to face in our everyday work environments, but how many of us go the extra mile to actually seek them? Through architecture, Naji will be showing us just how important it is to not […]

Naji Moujaes was recently featured in the published book, ‘Essays, Arguments & Interviews on Modern Architecture Kuwait’, edited by Ricardo Camacho, Sara Saragoca, and Roberto Fabbri; published in 2017 by niggli. The article is extracted from the debate, moderated by Ricardo Camacho, between Dr. Asseel Al-Ragam and Naji Moujaes, noting the latter’s answers. This was […]

Of resemblance to the social housing typology, Pearl-Marzouq complex, ‘Lou’lou’at Al-Marzouq’, embodied the complete opposite; a private housing for the affluent. Built in the early 70’s on al-Ras, a peninsula-like landform; with remoteness from the city center, al-Deira, yet at a distance close enough to be gazed at. With its red roof tiles and warm sandstone […]

“Between East and West: a Gulf”: Inside Kuwait’s Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale

Simultaneous with the exhibition and publication on ‘Modern Architecture Kuwait 1949-1989’, a series of architectural debates host architects and architectural historians. Naji Moujaes, of PAD10, and Dr. Asseel Al-Ragam debate at Yarmouk Cultural Center, of DAI, on ‘the Boom’ in Kuwait, moderated by Ricardo Camacho. Read Article.

PAD10 will contribute to the third Kuwaiti Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale, entitled ‘Between East and West: A Gulf’. See Case Study

Naji Moujaes, of PAD10, lectures at Benchmark 16 Forum organized by YourAOK at Al Shaheed Park Kuwait City

“Collaborators: NCCAL, docomomo International, docomomo Kuwait, PAD10 Unit Tutors: Zara Ferreira, Naji Moujaes Guest Speakers: Hubert-Jan Henket, Caecilia Pieri, Kareem Ibrahiem, Zara Ferreira, Naji Moujaes. Workshop Brief: This workshop focuses on the legacy of Wilson and Mason architects, the heritage value of their work, and their contribution towards a local identity not only in Kuwait, […]

PAD10 has been selected as this year’s Official Stage Designer for Nuqat 2015 at Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyyah

PAD10, in collaboration with NCCAL (National Council for Culture Arts and Letters), Docomomo International, and Docomomo Kuwait conducts a workshop from Dec 5-9. It is on rethinking, restrategizing, and reusing Kuwait’s Modern Heritage, with case study focusing on BBME (British Bank of the Middle East), designed by Wilson and Mason. Guest speakers in the workshop […]

Lectures alongside a workshop are conducted by Naji Moujaes and other scholars, in collaboration with Docomomo and NCCAL at Bayt Al Bader.

Naji Moujaes lectures on PAD10’s current works as part of Second Annual Marketing Forum at ACK (Australian College of Kuwait)

Tafaseel, ‘Details’ in Arabic, was organized by AIAS at Al Hamra Tower Exhibition Hall. It featured installations by select architectural design practices, alongside KU architectural graduates’ works.

The Kulture Files,Vol. VI is published and available in art galleries around town. Read it online

Workshop | Process: Architectural Research & Diagramming

The Kulture Files,Vol. V is published. Read it online.

Construction of PAD10’s Pearl Marzouq Architectural Design Package of the Penthouses has started. Read case study

PAD10 produced a Limited Edition of Press Designs Stationery to Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyya.

PAD10 is featured in Khaleeejesque Oct-Dec 2012 issue 4.

The Kulture Files,Vol. IV is published and available in art galleries around town. Read it online.

Mr. Moujaes is the recipient of ‘Architects of Healing’ Presidential Citation by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Board of Directors, for his role in the design of the World Trade Center Memorial Museum in New York City. He was amongst 63 honoree ‘architects of healing’ who contributed to the making of the WTC site post […]

The Kulture Files,Vol. III is published and available in art galleries around town. Read it online.

Construction of PAD10’s Pearl Marzouq Architectural Design Package of the Facades has started. Read case study

The Kulture Files,Vol. II is published and available in art galleries around town. Read it online.

The Kulture Files,Vol. I is published and available in art galleries around town. Read it online.