ABF Palace — Riyadh

ABF Palace

Riyadh · Saudi Arabia

A private palace in Riyadh where three ornamental languages sit side by side: Andalusian muqarnas carved in gypsum, a Moroccan majlis in zellij, and a gilded classical hall.

No two rooms in the palace repeat. Every ceiling is its own mould; every arch is carved for its own opening and no other.

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ABF Palace — Riyadh — Plate 13The rotunda floor, set as a star in cut marble

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ABF Palace — Riyadh — Plate 16Stucco cut back to the ground, so the pattern is depth and not drawing

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ABF Palace — Riyadh — Plate 18Zellij and wrought iron meeting at a balustrade

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ABF Palace — Riyadh — Plate 20The same hand, at wall scale

ABF Palace — Riyadh

Dome

ABF Palace

Riyadh · Saudi Arabia

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