“I want to shape futures that are as plural and complex as the worlds we’ve come from,” Sumayya Vally. Thank you to Vogue Arabia & Aisha Zaman for featuring Sumayya Vally alongside these phenomenal Arab women exhibiting at Venice Biennale.

From Belgium to Benin, these standout designs are poised to shape design discourse and public life around the world. It is an honour to have our Asiat-Darse Bridge listed among these significant works and practices. See the full list:

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"It is my hope that in times of increased polarization, architects will rise to the challenge of producing works that are rooted in a spirit of togetherness. " Sumayya Vally .

So pleased to see our Asiat-Darse bridge featured on @ArchDaily's list of most anticipated projects for 2025! . See the other incredible works:

In partnership with we are pleased to share the concept for the development of a new community, recreational, spiritual, and wellness facility in the Kakuma refugee settlement in Kenya, designed by Sumayya Vally. More here:

In this interview, Sumayya Vally engages in a discussion with @ArchDaily 's Editor in Chief, Christele Harrouk, about the theme of the Obel Award, "Architecture WITH." .

Sumayya Vally is honoured to be recognised on homeground, by the SA House and Garden team, who awarded Counterspace 'Architect of the Year' in a ceremony held in Cape Town last night.

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In an interview with the New York Times Style Magazine, Hermès women’s wear artistic director Nadège Vanhée cited Sumayya Vally's Asiat-Darse bridge as one of her inspirations. Read the piece:

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In addition, Vally will join food creative Karima Hazim for a very special Sunday breakfast featuring traditional Lebanese recipes that celebrate family, food and culture in an event titled 'Recipes as Archives'. Details:

We look forward to Sumayya Vally participating in Sydney Design Week 2024. She will in be conversation with poet and co-founder of Bankstown Poetry Slam, Sara Mansour, on how places can be designed to bring communities together. Details here:

Sumayya Vally in conversation with curator Natasha Ginwala, on ancestral memory, the desegregation of knowledge systems, and then some. Listen to the Architecture of Planetary Well-Being podcast:. @koozarch

Sumayya Vally and Suzanne Lacy’s design response for a new national memorial site after 22 July in Oslo, Norway. Read more and watch the concept presentation here:

Sumayya Vally with some of her most prized possessions in her London home, shot by Anna Stokland for issue 59 of @10magazine_ . Read the story:

WATCH: Sumayya Vally shot by Stella Scott for @NOWNESS. An invitation to Dream.

"There is an infinite number of untold stories and undreamt worlds waiting to happen from your unique voice and your unique perspective." ✨. - Sumayya Vally for @MadameArchitect .

Counterspace principal Sumayya Vally is honoured to be recognized alongside these incredible women in @dezeen’s list of 50 most powerful women in architecture & design, in commemoration of #InternationalWomensDay. Thanks to the team for this honour!.

In creating this, Awwal-Bait, together we have carved an eternal home for us all. We are looking forward to the next iteration and are forever grateful that this new definition of Islamic art exists in the world ✨🤍.

We remain in gratitude to the incredible Diriyah Biennale team, who created a home for the future of Islamic arts to be imagined, and the artists who poured so much of themselves into their works.