Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023 - in pictures

  • The triennial has returned to Al Qasimiyah School, a building that typifies modernist architecture in Sharjah, with transformations in line with the platform’s ethos. All Photos: Razmig Bedirian / The National
    The triennial has returned to Al Qasimiyah School, a building that typifies modernist architecture in Sharjah, with transformations in line with the platform’s ethos. All Photos: Razmig Bedirian / The National
  • Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi is the president of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial
    Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi is the president of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial
  • The Sharjah Architecture Triennial runs across several locations in Sharjah until March 10
    The Sharjah Architecture Triennial runs across several locations in Sharjah until March 10
  • The Power of the 'Invisibles' by Yara Sharif and Nasser Golzari highlights how Gazans use reclaimed materials to rebuild from rubble
    The Power of the 'Invisibles' by Yara Sharif and Nasser Golzari highlights how Gazans use reclaimed materials to rebuild from rubble
  • From left, Golzari and Sharif
    From left, Golzari and Sharif
  • The elements that make up the exhibition include durable benches made of carboard to tiles made of rammed clay and chairs fashioned from recycled timber
    The elements that make up the exhibition include durable benches made of carboard to tiles made of rammed clay and chairs fashioned from recycled timber
  • Tashkent: Appropriating Modernism focuses on three modernist buildings in Uzbekistan’s capital
    Tashkent: Appropriating Modernism focuses on three modernist buildings in Uzbekistan’s capital
  • These include The State Museum of Arts, Chalkhana [teahouse] Samarkand and Restaurant Zarafshan
    These include The State Museum of Arts, Chalkhana [teahouse] Samarkand and Restaurant Zarafshan
  • Tashkent: Appropriating Modernism highlights the tension between the structures original forms and their ensuing alterations
    Tashkent: Appropriating Modernism highlights the tension between the structures original forms and their ensuing alterations
  • Sumaya Dabbagh's Earth to Earth
    Sumaya Dabbagh's Earth to Earth
  • The interior of Sumaya Dabbagh's Earth to Earth, an installation constructed from mud plaster, mud bricks, and reconstituted palm frond boards
    The interior of Sumaya Dabbagh's Earth to Earth, an installation constructed from mud plaster, mud bricks, and reconstituted palm frond boards
  • The stage area is decked with cinderblocks and stacked panels that serve as seating areas. The materials will be resold to suppliers after the triennial concludes in March
    The stage area is decked with cinderblocks and stacked panels that serve as seating areas. The materials will be resold to suppliers after the triennial concludes in March
  • Natura Futura's La Balsanera - Floating Productive House looks at the floating structures along Ecuador's Babahoyo River
    Natura Futura's La Balsanera - Floating Productive House looks at the floating structures along Ecuador's Babahoyo River
  • Sandra Poulson and curator Tosin Oshinowo in Poulson's exhibition Dust As An Accidental Gift
    Sandra Poulson and curator Tosin Oshinowo in Poulson's exhibition Dust As An Accidental Gift
  • The exhibition by Sandra Poulson transforms what used to be a classroom into a marketplace decked with goods and produce all created from recycled cardboard
    The exhibition by Sandra Poulson transforms what used to be a classroom into a marketplace decked with goods and produce all created from recycled cardboard
  • Al Borde's Raw Threshold, an installation that utilises recycled wooden utility poles and palm tree mats
    Al Borde's Raw Threshold, an installation that utilises recycled wooden utility poles and palm tree mats