Kaph Books

Syn Architects (Sara Alissa & Nojoud Alsudairi)

Sara Alissa and Nojoud Alsudairi cofounded Syn Architects in 2018, an interdisciplinary Riyadh-based practice with a focus on ecologically sensitive architectural design projects. In 2021, they launched the Um Slaim Collective, a critical investigation of the changing condition of vernacular Najdi architecture in central Riyadh. They are also the cofounders of SaudiArchitecture.org, an independent organization that aims to research and archive modernist and postmodernist buildings in Saudi Arabia. Architects and artists, they are graduates of the Situated Practice program at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. Their notable projects include When the Earth Began to Look at Itself (2024) Desert X AlUla, Anywhere Can Be a Place of Worship (2023) at the Islamic Arts Biennale, and the restoration and extension of Shamalat Cultural Center, Riyadh (2023).