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BEEAH Headquarters in Sharjah, UAW wins “Best Office” at the renowned Architecture Hunter Awards 2024.

The Architecture Hunter Awards is a global effort to spotlight and honour the remarkable contributions that redefine our built environment and contribute significantly to the architectural domain.

The BEEAH headquarters’ design responds to its environment as a series of interconnecting ‘dunes’ orientated and shaped to optimize local climatic conditions. Embedded within its context of Sharjah’s Al Sajaa desert, the design echoes the surrounding landscape shaped by prevailing winds into sand dunes.

Ensuring all internal spaces are provided with ample daylight and views while limiting the quantity of glazing exposed to the harsh desert sun, the headquarters’ two primary ‘dunes’ house the public and management departments together with the administrative zone that interconnect via a central courtyard, defining an oasis within the building which is integral to its natural ventilation strategy.

Awarded LEED Platinum certification and with net zero operations, the headquarters incorporates a high percentage of locally procured materials including GRC panels reducing solar gain. On-site water treatment filtrates wastewater to minimise consumption and its solar farm charges Tesla battery packs to meet the building’s energy demand throughout each day and night. The building’s smart management system automatically adjusts lighting and temperature depending on occupancy and time of day.

Zaha Hadid and the Zaha Hadid Architects team designed the BEEAH Headquarters in collaboration with Atelier Ten and Buro Happold.  

Fantastical photo from Hanaa Turkistani.