Troughout history, and since the ancient Egyptian civilization, architecture in the MENA region has been under major development both on the landscape scale and individual buildings. The limited space and arid conditions in the Gluf countries have inspired new innovative solutions to integrate the sea to land and to turn the burning desert to green land. http://www.constructiondigital.com/architectural_design/first-middle-east-and-north-africa-construction-expo-kicks-off-this-week