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In the 5th issue of Dazed MENA, Haya Zaru explores ways of sitting. Curious about how sitting takes shape across cultures, she invited designers, architects, and archivists to share their own ways of sitting. Sumayya Vally contributed to the feature.
The 2027 Sharjah Biennial, curated by Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento, will be titled What remains, sits restive, the Sharjah Art Foundation has announced.
The exhibition will consider how our present is ‘troubled by what remains of unlived pasts’ through the separate approaches of each curator.
Sumayya Vally will participate with Kiluanji Kia Henda and Flávio Cardoso.
Sumayya Vally has been awarded a Medal as a Cross-disciplinary Creator for the Art Basel Awards 2026, recognising her work as a visionary shaping the future of art.
The Catalysts of Resilience international student competition, organized as part of the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona, generated 587 proposals from around the world addressing an urgent question: how can architecture anticipate the ecological, social, and territorial collapses that lie ahead? The five winning projects offer answers that are as diverse as they are revealing.
The international jury, chaired by Josep Ferrando (Spain) and made up of Tatiana Bilbao (Mexico) and Sumayya Vally (South Africa), among others, evaluated the proposals in four successive rounds until selecting the winning entries from among the 455 technically valid projects.
Across London and New York, Sumayya Vally and Somnath Bhatt begin the year in dialogue, reflecting on Bhatt’s recent solo exhibition છાયારાષ્ટ્ર / Republic of Shadows.
To mark the opening of Cosmic Breath in Ibraaz’s newly inaugurated Musalla space, artist Joe Namy and resident architect Sumayya Vally come together for a conversation around sound, space, and spiritual practice.
South African architect Sumayya Vally has designed a site-specific installation for the inaugural Art Basel Qatar fair in Doha, with moveable components that pay homage to lost communal spaces across the Islamic world.
At the inaugural edition of the fair, Sumayya Vally transforms architecture into an evolving site of memory, dialogue, and communal experience.
Recognition for Doha's commitment to culture has been a long time coming, says Katy Gillett.
Al Jazeera takes a look at the renowned contemporary art fair that opened its doors in Doha this week.
Spread across Msheireb, the programme uses public space to expand its role beyond the marketplace.
Delighted to have Ibraaz nominated in Archdaily's s annual Building of the Year 2026. It is especially important - now - that spaces that celebrate meaningful exchange, ideas, free expression, are recognised. Still in its infancy, this space has already birthed worlds and upon worlds, and we look forward to its constant unfolding. Now in its 17th edition, this award continues to be the world’s largest community-driven architecture award, celebrating excellence and innovation across the built environment. Cast your vote.
The OBEL Award, the annual prize founded by the Henrik Frode Obel Foundation in 2019 to honor architectural contributions to human development all over the world, has announced the focus of its eighth cycle: “Systems' Hack.” Sumayya Vally is proud to serve in the jury once more.
Imagine a bag so singular it refuses to make room for your iPhone, but happily accommodates a miniature book. For Bulgari’s creative director Mary Katrantzou, that is a very intentional proposition.
Sumayya Vally has been listed on Scape Magaszine's SCAPE100, the definitive list of 100 voices leading the conversation in South African architecture and design now. It is an honour to be recognised amongst such incredible company at home. See the full list.
Curated by Artistic Director Wael Shawky and ranging from performance to monument, these new works map humanity’s restless pursuit of meaning, progress, and possibility, writes Myrna Ayad.
