The Saudi Architecture Archive (saudiarchitecture.org) is dedicated to upholding intellectual property standards, maintaining research integrity, and respecting the rights of creators and holding archives.
Original texts, photographic documentation, and analytical essays produced or owned by the platform are shared openly for non-commercial research use, subject to transparent citation.
Historical architectural records, blueprints, and photographs retrieved from all local and international sources (including institutional archives, architectural estates, and documentation collections) are presented in accordance with:
Fair Use Provisions: Strictly for non-profit research, critical review, and historical contextualization (transformative purpose).
Statutory Exceptions: As recognized under the Saudi Copyright Law for research and archival documentation.
Resolution Limiting: Archival imagery is deliberately displayed at web-resolution suitable only for on-screen study, avoiding full-scale commercial reproduction to preserve any underlying market value of the original assets.
Attribution: Comprehensive credit lines designating the architect, creator, and archival source are affixed to referenced materials.
Operating under a good-faith standard, we promptly address copyright queries. If you are the legitimate copyright owner (or an authorized agent) of material displayed and believe its presence exceeds fair use or requires attribution adjustments:
Please email us with the subject line "Copyright Notice" at:
Include the specific URL(s), proof of representation or copyright, and the requested action (attribution adjustment or immediate takedown).
Our archival team will review and honor legitimate requests expeditiously in full compliance with copyright ethics.