Omrania and Associates

Omrania
Company typePrivate company
Industry
  • Architecture
  • urban planning
  • engineering
Founded1973; 51 years ago (1973)
Founder
  • Basem Al-Shihabi
  • Nabil Fanous
Headquarters
Riyadh
,
Saudi Arabia
Key people
Basem Al Shihabi (managing director)
Services
  • Architectural design
  • Urban design
  • Master planning
  • Structural engineering
  • Building systems
  • Landscape
  • Interiors
Owner
  • Egis (2023–present)
Number of employees
500+
Websitewww.omrania.com

Omrania and Associates (Arabic: عمرانية وشركاه), also known as Omrania, is an international architectural, engineering, and urban planning firm based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1973,[1] it specializes in the design of contextual and high-performance design projects.[2]

The firm has designed a diverse range of buildings and infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia, as well as in the Middle East, Europe, and North Africa.[3] Omrania's best-known projects include the Kingdom Centre (Kingdom Tower), the Public Investment Fund (PIF) (formerly Capital Market Authority Headquarters) Tower, and the Aga Khan Award-winning[4] Tuwaiq Palace in Riyadh's Diplomatic Quarter. The firm's most recent high-profile project in development is the King Salman Park in Riyadh, which will become the largest city park in the world.[5][6]

With approximately 500 employees, Omrania has two offices in Riyadh and additional offices in Jeddah and Amman, Jordan. The four office teams include professionals from more than 30 countries.[7]  The company is led by a board of directors representing all design disciplines and administration units.

On November 14, 2023, Egis announced that it had completed the purchase of Omrania.[8]

  1. ^ "Omrania & Associates". Archnet. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Iconic landmarks". Gulf Construction Online. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. ^ Awad, Jihad (2013). Top International Architects - Design Concepts in Architecture. Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.: Universal Publisher. ISBN 978-9953-591-08-7.
    - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Architecture & Design. Beirut, Lebanon: Universal Publisher. 2016. ISBN 978-9953-467-70-2.
  4. ^ Asfour, Khaled (1998). "Tuwaiq Palace. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia" (PDF). The Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
  5. ^ "Transforming Riyadh: A New Urban Paradigm?". Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  6. ^ Rima Alsammarae (26 June 2019). "Inside look at Henning Larsen and Omrania-designed King Salman Park in Riyadh, KSA". Middle East Architect. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Board of Directors Archives". Omrania. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Egis completes the acquisition of Architectural and Engineering Consultancy Omrania". Egis. Retrieved 7 December 2023.