Noura Al Sayeh-Holtrop is an architect and curator based in Bahrain.
She was the co-curator of ‘Reclaim’, Bahrain's first participation at the
12th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010 that was awarded a Golden
Lion, and the Deputy Commissioner General for ‘Archaeologies of
Green’, Bahrain’s National Pavilion at the Expo Milan 2015, awarded a
Silver Medal for Best Architecture and Landscape. Since 2015, she
heads the ‘Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy’ UNESCO World
Heritage project, which has been awarded the Aga Khan Award for
Architecture for the 2019 cycle.
She has built a number of temporary
and permanent installations, and worked as an architect in Jerusalem,
Amsterdam and New York.
She is currently at the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities
(BACA) as Advisor for Heritage Projects, where she is responsible for
overseeing the planning and implementation of cultural institutions and
museums, as well as advising on urban rehabilitation strategies and
creation of public space. She holds a Master’s Degree in Architecture
from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and is a board
member of the Palestinian Museum in Beirzeit, Palestine.
