The complex includes a 600-seat concert hall, a 2,000-seat conference centre and an open-air venue surrounded by a colonnade in the heart of an artificial lagoon. The building’s inspiration is rooted in middle eastern and Egyptian traditional architecture with the scale of ancient Egyptian architecture a guiding factor in the conceptualisation of the scheme. A series of arched barrel vaults surround the auditorium and provide a shaded perimeter layer, where inside and outside merge as they are framed by a sculptural, contemporary interpretation of the traditional Islamic arch.