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The Gold Commercial Centre
In the heart of Khobar’s fast-growing urban fabric, a new kind of destination is taking shape. One that brings together culture, climate and community under a single architectural gesture. Located on the city’s prestigious King Salman Road, The Gold is a mixed-use complex where retail, leisure and public life converge in a space designed for both comfort and connection.
What sets The Gold apart is not just its program, but the way it reshapes how people experience time and place in the desert environment. A sweeping golden canopy spans the site, offering generous shade while establishing a strong visual identity. Underneath, a carefully orchestrated sequence of spaces unfolds: shaded walkways, reflective water features, and landscaped areas form a network of calm, convivial oases. In a region where the climate often limits outdoor life, this gesture reclaims the exterior realm for year-round use.
Thermal comfort is central to the project’s design approach. Passive strategies are paired with an innovative hybrid outdoor cooling system—one of the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province—creating a microclimate that encourages movement, gathering, and play, even in peak summer. The result is an environment that promotes well-being as much as it does activity.
More than a commercial hub, The Gold is imagined as a cultural anchor. Public spaces are designed to host local events and seasonal programming. Children can explore, artists can exhibit, and families can return, week after week, to build new rituals in a setting that feels both elevated and familiar. A cinema complex, bowling centre, and exclusive women’s wellness space complete the offering, ensuring that each visit can be both personal and communal, restful and vibrant.
By weaving together architecture, landscape and climate-responsive design, The Gold creates a place that is at once iconic and grounded. It offers Khobar not only a new destination, but a shared reference point—a space that reflects the city’s evolving identity while remaining rooted in its collective rhythm.
What sets The Gold apart is not just its program, but the way it reshapes how people experience time and place in the desert environment. A sweeping golden canopy spans the site, offering generous shade while establishing a strong visual identity. Underneath, a carefully orchestrated sequence of spaces unfolds: shaded walkways, reflective water features, and landscaped areas form a network of calm, convivial oases. In a region where the climate often limits outdoor life, this gesture reclaims the exterior realm for year-round use.
Thermal comfort is central to the project’s design approach. Passive strategies are paired with an innovative hybrid outdoor cooling system—one of the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province—creating a microclimate that encourages movement, gathering, and play, even in peak summer. The result is an environment that promotes well-being as much as it does activity.
More than a commercial hub, The Gold is imagined as a cultural anchor. Public spaces are designed to host local events and seasonal programming. Children can explore, artists can exhibit, and families can return, week after week, to build new rituals in a setting that feels both elevated and familiar. A cinema complex, bowling centre, and exclusive women’s wellness space complete the offering, ensuring that each visit can be both personal and communal, restful and vibrant.
By weaving together architecture, landscape and climate-responsive design, The Gold creates a place that is at once iconic and grounded. It offers Khobar not only a new destination, but a shared reference point—a space that reflects the city’s evolving identity while remaining rooted in its collective rhythm.
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