Arad Fort Restoration

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Location	Arad, Bahrain
Architect/Planner	Archie Walls
Client	Ministry of Information
Date	16th c., restored 1987
Centuries	16th, 20th
Decade	1980s
Building Type	military
Building Usage	fort
Project ID	582
Keywords	restoration and conservation

Notes

Restoration of a badly damaged fort dating from the 16th century. The fort is square in plan with circular towers at each corner. The project included archaeological excavation, stabalisation, and recreation of the outer fortifications. An inner fortified square with four corner bastions was erected within an outer square with four corner towers. Thin walls were introduced later and linked the large piers together, forming a cellular construction. The upper parts of the north-west, north-east and south-west inner walls were rebuilt and topped by rifle holes and crenellations, and the interior of the north bastion was transformed. Consolidation works included reinforcement of corroded walls with industrial brick struts. Original construction techniques, such as horizontal layers of rendered masonry were applied. Clay and palm trunks were obtained from the main island, stones from Muharraq, aggregates from local excavacations. (Source: AKTC)