Enhancing the heritage conservation by Sustaining Historical Buildings: Hail Palace, as a case study

Abstract

Saudi Arabia has a wealth of heritage buildings that still exist today. Therefore, the need to preserve the architectural heritage of historical and cultural significance is becoming increasingly relevant. In line with the Saudi vision 2030.Thispaper aims to discuss the current situation of the king Abdul-Aziz palace in Hail, to enhance heritage conservation by sustaining historical buildings. Thus, efforts are continuing to evaluate the conservation to arrive at appropriate strategies. Therefore, the case study was chosen to explain the importance of the existing conservation policies to ensure that the heritage buildings are handled to retain their ingenuity.

Keywords: Heritage Conservation, Historic Buildings, Architectural Heritage, Preservation.

eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bsby e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Malaysia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i16.2716