Viewpoint shelter

Park Overlook

A cave-like shelter crowning the park's highest hill

Under constructionas of Jan 2026

Under construction per the designers; not open.

Gerber describes the Park Overlook at the highest point, with large arches and a shaded lounge with water features inside a radial cross vault. RIBAJ adds an earth-banked, tree-topped roof and a cave-like hypostyle hall.

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King Salman Park, Riyadh by Gerber Architekten · RIBA Journal, 5 Mar 2026
King Salman Park · Gerber Architekten

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Contemporary sculptures among desert planting beside a pool.

Artist impression, not an official rendering

Park zone

Art Park

A public-art park with a lake, a circular path and tree-crown canopies

Under constructionas of Sep 2026 Phase 1

Garden

Arabian Garden

An 85,552 m² garden beside the Grand Mosque

Under constructionas of Dec 2025

Landscape zone

The Wadi (central valley)

Branching dry-riverbed valleys converging on the park's centre

Under constructionas of May 2026

Plant nursery

Visitor Nursery

A public plant nursery behind rippled-concrete monoliths

Under constructionas of Jan 2026

Park Overlook

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Art Park

Arabian Garden

The Wadi (central valley)

Visitor Nursery

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Park Overlook

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Art Park

Arabian Garden

The Wadi (central valley)

Visitor Nursery

The monthly King Salman Park briefing