On June 28. 1982. Arriyadh Development Authority extended an invitation to a limited number of Architectural firms to participate in the International Com-petition for the Design of the Science and Space Complex in Arriyadh. Among those invited were Architects: Rasem Badran and Dr. Abdelhalim Ibrahim
The competition was organized in two phases, three architects were to be selected as a result of the evaluation of Phase One. Further development of the scheme in Phase Two was intended to lead to a final design, and assignment for construction documents. Entries for Phase One were submitted on October 14, 1989, and evaluation and assessment of the results were announced. 

Both Architects, Dr. Abdelhalim Ibrahim and Rasem Badran, were selected by a high level technical connittee headed by H.R.H. Prince Sultan Ben Sal-man to develop their work towards the final scheme. It was stated from the outset that the bases for the selection were not merely on the merits of the scheme presented, but on the overall qualification of each and the demonstration that each can pursue the design of the project on the highest level of competence and quality. 

Under the leadership of Prince Sultan, the Committee developed ambitious and extremely creative guidelines for Phase Two. 
Each architect was asked to submit an independent scheme in response to the remarks made by the committee. It was later agreed that the two offices would work collaboratively, but would submit two different solutions. The outcome of this phase was submitted to the ADA on June 1990.

The Committee identified the direction of the development of the final scheme to be based on one of the scheme whileabsorbing significant features of the other. Both Dr. Abdelhalim and Architect Rasem Badran were asked to submit a joint scheme to embody the recommendations of the committee and to be-come a base for the 

development of the final scheme. This Joint proposal was submitted early July 1990.