麦纳麦邮局是巴林河畔地区最古老的建筑之一，可以追溯到1937年，当时它是麦纳麦港的海关大楼。如今，随着80年代开始的许多土地征用和建筑开发，现在的建筑标志着首都的中心。

Manama post office is one of the oldest buildings in the area of Bab Al Bahrain, dating back to 1937, where it served as Customs House for the port of Manama. Nowadays with the many land reclamations and building developments that have started in the 80s, the current building marks the center of the capital.

随着这个时期的现代化和扩张，海关大楼变成了中央邮局，并被完全包裹在一个新增的混凝土和钢铁外墙中。与巴林文化和文物局一起，修复工程已于2014年开始，以撤销许多改建和加建，并使原来的海关大楼的历史结构恢复。

With this period of modernization and expansion, the Customs House was turned into the central post office and was completely wrapped in an added concrete and steel facade. Together with the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities restoration works have started in 2014 to undo the many conversions and additions and bring back the original Customs House’s historic fabric.

修复后，不完整的两个历史体量（一个是主体量，一个是有价值的侧加体）由第三个新体量完成。在新的体量中进行了几次 “切割”，目的是在不完整的情况下完成整个建筑。

After restoration, the incomplete two historic volumes (one being the main volume and one being a valuable side addition) are completed by a third new volume. Several ‘cuts’ are made in the new volume with the idea to complete the total building with being incomplete.

在其不完整的情况下，该建筑大部分都适合，并在角落和连接处留下了缝隙，突出了其不断改造和建设的历史。新增加的建筑与80厘米厚的历史墙体一样厚，这次是用白色手锤混凝土浇筑的。

In its incompleteness the volume fits mostly and leaves gaps at corners and connections that highlight its history of continuous alterations and building upon. The new addition is built with the same solid thickness of the 80 cm thick historic walls– casted this time case in white hand-hammered concrete.

Architects: Studio Anne Holtrop
Area : 1500 m²
Year : 2019
Photographs :Anne Holtrop, Maxime Delvaux
Local Engineer : Emaar Engineering
Collaborators : Maitham Almubarak, Alessandro Ianello, Leonardo Manti, Alexander Poulikakos, Mohammad Salim, Christian Vennerstrøm
Client : Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities; Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunication, Kingdom of Bahrain
Structural Engineer : Mario Monotti
City : Manama
Country : Bahrain