After eight editions, the small Kingdom of Bahrain has won the Golden Lion at the Venice Architecture Biennale—the event’s most coveted award. Its pavilion, appropriately named ‘Heatwave’, aims to investigate innovative and sustainable approaches to climate-related concerns, drawing inspiration from the region's geography and architectural legacy. The project is the outcome of rigorous scientific research done by a team of architects and researchers, with the goal of influencing architectural practice both locally and internationally. Like this, the pavilion provides an architectural proposal to alleviate the rising global temperatures. It proposes an external passive cooling system based on ancient Bahraini practices, with the goal of boosting environmental adaptation and encouraging sustainability in areas prone to growing heat waves. The setup includes a geothermal well and a solar chimney that transport moisture from the soil to the outdoors. The pavilion investigates passive cooling and shading technologies and their significance in heat mitigation, connecting climate, design, and social equity. The Biennale Jury, which awarded the Kingdom of Bahrain the Golden Lion, stated that the Pavilion "offers a concrete proposal to deal with extreme heat conditions. As the designers say, architecture must address both environmental resilience and sustainability. Bahrain has succeeded".