**1. Introduction**

This chapter discusses a new subject to a certain extent, so there is little previous knowledge and information published on the subject, and it has evolved recently at the end of 2019 and is still spreading all over the world with variant virus development and known as the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, later, when associated problems and subsequent issues became clearer to some extent, more research studies and literature were published. It has a severe impact all over the world on social, economic, environmental, way of thinking, behavioral and lifestyle. This demanded a new integrated approach on emergency architecture design and other related design inputs (i.e., interior design, urban, biophilic, environmental, sustainability, and engineering) to produce buildings and environments that are safe to occupy and use during this pandemic and for future similar cases. This necessitates us to establish a source of information in a suitable form to help and guide concerned university students, in particular architecture and other related disciplines in addition to interested professionals. The most current information reviewed to prepare this chapter has been published recently by renowned institutes and research journals, in addition to data that were published by the World Health Organization (WHO) concerning the subject. Although the available information is limited due to the crisis and the challenge being recent, the collected information is very important and valid, on the basis of which useful guidelines can be established as many dedicated specialized teams of varying professional disciplines contributed with their trusted knowledge and experience. As per the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) statement, the multidisciplinary team involved in collaborating and contributing to reducing the risk of COVID-19 includes professionals of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, engineers (i.e., mechanical, electrical, structural, civil, and maintenance engineers), public health and clinical experts, healthcare workers, information technology (IT) specialists, and community managers [1, 2]. The teams are expected to develop strategies based on emerging science and technologies, professional experience, data on infectious diseases, epidemiological models, and research studies to reduce the risk and consequences of any pandemic within buildings' environment and outside [3–8]. Even though the Kingdom of Bahrain's experience to handle the risk of the pandemic referred to was deemed to be appropriate and useful, the expected findings of solutions and suggestions can be applied to buildings and environments elsewhere in other geographical regions, as the COVID-19 pandemic is of a global nature due to its ease of spreading fast all over the world, which necessitates solutions and guidelines that can be applied globally, similar to the various medical vaccinations developed in few countries to combat COVID-19 but can be applied globally.
