Editing Riyadh (section)

==== 1940s–1950s ====
When commercial oil production began, there was a rapid rise in the rate of urbanization and the city transitioned from traditional to newer houses and buildings. This included the railway station and the (now-defunct) [[King Salman Air Base|first airport]] of Riyadh. Government departments were relocated from [[Jeddah]] to Riyadh and new ministry buildings were built. To accommodate the government employees who had moved in from Jeddah, the government developed the Malaz housing block. This block's layout was influenced by the layouts of [[Dammam]] and [[Khobar]], which in turn were influenced by the Aramco-built [[Dhahran]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Almogren |first=Faisal |date=2023 |title=City-Building Practices in Riyadh, A Case of Master Planning from the Gulf |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0348823m |journal=UC Berkeley Electronic Theses and Dissertations}}</ref> Malaz, with its street grid and detached house type, was instrumental in shaping the master plans for Riyadh that followed, as per Dr. Saleh Al Hathloul.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Alhathloul |first=Saleh |title=The evolution of urban and regional planning in saudi arabia |url=https://www.academia.edu/88462888 |journal=The Evolution of Urban and Regional Planning in Saudi Arabia}}</ref>