The building consists of 200 colorful domes of varying sizes and shapes built with the participation of the local population of the island, using the Superadobe sandbag technique.

[13][14] In the media, the name of the island is strongly connected to the strait of Hormuz, a strategic oil transit chokepoint that is often a site of tension between the Iranian government and the Western powers.

[15] According to research, ecological, geographical, and cultural resources of the Hormuz island are potentials for its development as an ecotourism and geotourism destination.

[citation needed] Since 2009 through an annual land art event, tourists and nature-lovers started to rediscover the somewhat forgotten island.

[16][17] Today Hormuz is one of the most visited Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf[12] despite lacking touristic infrastructure.

[3][19] Majara residence consists of 200 domes, some of them interconnected, with different sizes and shapes,[2] organized in a gateless area in a fashion similar to a small neighborhood or a village, 5 kilometers outside the city of Hormuz.

The rest of the domes have public uses such as galleries, restaurants, cafes, prayer room, souvenir shop, and tourist info points.

[21] The domes are made using the Superadobe technique,[22] a construction technology pioneered by Iranian-American architect Nader Khalili in the second half of the 20th century, which earned him an Aga Khan Award.