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Project summary
A programmatic volume.
The combination of sharp lines and delicate “mousharabieh”, makes this Saudi palace a home for a modern family by reducing the gigantic scale (when needed) in a clear distinction between public and family functions.
In a climate where the sun is both gift and burden, shadow is the primary architectural material. This villa is organized as a system of sun-shading devices — screens, overhangs, deep loggias, planted pergolas — that filter the intense Gulf light before it reaches the inhabited spaces.
The architecture is defined by these elements as much as by its walls and floors; remove the shadow and the house loses its character. Each shading device is also a spatial threshold — a zone of habitation between full exposure and complete shelter.
It is a building designed from the outside in, beginning with climate and arriving at comfort.
Projects
Where the Forest Holds Its Breath - BLACK EMBER - RL VILLA – BAABDAT – LEBANON
Anchored in the Valley - OB RESIDENCE - REIFOUN - LEBANON
Terraced Between Sky and Stone - HM VILLA - BAABDA - LEBANON
The Coastal Retreat - S SUMMER HOUSE– TYRE – LEBANON
Old Stone, New Steel - PAR ADDITION - A DIALOGUE OF STONE AND STEEL - GHARZOUZ - LEBANON
Unfolding the Mountain - THE WATCHER - A VILLA – ZAAROUR – LEBANON
A House That Listens to the Wind - S VILLA – ABDELLE – LEBANON
Rooted in the Grove - F VILLA – WARDANIYE – LEBANON
The Desert Frame - F HOUSE - DUBAI -EAU
Privacy as Architecture - AA HIDE OUT – RIYADH – KSA
Between the Ridges - THE GUARDIAN - S VILLA – BYAKOUT – LEBANON
Gravity Reconsidered - BV VILLA- BAALOUL - LEBANON
The Quiet Gesture - AI VILLA - SSHOUR - LEBANON
The Summit Residence - PM VILLA – MTEIN – ZAAROUR – LEBANON
The Metal Rock - WA CHALET – ZAAROUR – LEBANON
Shared Ground, Two Horizons - N BROTHERS VILLA – BEQAA VALLEY – LEBANON
The MECHA HOME - D VILLA – MONTEVERDI – LEBANON
The Courtyard as Climate - PATIO HOUSE – SENEGAL
A Second Life in the Snow - AA CHALET REHABILITATION – ZAAROUR – LEBANON
Carved into the Hill - HN VILLA – AMMAN – JORDAN
Facing the Horizon - P BEACH HOUSE - DOHA - QATAR
The Levantine Residence - KH VILLA – AMMAN – JORDAN
A Gentle Expansion - M VILLA ADDITION – REIFOUN – LEBANON
A Fragmented Harmony - D3 VILLA – MAR MOUSSA – LEBANON
Order and Oasis - SM VILLA – DOHA – QATAR
The Quiet Addition - AA ADDITION CHALET - ZAAROUR - LEBANON
Tomorrow's Dwelling, Today's Question - HOUSE OF THE FUTURE – COMPETITION – DUBAI
The Timber Threshold - B WOODEN VILLA – BAABDAT – LEBANON
Alpine Clarity - AC CHALET - MROUJ - LEBANON
A Shelter Grown from the Forest - WOODEN LODGE - BAABDATH - LEBANON
Snow and Stone - A2 RESIDENCE - ZAAROUR - LEBANON
The discreet house - S PRIVATE RESIDENCE – AITANIT – LEBANON
Between Antiquity and the Sea - T VILLA – TYRE – LEBANON
Less Space, More Life - MICROHOME COMPETITION – TINY HOUSES
The Garden Within - I VILLA – AMMAN -JORDAN
Light in Layers - DD VILLA - BAABDATH - LEBANON
The Measured Villa - B VILLA – KHOBAR – KSA
A Heritage Lane Reborn - C PRIVATE RESIDENCE – GEMMAYZE – LEBANON
Architecture of the Estate - HH PRINCE BS FARM – TAEF – KSA
House in the Open Plain - H VILLA – MACHGHARA – LEBANON
Nestled in the Snowfield - A CHALET – ZAAROUR – LEBANON
Dialogue with the Cityscape - HW VILLA – AMMAN – JORDAN
Stone and Silence - D VILLA - BAABDAT - LEBANON
A Courtyard for the Gulf - ABA VILLA - DOHA - QATAR
The Oblique House - RN VILLA – BAABDATH – LEBANON
The High Refuge - AC MOUNTAIN CHALET – MROUJ – LEBANON
A House of Planes - S VILLA – AMMAN – JORDAN
An Urban Home Extended - HH MS PRIVATE RESIDENCE EXTENSION – BEIRUT – LEBANON
