Insights

Over the past 15 years I have seen several Middle East master plans designed and delivered – and then developed to maturity through their lifecycles...

The number of mixed-use or “integrated” developments is thankfully increasing. And the role of hotels within them is changing too...

Are prestigious properties still defined by marble, gold, and a fashionable address? Today’s market shows that real value is measured differently - through technology, sustainability, and alignment with lifestyle...

Until quite recently, architecture was above all a game of concrete, glass and steel. What mattered were dimensions, functions, parameters - everything that could be measured and entered into a spreadsheet...

Do you noticed how independent retailers’ crafted spaces are imbued with an irresistible sense of charm?

Middle East cities are, by-and-large, too spread out, too dependent on cars, and not focused enough on “centres”...

Residential living is about harmonising comfort and luxury, the familiar and the bespoke...

Do you know that feeling when you walk into a place and suddenly everything “fits”, is natural and comfortable? As if you’ve just stepped over the threshold at home?

A sold-out real estate project must have got at least some of the core elements right and is therefore “good”, but is it well-designed? What constitutes Good Design?

Once, retail was more than merely transactional. It set the rhythm of everyday life...

It seems that the answer is not monumentality or dominance, but rather in establishing a subtle harmony between the building and its surroundings...

Contemporary architecture increasingly becomes a space where the past meets the future, and matter meets memory. In parts of the Middle East, where culture and history are often overshadowed by contemporary challenges, architecture plays the role of a carrier of change...