Dubai
Architecture and design projects across the UAE, from retail and residential to cultural and recreational spaces.
Dubai and the broader UAE region present distinctive design challenges and opportunities shaped by rapid development, luxury markets, and diverse cultural contexts. Designers working in this geography engage with material innovation, spatial typologies, and the relationship between built form and landscape.
The community explores brutalist approaches to retail, adaptive reuse of vernacular traditions, diplomatic and institutional architecture, residential design focused on material expression, and entertainment spaces that define contemporary urban life in the region.
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VAUST Studio Treats Luxury Retail as Brutalist Installation in Dubai's Jumeirah District
OUNASS Stage reimagines the boutique as a 700-square-meter concrete gallery where sand pits, glass blocks, and raw material tension replace ornament.
Shape Architecture Practice Wraps Abu Dhabi's Diplomatic Academy in a Veil of Perforated Aluminum
An 18,000 square meter academy in Abu Dhabi's diplomatic quarter trades boundary walls for native landscaping and filtered light.
Urko Sanchez Architects Plants an African Vernacular Village in a Sharjah Nature Reserve
Sharjah Bridi Park brings timber, thatch, and earthen walls to the UAE desert as a center for research and education within the Al Bridi Reserve.
Villa K: A Masterpiece of Marble and Materiality by IAIA – Idea Art Interior Architects
Villa K in Dubai by IAIA showcases luxurious marble interiors, natural materials, ambient lighting, and sustainable design across two-story contemporary spaces.
