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Mrs Samina Ahmed Villa
Located in the ‘Beverly-Hills’ styled development in Dubai; Emirates Hills the Mrs Samina Ahmed Residence is small yet highly personal development. Designed to embody the client’s lifestyle, the house is clean, modern and minimalist where spaces are light and breezy and flow from one to the next; doors are minimised and used only where security breaks were necessary and large sliding lazed panels allow the abundance of natural light into the internal spaces. Externally, heavy suspended timber pergolas create shade and a play of patterns on the building facades.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Client Mrs Samina Ahmed
Built-Up-Area
Services Architectural Concept Design, Schematic and Detail Design, Interior Design Concept, FF&E Specification, Custom Joinerywork Shopdrawings, Hard and Soft-Landscape Design, Planting Plan and Specification, Irrigation Design, Post-Contract Project Management, Construction Supervision
Status Complete 2013
Budget US$4.5 million
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Ground Floor
- Main Entrance Hall
- Living Area
- Guest Bathroom
- Dining Area
- Kitchen with attached Pantry Store
- Master Bedroom Suite with Seating Area, Walk-in Wardrobes, Master Bathroom with shower and bath; internal staircase leading to the First-Floor Study and Hobby Room
- Laundry and Store Rooms
- 2-Car Garage
- Garden with Entertainment Terraces and Lawns
- Swimming Pool
First Floor
- Family TV Lounge
- Family Bathroom
- 2 Double bedrooms with walk-in wardrobes and En-suite Bathrooms
- ‘His’ Study
- ‘Her’ Hobby Room
Servant Quarters
- 2 Bedroom for 2 staff each
- Bathroom
- Store Room
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Most of the architectural elements are custom designed including the staircase and the handrails.The design is angular and materials are limited to white smooth plastered walls, stainless steel accents and Walnut/ Rosewood to add warmth
Terraces are stretched along the living/dining/ kitchen areas of the house to further connect the spaces and provide entertainment space for the client and her guests. Here an external custom detailed and built BBQ provides added dimension to the entertainment terrace.
Landscaping is broken down to a variety of spaces and with plants to match the mood of the space. The swimming pool is liner and designed as a lap pool connected visually to the water features that in turn provide focal points in the landscape. Most of the planting be up lit, feature lights provide interesting backdrops of key elements of the landscape design while recessed floor lights direct guest along the pathway.
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Most of the architectural elements are custom designed including the staircase and the handrails.The design is angular and materials are limited to white smooth plastered walls, stainless steel accents and Walnut/ Rosewood to add warmth
Terraces are stretched along the living/dining/ kitchen areas of the house to further connect the spaces and provide entertainment space for the client and her guests. Here an external custom detailed and built BBQ provides added dimension to the entertainment terrace.
Landscaping is broken down to a variety of spaces and with plants to match the mood of the space. The swimming pool is liner and designed as a lap pool connected visually to the water features that in turn provide focal points in the landscape. Most of the planting be up lit, feature lights provide interesting backdrops of key elements of the landscape design while recessed floor lights direct guest along the pathway.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Client Mrs Samina Ahmed
Built-Up-Area
Services Architectural Concept Design, Schematic and Detail Design, Interior Design Concept, FF&E Specification, Custom Joinerywork Shopdrawings, Hard and Soft-Landscape Design, Planting Plan and Specification, Irrigation Design, Post-Contract Project Management, Construction Supervision
Status Complete 2013
Budget US$4.5 million
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Ground Floor
- Main Entrance Hall
- Living Area
- Guest Bathroom
- Dining Area
- Kitchen with attached Pantry Store
- Master Bedroom Suite with Seating Area, Walk-in Wardrobes, Master Bathroom with shower and bath; internal staircase leading to the First-Floor Study and Hobby Room
- Laundry and Store Rooms
- 2-Car Garage
- Garden with Entertainment Terraces and Lawns
- Swimming Pool
First Floor
- Family TV Lounge
- Family Bathroom
- 2 Double bedrooms with walk-in wardrobes and En-suite Bathrooms
- ‘His’ Study
- ‘Her’ Hobby Room
Servant Quarters
- 2 Bedroom for 2 staff each
- Bathroom
- Store Room
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