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Garden & Pool
A timber deck and a long pool inside a planted edge.
Residential
229 | Residence A
Location
Al Falaj, Sharjah, UAE
Type
Private Residence
Area
1,200 m²
Status
Completed 2020
Lead Architects
Ramzi Jizi & Darine Jabeili
Photography
Alex Jeffries
Recognition & press
Featured on ArchDaily · March 2022Read the feature →
Featured on Archello · Aug 2021Read the feature →
Featured on Love That Design · Aug 2021Read the feature →
Featured on Arch Interiors · Nov 2021Read the feature →
Winner · 2022
Interior Design / House & Residential
DNA Paris Design Awards
Honorable Mention · 2021
Interior Design – Residential
International Design Awards
Finalist · 2021
Residential House over £1M
SBID International Design Awards
Finalist · 2021
Best Residential Project
Commercial Interior Design Awards
Finalist · 2021
Residential Project of the Year
Design Middle East Awards
Shortlist · 2021
Best Project of the Year
Identity Design Awards
Finalist · 2022
Residential Design of the Year
Index Design Awards
The idea
Marble, walnut, light and garden.
Residence A is a 1,200 m² private house in Al Falaj, Sharjah, set among traditional housing. A peripheral garden wraps the plot and opens into internal patios, so the house makes its own setting. On the ground floor one continuous marble floor runs out towards the pool, and floating walls in burnt walnut divide the rooms and carry the art.
Upstairs, warmer floors and timber cladding give more privacy, with double-height spaces looking back down to the garden. Below, a break in the marble leads to a different world: a bar with a glowing onyx counter, a home cinema, a gym and a playroom.
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Material palette
White marble
Ground-floor slab
Burnt walnut
Floating walls
Backlit onyx
Bar counter
Red leather
Cinema seating
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Bathroom
Dark stone, timber slats and twin stone basins.
About the project
From the pool deck to the onyx bar
The tour begins outside, on the deck beside the long pool, within the planted edge of the plot. The entrance is the first interior, rising through two levels with a cloud of butterflies overhead. The living rooms open from it on a single level, their walls set free of the ceiling so the garden stays in view. Steps lead down to the bar and cinema, and the tour ends in a bathroom finished in stone and slatted timber.
White marble forms the ground-floor slab, a single pale surface that carries light from room to room. Burnt walnut covers the floating walls, dark and warm, a backdrop for the art. In the bar, backlit onyx makes the counter glow, the warmest light in the house. The cinema is seated in red leather, a deep colour for a room made for the dark. The house is in Sharjah's Al Falaj.
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