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Lobby & Reception
White marble, dark timber slats and a reception desk cut from one block of grey stone.
F&B, Corporate & Commercial
256 | Amanat Office
Location
Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE
Type
Corporate Offices
Area
750 m²
Status
Completed 2022
Lead Architect
Elias Soueidi
Photography
Rabih Rechdan
Recognition & press
Featured on ArchelloRead the feature →
Winner · 5 Stars · 2022
Best Office Design, Middle East (Grand Prize)
Arabian Property Awards
Winner · 2022
Best Office Design, Dubai
Arabian Property Awards
Honorable Mention · 2022
Interior Design – Office and Services Center
International Design Awards
Official Selection · 2023
Interior Design – Workplace
DNA Paris Design Awards
Finalist · 2022
Office Interiors
International Property Awards
The idea
One line, two ways of working.
A 750 m² office floor at Dubai World Trade Centre for an investment company, completed in 2022. The brief asked for excellence, elegance and boldness. A single longitudinal line splits the floor into two sections, executive and operations, and the floor, ceiling and timber cladding change across it so the two sides answer each other.
The executive side opens with a lobby of white marble floors and dark timber slats, a reception desk carved from a monolithic block of grey marble, and a bench of thin Calacatta and Pietra Grey slabs. The CEO and CFO offices, the board room and the majlis follow. The operations side is lighter and brighter, with offices shaped around each role, a co-working area for the associates, and a meeting room built as a convertible box that can stand fully closed or fully open in the middle of the floor.
Material palette
Pietra Grey marble
Reception desk
Walnut slats
Executive offices
White & grey marble
Lobby floor, where the two sides meet
Light oak
Operations cladding and doors
About the project
Marble, walnut and oak on either side
The visit starts in the lobby, at the desk cut from grey stone. From there, the corridor runs the length of the floor, and the two halves of the office sit on either side of it. The executive half holds the offices, the majlis and the board room, in walnut and deep sofas. Across the line, the operations rooms are lighter, and the meeting box can be opened onto the floor or closed away.
Pietra Grey marble forms the reception desk, a single heavy piece that anchors the arrival. White and grey marble meet on the lobby floor, at the point where the two sides divide. Walnut slats line the executive offices, warm and dark. Light oak clads the operations side, its walls and doors paler and brighter. Close up, stone, timber, glass and brass are joined with care. The office is at Dubai World Trade Centre.
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