Amalgam began as a study in storytelling. The concept sets two ways of reading side by side: left to right, focused, structured and geometric; right to left, organic and imaginative. Then it lets them merge. The 3,200 m² family residence in Abu Dhabi, completed in 2025, is built on that meeting of rationale and invention.
The entrance is planned as the core of the house, a calm hall where every route begins. Along the way sit “instances”, surprise elements and corners left to be discovered. The formal lounge is a blank canvas for guests, and the dining room tells its story through engraving, changes of material and texture.
Curved, textured plaster columns and walnut panelling hold the rooms to one palette, so colour arrives in measured moments: a crystal chandelier, botanical murals, a powder room in deep red.
From the concept presentation: the name comes from two ways of reading, left to right as focused and structured, right to left as organic and imaginative, and the plan was drawn as the place where they meet.
Stories mapped onto the ground floor, overlapping and merging across the rooms.
Each room becomes an experience, with the entrance as the core of the house and small instances along the way.
The core of the house: a calm hall at the entrance, where every route begins.
The dining room, placed at the end of the route as a room of discovery.
Curved columns and walls
Panelling and joinery
Powder room walls
Dining corners
Arrival is through the hall, among curved columns, with the formal majlis close by under its chandelier. The dining room follows, its long table set between murals and lit shelves. In the family living room, the stair and a library wall rising floor to ceiling define the space. The office and lounge are quieter. A second majlis, larger than the first, has long tables beneath sculptural pendants. Then come the master suite, the gym and the children's playroom.
Textured plaster covers the curved columns and walls; its surface catches the light and keeps the large rooms soft. Walnut panelling and joinery run through the house, tying the rooms together. The botanical murals fill the dining corners with colour and detail. Crimson is kept for the powder room walls, a concentrated dose of colour. In this Abu Dhabi residence, marble appears at the bedside in the master suite, and timber frames its bathroom.
