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Arrival
Arched openings, steel-framed glass and a piano room off the entrance.
Residential
291 | B&H Residence
Location
Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi
Type
Private Residence
Area
1,200 m²
Landscape
Status
Under Construction
Lead Architect
Darine Jabeili
The idea
Screens, arches and warm earth.
B&H Residence, on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, is built on a classical frame of moulded ceilings, panelled walls and arched openings, which the interior opens up rather than closes. Walnut arches repeat along the main gallery like a procession, and steel-framed glass and walnut lattice screens let views pass between the entrance, a piano room, the formal majlis and the family rooms.
Light comes from above through latticed skylights and falls on herringbone oak floors and pale walls. Against this calm ground each room takes its own mood: deep green panelling in the office, arched bookshelves around the dining table, terracotta plaster and violet-veined marble in the guest washroom, ivory panelling in the master suite. The 1,200 m² house is under construction.
Material palette
Walnut lattice
Screens between rooms
Deep green
Office panelling
Terracotta plaster
Guest washroom
Veined marble
Vanity and bathrooms
About the project
Room to room, through screens and arches
Arrival brings you through arched openings, with the piano room close to the entrance. The formal majlis comes next, under its sculpted brass chandelier, with botanical panels on the walls. Beyond it the family living and dining rooms open up, bright beneath arched windows and joined by screens and timber. The walk continues to the office, the guest washroom and the master suite, each a more private room.
Walnut lattice forms the screens between rooms, filtering views while keeping each space connected. In the office, deep green panelling gives a darker, more enclosed setting for work. The guest washroom is finished in terracotta plaster, a warm, matt surface beside sculpted mirrors. Veined marble returns at the vanity and in the bathrooms, cool and polished against the timber. On Saadiyat Island, the house sets each of these materials against a quiet base of oak and pale walls.
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