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Entrance Hall
Inlaid marble, a wrought gallery and a white corridor to the majlis.
Residential
246 | Royal Family Private Villa
Type
Private Villa
The idea
A classical house, room by room.
A private villa for a royal family, drawn in a calm classical language. The double-height entrance hall is laid in marble with a lattice of white, cream and dark inlaid bands, under a gallery with a wrought balustrade, an arched window and a crystal chandelier. Dark timber pilasters frame the hall, and a white marble corridor lit by wall sconces leads on to the majlis.
On the ground floor, a family sitting room in pale blue panelling with lit display niches opens to a formal dining room. The office is lined in burl walnut with fine brass inlay, under a coffered ceiling, and a home cinema sits in dark timber and red. Upstairs, family living and dining rooms in soft grey panelling and navy drapes lead to the master suite, with its patterned oak floor and leaf wallpaper, and to the guest bedrooms.
Material palette
Inlaid marble lattice
Majlis corridor floor
Walnut coffers
Office ceiling
Red velvet & leather
Cinema curtains
Leaf wallpaper
Master suite
About the project
Public rooms below, family rooms above
The entrance hall sets the scale, and the white corridor carries visitors on towards the majlis. At ground level, the sitting room used by the family opens to the formal dining room, its lit niches drawing the eye along the walls. The office and cinema form a more enclosed pair of rooms. Upstairs, the family rooms for living and dining come before the master suite and the guest bedrooms.
Inlaid marble lattice runs down the majlis corridor floor, setting a geometric rhythm underfoot. In the office, walnut coffers form the ceiling, deepening the room and catching the light. In the cinema, red velvet curtains and leather bring a dark, soft warmth. Leaf wallpaper in the master suite carries a botanical pattern into the private rooms, above floors of patterned oak.
In classical private villa interior design, the plan matters as much as the ornament. This villa gives guests a clear route from the entrance hall along the white corridor to the majlis, while the family sitting and dining rooms, the office and the cinema each have their place, and the first floor holds the family rooms and bedrooms. Every room is given one purpose and a matching mood: pale blue for gathering, burl walnut for work, dark timber and red for watching films. That clarity makes a large house easy to live in day to day. The interior architecture is by IAIA, founded in 1994.
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