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Entrance Halls
Panelled walnut, gilt mouldings and inlaid marble floors.
Residential
213 | Classical Private Palace
Location
Sharjah, UAE
Type
Private Palace
The idea
Walnut, stone and gold leaf.
This private palace in Sharjah is carried out in a warm classical language. Entrance halls are lined in panelled walnut, with carved gilt mouldings and doors, honey-coloured marble on the walls and floors inlaid with cream and brown stone. Fluted pilasters, carved capitals and crystal chandeliers lead the eye through a sequence of ceilings, each worked in plaster relief and gold.
The main majlis and the ladies’ majlis are long, formal rooms of tufted sofas, upholstered armchairs and patterned rugs, framed by heavy damask drapery with tasselled pelmets. The dining room seats a long table under a coffered ceiling, and the family sitting room and master bedroom turn softer, in cream, pale blue and gold.
Material palette
Walnut & gilt panelling
Entrance hall
Bronze damask drapery
Main majlis
Gilded ceiling relief
Ladies’ majlis
Crystal chandelier
Entrance hall
About the project
A formal route that softens as it goes
The entrance halls receive guests first, and the eye is led upward from room to room by the changing ceilings. From there the route reaches the two majlis, the main one and the ladies' majlis, each arranged for gathering. The dining room follows, then the family sitting room, where the formality eases. The private end of the house is the master bedroom, with its washroom alongside.
In the entrance hall, walnut and gilt panelling sets a dark, warm frame, and the crystal chandelier scatters light across it. Bronze damask drapery dresses the main majlis, giving weight to the windows of a long room. In the ladies' majlis, gilded ceiling relief catches light from above. The washroom returns to walnut and stone, while the private rooms lighten to cream, pale blue and gold. This palace in Sharjah keeps one family of materials throughout, changing only its intensity.
Private palace interior design in Sharjah has to serve two lives at once: formal hospitality and a family's daily routine. The entrance halls, the main majlis and the ladies' majlis carry the full classical language, so guests are received in rooms of ceremony, while the family sitting room and master bedroom ease into cream, pale blue and gold. A separate ladies' majlis reflects how such houses are used, with gatherings that run side by side. Keeping one family of materials, walnut, marble and gilt, lets the house change mood without losing its character. The palace is a project by IAIA, whose interior architects work across palaces, villas and hotels.
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