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Living
Skylights, deep sofas and garden views on three sides.
Residential
297 | Silent House
Location
Dubai, UAE
Type
Private Residence
Area
1,200 m²
Status
Under Construction
Lead Architect
Darine Jabeili
The idea
The Silent House speaks.
Silent House begins from the idea of a heterotopia: a world within worlds, a house that holds several spaces inside it, plural rather than singular. Each room is allowed its own character, and the house is assembled from these entities around a planted courtyard at its centre.
The studio’s line for it is “The Silent House speaks.” It speaks through colour, form, texture and light: warm oak joinery, soft plaster, terracotta tones and skylights. Two powder rooms are each carved from a single stone, one rose marble and one deep green.
Calm living and dining rooms open onto gardens and courtyards. A library, a studio, an entertainment room and a gym extend daily life, and a roof lounge and terrace look out over planting and sky. The 1,200 m² house is under construction.
Material palette
Warm oak
Joinery and wall panelling
Rose marble
Office powder room
Green marble
Powder room
Patterned wool
Rugs in the living rooms
About the project
Many rooms, each with its own voice.
Silent House is a 1,200 m² private residence in Dubai, under construction, with Darine Jabeili as lead architect. The concept is a heterotopia: a house made of several distinct worlds rather than one uniform interior. Each room keeps its own character, and the whole is assembled around a planted courtyard that gives the plan its centre.
Arrival is quiet, between plaster walls and planted courtyards. The living room draws light from skylights and looks onto gardens on three sides, and oak shelving lines the library beside a long dining table facing the garden. Colour and texture do the speaking. Patterned wool rugs soften the living rooms, and two powder rooms are each carved from a single stone, one rose marble and one deep green. A studio, a darker entertainment room and an ordered oak gym extend the day. The master suite sets a bath beside a planted window, and a roof lounge and terrace open the house to the sky.
