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This is a house renovation we did located at Springs, Dubai back 2012.   Our client was an Indian Family of four. They are Hindu so they have these Vasthu beliefs that we had to consider when we did the renovation. It is actually their main reason for this change. They have a limited budget since it is not their permanent house, as the lady of the house said, Dubai is not their permanent residence so they do not want to spend much.  I will show you photos of before and after for this project.  Shall we? This is the existing view of the Foyer and Living Room.. and I came up with several options for this area.. it was a bit of a discussion with the client because they were a bit confused of what they want..  I initially gave them this.. The wall of that library is connected all the way to the dining and the family room.. I wanted to unify the three rooms with a long library. That was my concept. Very modern. A sculpture in a corn...

Just before I leave for my Christmas holiday.. let me share my latest project. It is a retail shop for swimsuit and Knick Knacks. 10m x 10m size.  Client wanted something rustic and modern and this is my interpretation. Here are the views.. a more close up view.. the whole store view.. My two bosses loved it.. and again for their high standard, that makes me happy and proud. Let's hope the client loves it too. I enjoyed making this shop.. It was a 3-day concept including design, 3d modelling and rendering.. This is one of those small projects that makes me love being a designer. Let me know your thoughts... CIAO! -CARMI

i would like to share this Baby's room concept that I quickly did  for a  client. There were design limitations since they are just renting the house. We cannot build nor knock down anything and I have to work with those constraints. It's a very spacious room with measurement of 7.0 X 8.0 meters and they  want it to be totally pink (its a baby girl) and the ceiling painted with a sky effect.  These are the existing photos of the room.. This is what I came up with. What do you think? Not bad for a one day concept right? Actually I dont like the sky effect.. bu it's what the client requested.. if i was to design it.. it will be without the sky which would turn out like this.. The client loved my concept. He actually then wanted us to work on the interiors of the whole house. Chief declined, we have our hands full at the moment in the office. The client begged him to do his house (well.. I did the design and concept.. so it's probably  g...

On our holiday in Sri Lanka, we stayed for three days in the city of Colombo.  We went to this park near a University were local artists sell their paintings on the street. We bought one and had it removed from the frame, rolled & placed on a tube container and took it back to Dubai.  Because of this we had to fix up one area of the living room to put up the painting. We bought this white modern - rustic  console from  Marina Exotic Home Interiors . Placed the  Krishna sculpture (also from Sri Lanka) on top of the console with the antique head of a Chinese man that Chief bought from Singapore.  Of course our photos on one side :) Marina showcases a few nice modern furniture pieces. It's one place we go to as designers to look for unique things. Branches of the shop can be found at Dubai Mall, Mall of the Emirates, Mirdif City Center, etc. Pay them a visit one of these days :) CIAO! -CARMI

This is another one of my recent designs. It's a showroom of a Furniture Company here in Dubai of which name I will not disclose due to privacy. They are actually one of our suppliers for several years now. Their very first showroom was designed by my senior and now that they have moved to a new location, they have asked him again to design it. This is despite of having to work with other designers here in Dubai. They believe so much in our company's design and have not asked others to do it for them. My senior gave me the opportunity to design it myself. So this project is all me.  I went to the site with one of my junior architects to take photos of the current situation and to discuss with the client their requirements. Since they cater to many products, I have to find a solution on having them all in display without creating a clutter. I must admit that I wasn't so excited when I started this project. My schedule was hectic and imagine designing in the midd...

As a designer, it is not always easy to come up with ideas when working on new projects. Apart from the brief you have from what the client wants, it is still up to us the designers on how we can provide our clients with beautiful designs that suit their needs. I have a few architectural sites that I love to browse to get inspired and get some ideas. Not that you are copying or whatsoever, now that is a bad thing. You can get ideas and evolve them to suit your need since every project is different. In a way, these websites inspire me a lot. Here's my website list of inspirations for Modern & Contemporary Architecture: 1.  ArchDaily           Archdaily is more like "THE" website for us architects. It features works of designers from today as well as the old, articles about architecture whether old or new, they also feature architects, news on architecture and design technologies and a whole lot more. They cater to Arc...

A Villa situated at the very famous Palm Jumeirah - Dubai, U.A.E. I did the design interiors of this villa back 2011. This is one of the projects I am very proud of. There were many limitations for this project. No wall can be altered and I had to work on the current situation o the house, some fixtures were already bought and had to be used, some furnitures to be used etc.etc..   Client is a British Family. This is one of those projects I did for LSD with pointers and guidance from my two seniors.  Let's walk around the house per level. We'll start with the GF: This is the Entrance Hall. The wall behind the painting was originally not there. It was proposed to separate the Dining Room from this big hall. It is a backlit alabaster and the opening on the top is a glass wall from the Gym with the view of this hall. Im sure you can recognize the designer pieces I used from Minotti and B&B Italia. Another view of the entrance hall and from the door on the lef...