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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...

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...

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...