Dubai Duplex
Duplex apartment · Interior design · Dubai, UAE · 300m²
A 300 m² duplex in Dubai, planned around a living room that rises the full two storeys. One large portrait above the fireplace gives the space its character; everything around it is held deliberately quiet.
The portrait wall
The wall facing the sofa is treated as the centre of the apartment. A tall portrait hangs above a linear fireplace and a concealed screen, framed in black veined marble that runs the full height of the room. A cascade of golden branches falls past it from the ceiling, so by night the painting is lit from within the space rather than from a spotlight, and the double height reads as one composed elevation instead of an empty void.
The living room
The living room rises the full two storeys and is wrapped on two sides by full-height windows with fine blinds, so daylight can be tuned from open city view to a calm, filtered glow. A glass balustrade keeps the upper floor open to the room below, and the furniture stays low to keep the height and the view generous.
Dining and the garden stair
Behind the living room, the dining table sits beside a floating stair whose treads seem to hang on fine rods. Beneath it, a garden of sculpted pines grows from a bed of stone, giving the apartment a living centre that is visible from every seat. Pedestal chairs in grey and green, golden figure lamps and a mirrored wall that repeats the light make dinner feel like an occasion without adding a single wall.
Seen from above
From above, the living room reads as a composition of soft shapes: two curved grey velvet sofas, a sculpted lounge chair, a pair of deep green armchairs and a low table carrying a tangle of glowing golden branches. A rug in soft stone tones gathers them into one island, so the room feels composed rather than simply furnished.
Light and material
The materials are few and chosen to age well together: wide oak floorboards, smoked timber panelling, black marble with white veining, grey velvet and a glass balustrade that keeps the upper floor open to the room below. Warm golden light threads through all of it, from the branch chandelier to the figure lamps, so the apartment shifts from bright and airy by day to intimate and glowing at night.
The bedroom
The bedroom carries the language of the apartment into a quieter key. Behind the bed, a deep red panel rises from the headboard as a single stem and climbs the wall, so the bed and the room are drawn as one gesture. The bed sits low on an upholstered base over a round rug, framed by dark timber walls edged in bronze.
Light and texture
Slim glass lamps stand on floating bedside shelves, and layered sheer and heavy curtains soften the daylight. By the window, a velvet armchair with a pleated, bronze-stitched back and a marble side table make a quiet reading corner over the herringbone oak floor.
The ceiling ring
Above the bed, the red stem opens across the ceiling into a bronze ring of light, the room's single sculptural moment. Opposite the bed, the screen is set into the same red panel, so even the television belongs to the composition.
