The breeze first
Every plan is turned to catch the prevailing sea breeze before anything else. The shamal cools the rooms so the machines barely have to.
Doha · Since 2011
Building for theedge of the water.
A Gulf coastal practice shaping buildings that belong to the shore — cooled by the sea breeze, made of regional materials, and curved with the quiet logic of a dhow’s sail.
2011Founded
47Projects
9Awards
How we build by the water
Materials of the shore
Coral stone, teak, and hand-burnished lime plaster — materials that were built with on this coast for centuries and still weather it best.
The dhow’s logic
A dhow’s hull and sail are shaped by wind and water, not decoration. We borrow that logic: every curve here earns its place by working.
From the waterfront
Four of forty-seven. The tide brings the rest.
Practice
Made of the coast
We keep a material library, not a mood board. Nothing goes on a wall until we have held it, weathered a sample of it, and met the person who makes it.
- Coral stone
- Reclaimed · Al Zubarah
- Burmese teak
- Certified · Kerala
- Lime plaster
- Hand-burnished
- Palm rope
- Al Wakrah weavers
Sail Pavilion · Katara
Recognition
2024
Tamayouz Award, Winner
Sail Pavilion
2023
Aga Khan Award, Nominee
The Pearl Majlis
2022
Qatar Sustainability, Gold
Corniche House
2020
MENA Heritage, Finalist
The Boatyard
Their buildings feel like they were always meant to stand where the land meets the sea.