The residence utilizes a modern aesthetic while retaining a central courtyard, which evokes the traditional Kuwaiti practice in the building of houses. Here the residence is allowed to acknowledge both past and present, without clashing. The water feature at the steps of the main door sweeps outwards, the floor to ceiling glass helps keep the spaces more open, allowing the users to go between outside and inside, past and present, effortlessly.

Passion to create a unique mass and standards of beauty, help to developed taste and importance of unifying beauty and efficiency

GMI Studio is an architectural firm based in Kuwait. Using a holistic design approach, the studio is dedicated to creating unique buildings which merge the past and the present, combine natural and man-made materials, and make the users of the buildings think differently about their surroundings.