01/Arrival
Every building begins before the door.
Approach, threshold, orientation. We design the sequence a person moves through, not the elevation they photograph.
MENAARC — architectural consultants in Dubai
A continuous camera move through a contemporary Dubai villa — from the entrance approach, through the living volume and a travertine corridor, out to a terrace overlooking the Dubai skyline and the Burj Khalifa.
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The studio
We draw buildings that have to work on a Tuesday morning.
MENAARC is an architectural consultancy in Dubai. We take projects from first sketch through authority approval and onto site — retail, hospitality and residential work across the Emirates.
Most of what we do is unglamorous: coordination, tolerances, a drawing set that a contractor can actually build from. That discipline is what lets the visible part look effortless.
- Based
- Dubai, UAE
- Practice
- Architecture
- Delivery
- Design + PM
- Region
- GCC
Selected work
Delivered across the Emirates.
- 01Rosa’s ThaiDubai Hills MallF&B
- 02Sacoor BrothersDeira City CenterRetail
- 03ReissAbu DhabiRetail
- 04Paul & Shark—Retail
- 05Sushi ArtJBRF&B
Capabilities
Two disciplines, one accountability.
Concept through to a construction set a contractor can build from.
- Concept and schematic design
- Design development
- Interior architecture
- Detailed drawings and specification
- Material and finishes schedules
- 3D visualisation
Someone accountable for the programme, the budget and the site.
- Programme and cost planning
- Tendering and contractor selection
- Authority approvals and NOCs
- Site supervision and snagging
- MEP and specialist coordination
- Handover and close-out
Approach
How a project actually runs.
- 01
Brief
What the space has to do, who uses it, what it can cost, and when it has to open. We would rather argue about this now than on site.
- 02
Design
Concept, then development, then a drawing set. Each stage signed off before the next begins, so nothing gets redrawn twice.
- 03
Approvals
Authority submissions, NOCs, landlord and mall conditions. The part that quietly decides whether a programme holds.
- 04
Delivery
Tender, award, supervision, snagging, handover. One point of accountability from the first sketch to the day it opens.
Next project
Tell us what you’re building.
Send the brief, the site, or just the constraint you cannot get past. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right studio for it.