The Collector’s Home


Overlooking the Mediterranean in Beirut, The Collector’s Home is shaped around the client’s personal collection, allowing objects to guide the architectural language.

Photography by Walid Rashid
Featured in Marie Claire Maison Arabia

Program: Residential
Status: Completed

Scope:
- Interior design and construction supervision
- Design phases from concept design to final design
- Tendering 
- Site supervision and handover

A home thoughtfully shaped by the client’s existing collection of art and objects. While this collection guided the design process, the space was created to allow for future stories to unfold. Designing around objects that already carry memory and meaning was a fascinating process. It transformed the spatial experience entirely and inspired the integration of new objects. This design process required a minimal approach to architecture through a precise selection of materials.

A palette of oak, rattan, and travertine marble bring a quiet complexity to the interior and serves as a grounding base for the collections. Tonal variations and the nuances within a single material, as well as the subtlenterplay of similar hues across different surfaces creates a calm, tactile backdrop that brings warmth and continuity throughout the space.

The materials extend outward from the foyer, natural oak veneer and open-book chiaro travertine marble, which link the reception area, kitchen, and terrace. The kitchen is designed as a living space and connector to the terrace, an extension of the evolving dialogue between space and objects. 

Integrated studio pieces, including the Anatomy Console, Archipelago Divan, and Strata Rug, introduce layered dialogues of scale and form. Designed as an evolving environment, t he entire process was deeply personal, which reinforces the space’s timeless quality. The home remains open to future additions, reflecting a living relationship between space, memory, and collecting.
A selection of our pieces in this project: