Mercury Projects, the leading Dubai based development firm, is delighted to announce its win at the Arabian Property Awards 2024/25 for ‘The Viola Penthouse’. The team, led by Hamed Ghavidel, will be honoured on 4th December 2024 in the ‘Best Renovation and Re-Development’ Category in a glittering showcase held at the Habtoor Grand Resort Dubai and...
Project name
The Viola Penthouse
Location
Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Principal architect
Ali Hosseini
Design team
Mercury Projects & Armelle Lamont Interior Design
Interior design
Armelle Lamont Interior Design
Environmental & MEP engineering
Mercury Projects
Lighting
Mercury Projects
Material
Casafina Home Furnishings
Construction
We Shape Spaces
Supervision
Mercury Projects
Visualization
Armelle Lamont Interior Design
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-Ray, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Indoor wall fountains bring a touch of nature into urban apartments, creating a calm and soothing environment. These features beautify spaces while benefiting overall well-being by promoting relaxation.
Photography
Majestic Fountains
This project, located in the charming Estrela neighborhood of Lisbon, involved the complete renovation of two apartments with the aim of updating the spaces while respecting the historical identity of the building and establishing a dialogue between the contemporary and the traditional.
Project name
Apartments in Estrela
Architecture firm
Vasco Lima Mayer
Location
Lisbon, Portugal
Photography
Carmo Oliveira
Principal architect
Vasco Lima Mayer
Design team
Vasco Lima Mayer
Collaborators
Ana Caúdia Ramos, Gonçalo Grácio
Interior design
Vasco Lima Mayer
Environmental & MEP engineering
Construction
Companhia das Obras
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Apartments vs penthouses - which one is right for you, fully depends on your personal preferences and needs. Both types of properties have their own sets of benefits and drawbacks.
Photography
Amazing Architecture
An attractive view of the Botanical Park and the city distinguishes this flat in the residential complex ‘House on Botanicheskiy’. There is no such panorama in any house in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
Project name
Flat with panoramic views of the Botanical Garden
Architecture firm
Kvadrat Architects
Location
Astana, Kazakhstan
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD
Principal architect
Sergey Bekmukhanbetov, Rustam Minnekhanov
Design team
Kvadrat Architects
Collaborators
Loro Piana, Poliform
Visualization
Kvadrat Architects
Typology
Residential › Private Apartment
This project is born from the mansards rehabilitation of a 19th century building, with patrimonial value, located at the top of 8 de Maio Square, in the heart of Figueira da Foz.
Project name
Mansardas da Praça 8 de Maio
Location
Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Diana Bizarro
Interior design
Susana Pires
Collaborators
Project Manager: Miguel Jordão. Safety: Genialmed - Vasco Parente. Acoustic Design: Tisem – Daniela Nicolau. Fluids Engineering : Tisem – Daniela Nicolau. Thermal Engineering: Atelier-42 - Cristina Pires
Structural engineer
SILVAS - Rui Rodrigues, Tisem - Emanuel Lopes, Fernando Ferreira
Lighting
Albano Gonçalves
Construction
APmanos, Barrôconstroi
Supervision
Estimativa Curiosa - Patrícia Silva
Typology
Residential Architecture › Apartments
The owners of this space are a family of four. The husband is a founder of a closed fund and wife a PHD scholar ably assists him in his venture. The couple has two grown up kids doing their advance studies in foreign countries.
Project name
Vaulted B/W Haus
Architecture firm
DIG Architects
Photography
Ishita Sitwala
Principal architect
Amir Khanolkar, Advait Potnis
Design team
Fenil Gala, Esha Indulkar, Manasi Pawar
Collaborators
Laxman interiors
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Ceppo De Gre, granite, lime plaster, Avacado leather finish
Visualization
Mrunit Churi
Typology
Residential › Apartment
This is not the first time owner Lisa has worked with the interior designer Fu Xia. When it came to renovating this 250m² luxury apartment. Compared to the formal French style of Lisa’s previous home, designer Fu Xia hoped to infuse more relaxation into the space this time, creating a sense of effortless elegance within the refined urban lifestyle.
Location
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Principal architect
Fu Xia Chief Designer at Shangceng Design Institute
Design team
Dou Qiannan, Zhang Wenling
Collaborators
Furniture: Roche Bobois, BD Barcelona, Qeeboo
Interior design
Fu Xia, Fu Xia Design Studio
Environmental & MEP engineering
Kang Zheng
Typology
Residential › Apartment
