Notes on light, architecture, and craft.
Case studies and practical guides from our studios in Riyadh and Dubai — written for architects, designers, and clients who want to understand why lighting-first design changes everything.
10 Lighting Mistakes That Cost the Most (and What to Do Instead)
The downlight grid, mixed colour temperatures, no dimming, glare, dark walls — the errors that repeat in project after project, and the fix for each.
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How to Choose a Lighting Designer (and Tell One From a Supplier)
Designer, supplier or contractor — who does what, how to read a portfolio, the questions to ask, the deliverables that matter, and the warning signs.
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Facade Lighting Design: How to Light a Building Without Flattening It
Grazing, wall washing, uplighting and silhouette — the techniques behind architectural facade lighting, plus glare control, colour discipline and what the Gulf climate demands.
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Hotel & Restaurant Lighting Design: What Actually Drives Guest Spend
How hospitality lighting is planned zone by zone — lobbies, guest rooms, dining floors, bars and terraces — and the commercial mistakes that cost operators money every night.
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Villa Lighting Design: A Room-by-Room Guide for Saudi Arabia & the UAE
How villa and palace lighting is actually planned — the three layers, what each room needs, the five costliest mistakes, and when to bring a lighting designer in.
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How Much Does Professional Lighting Design Cost in Saudi Arabia & the UAE?
A clear breakdown of lighting design fees in Saudi Arabia and the UAE — what you pay for, the four pricing models, indicative ranges by project type, and how to get an accurate quote.
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Retail Lighting That Sells: A Storefront Story
A storefront people walked straight past — and the lighting changes that turned it into the brightest reason to stop. What contrast, vertical light, and colour rendering actually do to sales.
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Designing an Outdoor Gazebo Lounge After Dark
Outdoor spaces in the Gulf are only usable once the sun goes down — which makes lighting the thing that decides whether they get used at all. How we layered light across a gazebo lounge.
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Briefing a Lighting Designer: What Architects Should Bring to the First Meeting
The drawings, decisions, and questions that separate a generic lighting layout from one engineered for your building — and why the timing of that first meeting matters more than anything you bring to it.
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