Architecture & Interiors

Completed work, photographed by an architect

Finished buildings, returned to the practices that made them — for awards submissions, monographs, press, and the practice archive.

A project is read before it is photographed. The light it was designed to receive. The proportion of its openings. The material at its junctions. The sequence its threshold sets. These are the terms the drawings were made in, and they govern the frame.

CONTRORA is led by an architect with more than a decade in professional practice across the Gulf. The house does not arrive to discover a building. It arrives already able to read one.

Facade read flat — shutters, corbels, ironwork in three registers — Elevation · Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Antibes

Doors standing open, light across the sill — Threshold · Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Antibes

The atrium volume rising through its full height — Volume · Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, Dubai

Arcade in repetition, shadow falling across the bays — Rhythm · Bab Al Shams, Dubai

The exposed structural frame against the sky — Structure · Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, Dubai

Balconies stacked and curving away, the wave of the neighbouring hotel beyond — Curve · Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab, Dubai

Corridor receding, light entering from one side — Circulation · Bulgari Resort, Dubai

The vertical void cut through the building mass — Void · Atlantis The Royal, Dubai

Worked ceiling, ornament held in raking light — Ornament · La Mamounia, Marrakech

Water court in plan geometry, axis and reflection — Geometry · La Mamounia, Marrakech

Typically commissioned for

Awards submissions · Monographs and practice publications · Press and media kits · Client and developer handover · Practice archive · Interior and product photography in situ

Frames above are from the house's own archive. Enquiries for practice commissions are welcome.