Penthouse · Palm Jumeirah
Classical calm, island light.
The project
A full-floor penthouse at Balqis Residence, Palm Jumeirah, conceived as a quiet, contemporary interpretation of classical interiors, soft panelled walls, arched thresholds and herringbone oak, held together by a palette of bone, taupe, olive and oxblood.
Our team delivered the residence end to end: joinery, marble, glazing, lighting, automation and styling, with an entertaining sequence that runs from the show kitchen and cinema through to the games room and the terrace above the island.
01 · Balqis Penthouse
A single book-matched viola panel carries the screen, set into a moulded white surround and flanked by backlit oak display bays. Everything around it stays deliberately quiet, bone upholstery, olive and oxblood accents, a black glass table on herringbone oak.
02 · Balqis Penthouse
The show kitchen pairs a full calacatta run with a marble breakfast island on cylindrical oak legs, a mirrored bar with suspended stemware and a constellation of smoked-glass pendants. Bronze-framed reeded doors close it off from the formal side of the floor when service needs to disappear.
03 · Balqis Penthouse
A stone-topped desk on sculpted oak drums sits before library bays lined in oxblood leather and lit shelf by shelf. A slim linear pendant and a picture light do the rest, a room that reads as a private office and a collector's room at once.
04 · Balqis Penthouse
Arrival sets the grammar of the whole residence, nested radiused arches, alabaster sconces, marble inlay underfoot, and the principal bathroom answers it with the boldest stone on the floor.
05 · Balqis Penthouse
Behind an arched oak portal, the principal bedroom keeps to bone panelling, a fluted oak headboard wall with integrated reading lights, and one olive velvet bench at the foot of the bed. The dressing room next door is its opposite: reeded glass, curved oak drawers and a single deep-brown velvet island seat.
06 · Balqis Penthouse
Two tiers of olive velvet seating face a full-width screen wall, wrapped in acoustically detailed walnut panelling under a coffered ceiling of backlit stone. Side tables, brass reading lamps and carpet chosen to swallow sound complete a room built for the evening.
07 · Balqis Penthouse
A games room and a live teppanyaki counter share a lighter language, mosaic terrazzo floors, latticed screens and glazed green tile, so the entertaining wing feels like a change of air rather than more of the same.
08 · Balqis Penthouse
The private gym is finished like a room rather than a facility, oak-framed storage bays, lit shelving for weights and balls, a reformer on stone floors and full-height linen curtains that close the whole wall when the session is over.
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Design & build team
15+years
A team of designers, engineers and site experts with over 15 years of experience in interior design, fit-out and renovation. One team from first sketch to handover, so nothing gets lost between design and site.
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