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The entrance of the Qortuba Courtyard House: a deep bronze doorway recessed in limestone, broad stone steps and an olive tree in a wedge of sun.The Qortuba Courtyard House: long offset limestone volumes, a deep shaded entrance, stone steps and olive trees, a cantilevered roof casting a diagonal shadow.

every formis shaped bylight.

Architecture · Interiors · Objects

Kuwait — since 2016

Qortuba Courtyard House — the entrance

  • 24 projects across the Gulf
  • Architecture to the last detail
  • Kuwait City studio

the studio

formشكل

Mass, plane and void: the few, calm volumes a building actually needs.

lightضوء

The one material we never buy. We draw with shadow, and let the sun finish every room.

One practice, two scales: the whole building, and the single edge where the light turns.

  1. The courtyard of the Qortuba house: a tall limestone wall of vertical travertine fins casting rhythmic shadows over a still reflecting pool and an olive tree.
    1:500 · the building
    Extreme close-up of a travertine fin: pitted stone texture, one crisp edge and the sharp shadow it casts.
    1:5 · the detail

    01 / 02

    Qortuba Courtyard House

    Qortuba, Kuwait · Residence

    form · شكلA wall of travertine fins around a still, shaded courtyard.

    light · ضوءOne fin, one edge, one knife-sharp line of shadow.

  2. Khiran Beach House: a white limestone and concrete house with a long cantilevered roof over a shaded terrace, the sea beyond the sand.
    1:500 · the building
    Close-up of the cantilever edge meeting a board-marked concrete column, a band of bright sun against deep shade.
    1:5 · the detail

    02 / 02

    Khiran Beach House

    Khiran, Kuwait · Residence

    form · شكلOne long roof slab, cantilevered toward the sea.

    light · ضوءWhere the slab meets its column: sun above, deep shade below.

selected work

shaped by light, at every scale.

06 of 24 projects · 2016–2026Kuwait · KSA · Bahrain
  1. In progress · Visualisation

    01

    Fanar Mosque

    Pure volumes, and one tall slot of light toward the Qibla.

    ArchitectureSabah Al-Ahmad, Kuwait2025980 m²

  2. 02

    Lumen Dental Clinic

    A skylight the length of the room, so no one waits in shadow.

    InteriorSalmiya, Kuwait2022420 m²

  3. 03

    Dasman Gallery

    One clerestory, one beam of light, moving across the day.

    ArchitectureDasman, Kuwait2021650 m²

  4. 04

    Atelier Café

    A deep window bench, built for the morning sun.

    InteriorShuwaikh, Kuwait2023140 m²

  5. 05

    Block 4 Offices

    Board-marked concrete and oak, lit from the side like a studio.

    InteriorHawally, Kuwait20221,100 m²

  6. 06

    Khiran Beach House

    One long roof, and a terrace that stays cool at noon.

    ArchitectureKhiran, Kuwait2023860 m²

one studio, one story

one fold. three disciplines.

Sidra Villa: a family house in Kuwait whose building, interiors and objects were all designed by FORMA.

  1. Sidra Villa at golden hour: a folded concrete roof tipping up at one corner over a travertine house wrapped in vertical fins, warm light behind them.The corner of the folded roof: a sharp concrete fold line against the sky, fins beneath.

    01 Architecture · 2025 · Kuwait

    the building

    A travertine house under one thin concrete roof that folds up at its corner to let the evening in, wrapped in a screen of slender fins.

  2. The family dining room of Sidra Villa: a long travertine room, sunlight striping the floor through the fins, a long dining table under a light well.A stripe of sunlight crossing the travertine floor and the foot of a table.

    02 Interior · 2025 · The family room

    the interior

    One long travertine room for the whole family. The fins stripe the floor with sun, and a light well opens above the dining table.

  3. A monolithic travertine dining table with a folded, angled base and a sculptural bronze pendant lamp above, against a limestone wall.Where the table’s folded base meets its top: a crisp travertine edge, a hairline joint, raking light.

    03 Object · 2025 · Made in Kuwait

    the object

    The table, cut from one travertine block, with the roof’s fold carried into its base, and a single bronze pendant above.

One fold, carried from the roof to the table.the roof · the light · the table

“I wanted the family to feel the house before they understood it. The roof folds up to let the evening in, the fins comb the sun across the floor, and the table repeats the same fold under their hands. One idea, at three scales.”

Yousef · Lead architect, FORMA