At Alhumaidhi Architects, we pride ourselves in offering innovative and resourceful solutions for our client’s most challenging problems, the most common of which is maximizing privacy without sacrificing natural light. With our MT Villa project, we knew we wanted to satisfy our client’s demand of high ceilings that would allow for as much natural light as possible. The challenge? The plot was located in a busy residential area, with neighbors on three sides of the house, and also overlooked a main highway and neighborhood park, which made privacy a big concern.

Because of the way the layout mirrors the concession/ticketing services on both sides, we needed to ensure we incorporated a natural sense of way-finding into the space, with visitors knowing exactly where to go as soon as they entered.

We had the pleasure of working on Inspire Gym’s first-ever location in 2014, helping launch one of the most premiere crossfit-centric gyms in Kuwait. When the client approached us to build their second location, we quickly realized this newer branch would require a completely different theme and feel. For one, we were facing a major time constraint, as our client needed to open quickly. For two, we were building over an existing space that had previously belonged to the neighboring hotel and country club, meaning this project would mostly be driven by cost and realities on the ground.