- Discipline
- Interior Architecture & FF&E
- Location
- Dubai Marina, Dubai, UAE
- Internal Area
- 580 m² (6,240 sq ft)
- Completion
- 2025
- Custom Millwork
- Arkan Bespoke Joinery Studio
- Primary Materials
- Roman Travertine, Fluted Walnut, Bronze
- Status
- Completed & Commissioned
- Photography
- Studio Interior Archive
Elevated high above the Arabian Gulf, this duplex penthouse explores serene monolithic materiality, where floor-to-ceiling Roman travertine dissolves the boundary between interior and sky.
Commissioned by a patron of contemporary sculpture, the Travertine Sky Penthouse was conceived as a sanctuary of silence. Rather than introducing decorative layering, the spatial strategy relies on tectonic reduction: monolithic walls of honed Navona travertine, concealed pocket doors, and seamless floor planes.
Every cabinet, credenza, and seating plinth was custom-detailed by Arkan’s interior architecture wing. Fluted American walnut panels conceal environmental systems, climate-controlled wine displays, and private suite thresholds behind a rhythmic architectural skin.
Architectural lighting is fully integrated into linear ceiling reveals, washing travertine verticalities with warm 2400K illumination at dusk and framing dramatic panoramic vistas across Dubai Marina.
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