Light Space Design is a full service architecture, interior design and planning practice with offices in Dubai, London and Bali.

Founded in 2005 has developed a diverse body of work from small installations to large cultural, residential, commercial, and leisure projects.

Lantana Villa | Dubai

Composed of a simple palette of earthy and warm materials juxtaposed against the crisp lines and the contrast of white walls, Villa Vista offers a clutter free sophisticated living space.

The experience of the villa is composed of framed vistas and screened spaces. The entry foyer opens directly to the back of the villa is framed with a full height wood slats that simultaneously screens the upstairs private sitting room from direct sight. The adjacent slat wall in the corridor offers a balance to the staircase while also concealing a secret door into the guest bathroom and bedroom.

The symmetrical kitchen with hidden appliances presides over the dining room and living room that spans the entire width of the house. Large deep-inset single paned windows frame exterior landscaping features – the ancient olive tree perched on the edge of the pool and the outdoor seating area tucked into the lush plantings.

Bali Loft | Bali

Located in Bail’s most vibrant entrepreneurial district Canggu. This project is a direct reflection of the client’s desire to live the loft city life but in the soundings of lush Bali. The project needed to cater for his lifestyle with a emphasis on his ability to totally relax and recharge. The home had to cater as both pleasure and work mode whilst retaining a distinct reflecting his personality.

The project consists of dedicated areas within an open plan floor plate, main reception area leading to kitchen and living space with two on suite bedrooms upstairs. The house is a combination of New York loft and Bali jungle. light wells and large floor to ceiling windows give the house a wash of natural light all day long. The vertical garden within the living space brings the outdoor vegetation into the space without the adverse weather conditions of opening all the windows. However, the vast windows are full retractable giving the ability to flow in and out of both spaces freely should one desire.

Origin 33 Restaurant | Dubai

La Mere (Train Beach Club) a mixed-use facility. The repurposed beach club has been converted into four separate, distinctively related spaces with unique identities. A professional gym, restaurant, café-bar and nightclub. The challenge was to keep the space raw and industrial, showcasing and following the inherent existing architecture yet pushing the boundaries of detail. The choice of materials was based on the client brief (industrial chic), the challenge was to relate four spaces that typically do not mix. In this case the design follows the use of the same core material throughout. With design elements, ques and details simply modified with texture and material. A continued theme of floating light details is implemented by use of LED details from delta lights.

L.S DESIGN applied its contextual modern approach across the project to reimagine the space into a restaurant/ bar and kitchen in a 2000 Sqft space. The project stays true to the industrial brief with exposed ducting hidden by slats, steel cladding, exposed brick and concrete floors. The composition and layout take into consideration the natural light and ambient flow that is needed to give a large void context. And each cluster is self-sufficient to help with accommodating workflow for the waiters.

BW Interiors | Dubai

BW Interiors, office needed to reflect the skill set and design direction that the fit out contractor stands for. On this premise the level of detail and selection of material was paramount from metal, marble, wood, joinery and steel the office needed to incorporate all divisions of skilled work.

The office is an exercise in detail and space planning. The flow was clearly divided into three main areas, executive, front of house (client facing) and back of house for staff. There was no aspect of this space that could not showcase or impress potential clients; everything was designed from the built-in joinery to the workstations to the desks and even the sinks.

The executive corridor houses two main offices in a tunnel of wood paneled walls with steel framed full height glass partitions, with minimal light to intentionally wash the corridor with shadows from the natural light. The reception area has a tree in the corridor as well as a dedicated sample room as well as a waiting area. The staircase was left as a rough concrete base finished with perfect wood paneling and lighting accents. Keeping to the industrial feel of the space. The open plan office space is broken with trees to elevate the monotony of rows of desking. The change in partitions from the executive full height glass to the back of house steel framed segmented partitions was again intentional. Showing the different skill sets of the contractor. The space is a minimal yet detailed space. There was no need to shout the excellence of this contractor’s skillset but to impress in the subtle details. Shadow groves, seamless material integration and superior MEP. The office is a stamen to what this contractor is capable of achieving. Less is more.

Night Club | Dubai

La Mere (Train Beach Club) a mixed-use facility. The repurposed beach club has been converted into four separate, distinctively related spaces with unique identities. A professional gym, restaurant, café-bar and nightclub. The challenge was to keep the space raw and industrial, showcasing and following the inherent existing architecture yet pushing the boundaries of detail. The choice of materials was based on the client brief (industrial chic), the challenge was to relate four spaces that typically do not mix. In this case the design follows the use of the same core material throughout. With design elements, ques and details simply modified with texture and material. A continued theme of floating light details is implemented by use of LED details from delta lights.

Following the theme of industrial chic, a striking yellow inverted staircase made from raw steel and glass takes centre stage, which cocoons you to the mezzanine VIP section. The lounge is a mixture of raw exposed beams and ducting. The MEP is not concealed but featured. The industrial space is softened by an internal green wall and olive trees. All washed with delicate yet robust lighting features both architectural and decorative.

Al Barari Villa | Dubai

This is a full architecture and interior design project, consisting of 22,000 sqft built up area with basement, ground first, second and roof area. The client wanted to emulate the lush surroundings of Al Barari bring the indoor-outdoor living experience to this project. The villa consists of skylight, internal courtyards and boasts vast open yet private spaces. This project is true testament to the mixture of minimal and luxury living.

The architecture follows Japanese principles of living with the opulence of luxury living in the middle east, A delicate balance between the two is achieved giving this project the luxury with a modesty of detailed style.

Jumeirah Park Villa | Dubai

This is a design out of the norm from the typical housing projects of Jumeirah Park. The plot was a narrow long plot. Giving scope to change the norm of layout and to play and accent the attributes of the design. This project is a study on space, shadows, volumes, and voids. From the double hight dining space to the louvered facde and roof gardens. The project consisted of minimal elements enhanced by details with a mindset in the art of making functional, beautiful, delicate living spaces. Promoting the interaction of the occupants. Through views thought the living spaces promote the ability to truly appreciate the interaction of both in and out living.

Purity | Dubai

The brief was to repurpose a dilapidated modern villa into the new regional company headquarters without losing the charm of the original modernist building. The client’s brief was simple; from the vertical sunshade fins to the seamless glass and the central skylight that bring day light into the core of space, the building maintains the scale of the surrounding context while pushing the boundaries of a modern interpretation of what was an existing residential bungalow reimagined into the 21st century.

Marina 23 Penthouse | Dubai

This 43,000 sqft penthouse housed over 4 floors with a 360° view of Dubai includes; 3 bars, a cigar lounge, night club, home cinema, swimming pool, 6 bedrooms, 18 bathrooms, 6 terraces and an industrial kitchen, as well as secret passage ways. It is a homage to the Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte. It poetically erases the barriers between reality and dreams.

Leila Heller Gallery | Dubai

This is two warehouses in Al Serkhal Avenue, that were converted into a gallery space. A gallery by definition needs to be subtle in its approach as the space is secondary to the art that is displayed within it. This particular project needed to have a functioning exhibition space with natural light. A welcoming entrance that separated the galleries without visibly enclosing them. As well as a fully operational back of house that need to operate the day to day. This gallery encompasses the definition of LSD its defined by the space it occupies the light that illuminates it and the design details that define it.

Jetsmarter Office | Dubai

Jetsmarter is the uber of the air. A dynamic young tech based company that needed a space that appealed to not just the wealthy older generation of private air travelers, but to a younger demographic that normally would not have the ability to travel on private aviation.

The space is located in the most prestigious building in Dubai, Emirates towers. This building as iconic as it is, comes with a challenging floor plate consisting of a few dead, dark and unconventional spaces as the main floor plate is circular. To counter this, we incorporated artificial light wells, a green vegetation wall and also mimicked the flow of the cylindrical façade internally. This gave us the ability to mask the complexity of the original layout whilst still maintain the client’s requirements. The space consists of soft lighting, glass partitions, wood floors and ceilings with an abundance of marble. The space is a testament to the visual simplicity of air travel that masks the engineering behind the floorless shell. “less is more”

Morticia Bike |Dubai

Café racer reborn reimagined’, we wanted to stay true to the history and culture of the Café racer. To design a motorcycle that embodied the philosophy of L.S. Design. To stay true to our design language and make a motorcycle that had all the essence of what makes a Café racer.  A Café racer, without the inherit problems of that era - flawed. A fully modern bike with electronics LED lights and on board computer management system yet holding true and strong to the retro design of its era. A homage to the Café racers of the past with technology and refined engineering of the present.

Verbier Chalet | Switzerland

Swiss chalet residential (verbier) this is a private residence located in a secluded ridge in Verbier Switzerland. The house is a feast of innovation in terms of material and technology from the self-heating pains of glass to the anti freeze surfaces as well as the recirculating water reservoir. The house has thermal heating that keeps a constant 24 degrees with minimal energy consumption. The design is a modern take on the traditional chalet design with one side using concrete windbreakers to protect the house from the elements while the other is a full pain of jumbo glass. The whole house straddles on a exposed foundation to prevent damp from rising

OP2825 Hotel | Bali

OP2825 is a Hotel situated in Ubud Bali the concept was to design a contextually immersed building with strong Japanese ques. The design palate was to only consist of exposed concrete wood and steel.

This build needed to have the elements of a 4-star hotel without exceeding the floor plate castrates of the site.  The project consists of a roof bar lounge, plunge pool, one suite, and standard rooms a lobby, restaurant and reading room.

The building is cladded in local vegetation and wood so that with time its presence is lost within the background of the Ubud forests. The demographic that the project needed to cater for was the affluent traveller that wanted to feel the pulse of a vibrant city gateway. With the luxury and detail that a 5 star resort could offer.

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