NOIR //
MATIÈRE
The Lana, Dorchester Collection · Dubai
Residential / 2025
The project
A sanctuary above the city.
Noir Matière is conceived as a poetic exploration of brutality and serenity — a suspended sanctuary above the city. Designed for a penthouse at Lana Residences, Dorchester Collection, the project reinterprets brutalism through a deeply refined and emotional lens. Rather than celebrating mass and weight, it seeks to reveal the quiet beauty of materiality, light, and shadow.
- Area
- 920 m²
- Spaces
- 5 bedrooms
- Material language
- Microconcrete · Brutalism
Space & material
The context of Lana Residences plays a defining role in shaping the project’s identity. Positioned high above Dubai, the penthouse enjoys sweeping views of the skyline. Rather than competing with this dramatic exterior, the interior creates a counterpoint — an introspective world that invites the resident to turn inward. The architecture becomes a refuge, a retreat from the sensory intensity of the city. The contrast between the vastness outside and the intimate materiality inside enhances the sense of serenity the project aims to cultivate.
A new interpretation of luxury: one rooted not in accumulation but in purity, texture, shadow, and the subtle power of restraint.
- Design
- Natacha Bouioukliev
- Execution
- The Concept Box
- Photography
- Shoayb Khattab