Anyone who has stood in a high floor apartment in Dubai at sunset knows the feeling. The skyline glows, the glass glows, and for a moment the room barely matters. Then you stay for an hour. The sun moves, the glare reaches the sofa, the neighbouring tower looks straight back…

There is a moment in almost every project where the conversation stops being about layout, finishes, and square footage, and becomes about something less tangible. The client will stand in an empty room, look at the swatches spread across the floor, and ask some version of the same question they…