Sand House is a private villa in Nad Al Sheba 1, Dubai, completed in 2024 and planned around its pool. A double-height colonnade shades the terrace along one side of the water, a covered outdoor room with dining in the shade sits at its end, and a timber lounge on strips of lawn faces the pool from the other side, so the cooler months are lived outside in rooms the house shelters.
A bedroom opens through full-height glazing onto the same courtyard, and a passage of lit steps runs along one side of the house. The material language is the studio's: travertine paving and walls, dark timber soffits, and a black slatted screen that closes the far end of the pool against the palms. The house holds six bedrooms, a family living room, a formal living room, a dining hall, staff accommodation and a laundry, across about 9,200 square feet.
LKYOOB carried the commission as one team from the first study to handover: architecture, interior design, engineering, landscape, project management and site oversight, with the authority submissions prepared in-house. Every image is a photograph of the finished house, taken at completion.
