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RR Villa

KSA · 2022 · Mr. Rakan

The open-plan living and dining space at RR Villa, with travertine and oak wall panelling, herringbone oak flooring and paper pendant lights.

RR Villa was designed around calm. The brief asked for a house that felt serene rather than impressive, and the answer was restraint: one material palette, one lighting language, and no room that argues with the one next to it.

Travertine, oak and plaster carry the whole house. Full-height oak panelling wraps the living spaces with a shadow gap at the top, so a concealed cove can wash the ceiling from behind it. The floors are oak in a wide herringbone, the seating is boucle, and the accents are cane and brass. Every room is lit in layers, cove and pendant and table lamp, so the house can be bright or quiet without changing anything but the switch.

The stair hall is where the idea is clearest. A curved plaster balustrade carries a light line recessed into its underside, a planted bed is set into the marble floor beneath it, and glass globes drop through the void. It is a circulation space treated as a room.

A villa living room with a travertine screen wall, full-height oak panelling, concealed cove lighting and pale boucle seating.
The living room: a travertine wall carrying the screen, oak panelling to full height on three sides, and a concealed cove that washes the ceiling from behind the shadow gap.
A stair hall with a curved plaster balustrade, a recessed light line, a planted bed set into a marble floor and glass globe pendants.
The stair hall. A curved plaster balustrade with a light line recessed into its underside, a planted bed set into the marble floor, and glass globes dropping through the void.
A bedroom with a circular cove light cut into the ceiling, a cane headboard against a fluted wall panel and sheer curtains.
A bedroom, with a circular cove cut into the ceiling above the bed and a fluted wall panel behind the cane headboard.
A bedroom corner with a ribbed oak console beneath a wall-mounted screen and a tall fluted glass floor lamp.
The corner opposite the bed: a ribbed oak console under the screen, and a fluted glass floor lamp that gives the room its only warm light at night.
A close view of a cane headboard inset into an oak frame, with a fluted wall above and a glass table lamp on a stone side table.
The headboard detail: cane inset into an oak frame, the fluted wall above it, and a single glass table lamp on a stone side table.
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