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Live Photos: El Dahan Restaurant in 6th of October
Now Open: El Dahan Restaurant in 6th of October. El Dahan is a well known Egyptian grilled & Oriental food franchise, established in 1890, they approached Z line to design their new branch in 6th of October city, while creating a revamp for their brand including a new logo and visual identity.
Their request was to create a design that reflected their Egyptian Heritage while suiting the current contemporary design trends. We played with Islamic heritage lines, Earth tones and colors, icons from the classical and contemporary Egyptian culture and pop icons of the 5os.
Design: El Dahan Restaurant in 6th of October
The Final Design Proposal for El Dahan Restaurant in 6th of October. El Dahan is a well known Egyptian grilled & Oriental food franchise, established in 1890, they approached Z line to design their new branch in 6th of October city, while creating a revamp for their brand including a new logo and visual identity.
Their request was to create a design that reflected their Egyptian Heritage while suiting the current contemporary design trends. We played with Islamic heritage lines, Earth tones and colors, icons from the classical and contemporary Egyptian culture and pop icons of the 5os.
Mini Master Preliminary Design
Two Design proposals for a Mini Market in Marina – Alamein, as branches for “Master” a cafe/market located on Cairo-Alex desert road.
Designer: Mohamed Radwan
Client: Master Egypt
Area: 160 m²
Location: Marina, Alamein
Date: 2010
Design: Speranza Showroom in Maadi
The Final Design for Speranza Autos’ main showroom in Maadi. Speranza, a franchise of Chery Automobile Co. Ltd, is a Chinese Car Brand, introduced by Aboul Fotouh Group to the Egyptian market. Speranza strongly proved itself as a competitor in the Egyptian Market.
The showroom area is 300 m², and was designed to express Speranza Market position as a competitive car brand with a wide range of models catering for most of the Egyptian Market, while expressing Speranza’s futuristic technology that offers the best performance, and slick modern designs. Read more…
Design: The Architecture of Spirituality – The Masjid of Purification
The final design proposal for the Purification Masjid – مسجد النقاء in 6th of October city.
The design concept statement is: Minimalism as an architectural translation of spiritualism
The design utilizes the use of spacious white spaces and uses the play of direct & indirect light to attain the spirituality and piety of prayers.
The design is carried out in linear longitudinal lines to accentuate the spiritual importance of the Qibla and achieve a direct visual connection between the Qibla’s horizontal axis (towards Mekka) and vertical axis (towards heaven).
The Vertical lines of the design are prominent, to create a strong visual link with heaven and give a sense of aspiring heavenwards, furthermore, above the qibla, a skyline is present to achieve this visual link.
W Cafe
The final design proposal for “W” cafe in Alexandria. The client requested a Classic elegant yet modern design scheme for the 260 msq. cafe.
In the design, we used wood extensively, to give richness and elegance. While blending warm earth tones to provide a welcoming cozy cafe environment. Read more…
Post Construction Photos: Etisalat Summer Stores in Marina
Photos of a series of Stores, Kiosks and Summer Lounges at Marina, North Coast, designed to cater for Etisalat ‘s summer activity in 2009.
View: Etisalat Store at Porto Marina
View: Etisalat Activation Kiosks in Marina
& Etisalat Sales Store at La Plague beach in Marina
Etisalat Activation Kiosks in Marina
4 Designs for Etisalat Activation Kiosks and Summer Lounges at Marina, North Coast, part of a series of kiosks and lounges designed for Etisalat to cater for it’s summer activity in 2009. Each Kiosk is of approx area of 6 m².
Etisalat Store at Porto Marina
Final Design For Etisalat Store and Summer Lounge at La Plague, Marina, North Coast, part of a series of kiosks and lounges designed for Etisalat to cater for it’s summer activity in 2009. Building footprint of 100 m². Read more…
Etisalat Sales Store at La Plague beach in Marina
Final Design For Etisalat Store and Summer Lounge at La Plague, Marina, North Coast, part of a series of kiosks and lounges designed for Etisalat to cater for it’s summer activity in 2009. Over all area of 50 m². Read more…
BMW & MINI Sales & Service Center in Marina, North Coast
The design of Bavarian Auto’s Service Center at Marina, North Coast. Bavarian Auto Group is the sole importer of BMW and MINI in Egypt, with exclusive rights for import, assembly, distribution, sales and after-sales support of BMW products in Egypt. BAG is also the sole retailer of two other brands which are the Chinese “Brilliance” and the Indian “Mahindra“. Read more…
Upper Egypt For Transport and Tourism Company Station in El Minya
Upper Egypt For Transport and Tourism Company (UETTC) Bus Station in El Minya, Designed to a Neo-Pharonic style according to the client’s request.
It’s not a design that we are proud of, but what can we say, working with the government has it’s high toll on creativity!!! Read more…
Design: Salgari Furniture Showroom
Salgari, a Furniture retailer requested a design for their new 90 m² showroom. The main design issue was the compactness of the space in relation to the amount of furniture showcased, which we tried to solve by not including full furniture sets, and enclosing the showrooms terrace to maximize the showcase area. Read more…
Design: Palm Hills Development HQ Office Design
Palm Hills Development (PHD) requested a design proposal for their Head quarters located in Zamalek, Cairo. The Office facility is composed of an outdoor area of 220 m² and indoor office space & showroom of a total area 216 m².
PHD required that the outdoor area and indoor area designs would complement each other, and express PHD standing as one of the leading real estate developers in Egypt. Read more…
Maktabty Bookstore Cafe at Sequoia Cairo
This is the preliminary design for Maktabty, a Bookstore Cafe owned by Jawad Nablusi, it was proposed to be done at Sequoia Nile Lounge, Zamalek.
The design concept was carried out in a semi-vernacular approach, relying heavily on wood, stone and comfortable linen covered couches, to maintain a cozy outdoor setting, with privacy and shielded from the busy Sequoia lounge area, to facilitate reading and concentration. Read more…
