SOMA

SOMA is an international architecture firm headquartered in New York since 2004, with full service offices in Beirut and licensed partner offices in Dubai. Innovative projects like One at Palm Jumeirah in Dubai and 45 Park Place in New York City stand testament to SOMA?s design philosophy. With its focus on incorporating craft, digital technologies and environmental responsibility, the firm?s designs and work have attracted critical acclaim for their boundary pushing nature. SOMA?s work is rising around the world today - in New York, Dubai, Erbil, Jeddah, Doha, California, Lebanon and other international markets - with remarkable offerings of uber-luxury residential, hospitality, condominium and mixed-use developments that underscore the firm?s cutting edge appeal. We have a highly selective approach to taking on new projects, with handpicked clients to guarantee a perfect delivery of the highest standards of design and execution for each project. We believe in efficiency, with fast turnaround of ideas, without compromising the depth of our thinking and our attention to every detail. Mission: SOMA works closely with clients to understand their needs and desires in relationship to external constraints in today?s ever changing cycle of occupancy and uses of buildings, providing adaptable planning so buildings evolve with their clients. We have built a solid reputation for iconic projects which deliver both forward thinking and user-friendly functionality. Rather than imposing a ?parti? onto a given site, SOMA tends design residential buildings from the ?inside-out?. Over the last decade, we have accumulated a rich, diverse and global experience which qualifies our team as one of the very few international award winning firms that understands the intricacies of local constraints in Dubai, combined with our unique expertise honed by 14 years of designing and building iconic projects in major places like New York and the Gulf region, and collaborating with some of the most advanced experts, consultants and developers in the world. Our clients include Soho Properties in New York City, as well as Middle Eastern leaders such as Emaar and Omniyat in Dubai, Shamayel United Developments in Saudi Aradia, Zardman in Lebanon, among many others.