Andaman Private Resort
A private resort on the Andaman coast: a long reflecting pool under a floating roof, open pavilions, and dining rooms that face the water at dusk.
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Selected clients1,600+ projects · 20+ countries
We design the places people eat, shop and stay.
Group Nomad is an architecture, interior design and franchise-concept studio with more than 1,600 projects delivered in over 20 countries. What follows is a selection: from a hotel in the mountains to a palace in Ashgabat, and the manuals that let a concept open again in the next city.
1,600+projects delivered20+countries60+outlets from one franchise manual7.8Kfollowing on Instagram
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Selected work
A selection from more than 1,600 projects in over 20 countries: a hotel in the mountains, a bar in Doha, an airport lounge in Baghdad, and the franchise concepts that opened in dozens of cities.
La Cigale
Hotel interiors in Doha, from the amber Skyview bar under its ribbed timber ceiling to the ballroom and its chandeliers.
11 photographs
Iraqi Airways VIP Lounge
The Iraqi Airways VIP lounge at Baghdad Airport: design and identity, with a brass-and-walnut bar, departure boards and quiet seating.
6 photographs
Malak Al Tawouk
A franchise manual that has opened more than sixty outlets worldwide: façades, counters, graphics and the drive-through, repeatable in every city.
23 photographs
Cheese on Top
An American eatery franchise, from the black-ceilinged dining rooms with their crossed light fixtures to the street façades and signage.
24 photographs
Chops
A restaurant in Arcadia Downtown: a perforated brass shell, a terrace of lit canopies and a bar built for the evening.
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In motion
Reels from @groupnomad and the studio's films: rooms as they are walked, not as they are drawn. 7,800 people follow along on Instagram.
Films
Five longer pieces from the studio's YouTube channel: the residential catalogue, the hospitality and public-sector selection, the franchise concepts and Malak Al Tawouk.
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Project index
Welcome in. Browse the places we have designed, from a resort on the Andaman coast to a perfume store in Sofia: pick a country or a kind of work, open any project, and walk through its photographs.
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The studio
A design and invention studio for the places people eat, shop and stay.
Multidisciplinary, and focused on, though never limited to, commercial retail and hospitality. From the first sketch to the execution drawings, one team carries a place through concept, interiors, shopfront, furniture and lighting details, and the franchise manual that lets it open again in the next city.
- Architecture
- Interior design
- Franchise manuals and brand guidelines
- Execution drawings and 3D
- Furniture and lighting design
- Product and automotive design
1,600+projects delivered since the studio began
20+countries, from Lebanon to Turkmenistan
60+outlets opened from one franchise manual, Malak Al Tawouk
50+branches worldwide for Ahmad Al Abdallah
Certified and approved by major management systems in the GCC region.
The group: Nomad, Outcast Studios, dot, Westend Nomads and AST.
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