Established Italy, 1980s  Â·  Abu Dhabi  Â·  Cortina d’Ampezzo

Italian architecture and interiors,

delivered the UAE.

Forty years of practice.  Architecture, engineering, approvals and fit-out handled by one consultancy.

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  • Interior Design
  • Turnkey Projects
  • Interior Fit-Out
  • Joinery Services
40+
Years of practice
24
Projects delivered
7
Countries
9
Integrated services
2
Offices
Our story

WHO WE ARE

P+A Design was founded in Italy in the 1980s and has since evolved into an international architecture, interiors, and engineering consultancy. Our work brings together Italian design sensibility, technical precision, and extensive experience navigating the complexities of design, approvals, and construction across the Gulf.

We approach every project as one integrated turn key — with architecture, interiors, and engineering developed together from the first concept through to final handover.

 

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1980s
Practice founded in Italy
2005
Bobotis Architects office — Athens, Greece
2014
77 Warren Street — New York, USA
2017–18
5-star hotel and penthouse — Odessa, Ukraine
2019
Desert Villa Majlis — Al Ain, UAE
2022–23
Reem Island, Jubail Island and Saadiyat projects — Abu Dhabi
Today
Offices in Abu Dhabi and Cortina d’Ampezzo
ABOUT US
What we do

One Vision.
Turnkey Delivery

P+A Design provides a fully integrated turnkey solution, managing every stage of the project under one team — from concept design and engineering to authority approvals, fit-out, construction and final handover. One vision, one responsibility, one seamless delivery process.

 

 

01

Interior Design

Integrated concepts that align planning, materials, lighting and everyday experience.

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02

Structural Engineering

Structural systems coordinated with the architectural vision from the beginning.

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03

Architectural Engineering

Technical design development supporting performance, buildability and detailing.

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04

MEP Engineering

Mechanical, electrical and plumbing coordination integrated with architecture and interiors.

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05

Project Management

Consultant coordination, communication and oversight from concept to completion.

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06

Architect of Record (AOR)

Local documentation and authority-facing support for international design teams entering the UAE.

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07

Turn Key Projects

Homes shaped around family life, privacy, climate and long-term value.

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08

Joinery Services

Drawings, submissions and documentation through DMT, ADDC, Estidama and Civil Defence.

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09

Interior Fit-Out

Interior execution and site coordination with close attention to materials and quality.

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SERVICES
Selected works

Twenty-four projects,
seven countries.

Private villas, palaces, hospitality, commercial interiors and one mega yacht — across the UAE, Bahrain, Italy, Greece, Ukraine, the United States and Tajikistan.
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PORTFOLIO
How we work

Six stages,
start to handover.

Appoint us for a single stage or the full route. The stage names below are the ones that appear on our drawings and in our contracts — not marketing language.
S01

Pre-Concept

Site, brief, regulations and budget tested before anything is drawn.
S02

Concept

Spatial direction, massing and material language agreed with the client.
S03

Schematic

Layouts, structure and MEP coordinated into one resolved scheme.
S04

Detail Design

Full technical drawings, specifications and tender documentation.
S05

Authority Approvals

Submissions through DMT, ADDC, Estidama and Civil Defence, managed by us.
S06

Supervision & Fit-Out

Site supervision, shop drawing review and fit-out through to handover.
PROCESS
Where we work

Sectors we know
well enough to argue about.

Counts below reflect completed and in-progress projects in the current portfolio.

Villas & private residences

Family homes shaped around privacy, climate and long-term value.

Apartments & developments

Residential developments and individual high-end units.

Palaces & majlis

Ceremonial and reception spaces, classical and contemporary.

Hospitality

Hotels, spas and resorts designed for guest experience and operations.

Commercial

Sales centres, workplaces and customer-facing environments.

Specialist

Marine interiors, including a full mega yacht fit-out.
SECTORS
The difference

Why clients
appoint us.

Fewer consultants means fewer gaps — in coordination, in accountability and in programme.

Single point of responsibility

Architecture, structural, MEP, approvals and fit-out sit with one team on one contract.

Italian design sensibility

Four decades of European practice applied to proportion, material and detail.

Local authority expertise

We prepare and defend submissions ourselves rather than handing them to a third party.

Concept to handover

The team that draws the concept is the team that supervises it on site.
WHY P+A
Insights

Notes from
the practice.

Practical guidance on designing, approving and building in the UAE.
INSIGHTS
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Tell us about
the site.

Share your location, scope and stage. We will come back with the right design route and an honest view of the approvals involved.
UAE Office
2nd Floor, Lamar Building
Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Italy Office

Via Roma 19
Cortina d’Ampezzo (BL), Italy

Direct

info@pplusadesign.com

CONTACT