A decade of quietly considered architecture.
Based in Saida, Lebanon and working internationally — an architecture and interior design practice devoted to the craft of enduring places.
Naim Merhi Design Studio was founded in 2014 with a simple ambition: to design places that feel resolved, calm and specific to their context. What began as a small residential practice has grown into a full-service studio working across architecture, interior and urban design.
We collaborate with private clients, developers and institutions who value considered detail and material longevity. Our work is held together less by a signature style than by a shared attitude — precision, restraint and warmth.
The studio is deliberately small. Every project is led personally from first sketch through construction, which means what a client sees on paper is what they receive on site.
To design places of enduring calm and character.
We believe good design should feel inevitable — as if the building or room could not have been any other way.
A quieter, more considered built environment.
We work toward a practice of architecture that values longevity over novelty, and craft over spectacle.
Four principles that guide the work.
Consideration
Every gesture is intentional. We design slowly and edit ruthlessly.
Craft
We work closely with makers and suppliers to preserve the quality of the object.
Longevity
We design so that a project ages with grace, not obsolescence.
Warmth
Rigor without warmth is coldness. Our spaces are made to be inhabited.
Naim Merhi
An architect and interior designer with more than a decade of international practice. Naim founded the studio with the belief that the best projects come from a small, dedicated team working closely with clients they trust.
His work has been recognised across the Middle East and Europe for its material sensitivity, quiet detailing and long-term view.
A decade in the making.
- 2014
Studio founded
Naim Merhi opens the studio in Saida with a focus on residential architecture.
- 2017
First hospitality projects
The practice expands into boutique hospitality across Lebanon and the region.
- 2020
International commissions
Projects delivered in Paris, London and the Gulf establish an international footprint.
- 2023
Urban & civic work
The studio wins its first masterplanning commissions in the Gulf region.
- 2025
A decade of practice
Over 140 completed projects across 18 countries.