Architectural design fees in the UAE typically range from AED 25-60 per sq ft depending on the scope (architecture only vs. architecture + interiors + landscape), the complexity of the design and the deliverables required. At Vectra Design Studio we quote a fixed fee after a short discovery call, so you know the full design cost before committing.

The design sequence is: 1) brief, plot study and your community's design rules, 2) concept design with photorealistic day and night visualisation, 3) design development and material selection, 4) coordination of architecture, interiors and landscape into one set, with specifications and schedules contractors can price. Vectra runs all four. Construction, and whatever your plot requires before it can start, is handled by the engineer and contractor you appoint.

No, and it is worth knowing that before you start. Vectra is a design studio: our work ends at the finished design. Whatever your plot and community require before work can begin is arranged by you, normally through the licensed engineering consultant or contractor you appoint for construction. What we hand them is a complete, coordinated package, and a design drawn from the first sketch to respect your community's setbacks, height limits, facade controls and plot coverage.

No. Vectra's work ends at the finished design: there are no site visits, no inspections and no contractor management in our scope. What we leave your contractor is as little as possible to interpret: plans, elevations, ceiling and lighting layouts, joinery details and finish schedules room by room, with the visualisations they match. The engineer or contractor you appoint takes the project on from our handover.

Yes. We design against your community's published guidelines from the concept stage, whether Dubai Hills, Emirates Hills, Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah Golf Estates, Nad Al Sheba, Al Barari or others. Setbacks, height limits, facade controls and plot coverage shape the design from the first sketch instead of being corrected later.

Concept design typically takes 3-4 weeks, full design development 6-10 weeks, and coordination and documentation a further 3-4 weeks. As a rule of thumb, allow 3-4 months from first meeting to a complete, tender-ready package.

Yes. This is central to how we work. Every project is developed with photorealistic 3D visualisations in both day and night lighting, and larger projects can include cinematic flythrough films. You approve exactly what will be built before construction begins.

Yes. Vectra is a full-scope design studio: architecture, interior design, landscape design and the coordination that turns the three into one package. Many clients combine all of it so the villa, its interiors and its gardens are designed as one composition by one team.

Yes. We take on facade uplifts, extensions, full renovations and interior refits of existing villas. Each one starts with a measured survey of what is actually there, and ends with the same coordinated set and schedules a new build gets.

Yes. We serve clients across the UAE, in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates, and take on selected international concept work, such as hospitality and resort projects.

Our portfolio deliberately spans modern classic (contemporary takes on classical proportion), contemporary minimalist, organic sculptural and desert-modern styles. We begin every project with a mood-direction stage so the design language is agreed before detailed design starts.

Three things: every design is proven in photorealistic day-and-night 3D before you commit; architecture, interiors and landscape are designed as one composition rather than handed between firms; and our packages are drawn to be priced and built in the real UAE market, not just to look good on screen.