Luxury Wooden Home Cinema Hall

Home cinema hall, African walnut · 2018 to 2022

Ornamental ceiling relief fills the upper walls of a private home cinema, shown as a rendering.

A luxury home cinema hall in a private villa, fitted in African walnut.

The project ran for four years, from 2018 to 2022.

Rendering: ornamental woodwork frames a wall panel with carved floral forms in a home interior. — Fig. 01

Rendering: close view of layered carved ornament around a tall wall panel and doorway. — Fig. 02

Rendering views of the carved ornament and wall panels.

Design and coordination

My role was to design and draw the ornaments and to coordinate the fabrication, so that all the pieces came together as one room. The pieces were fabricated by carpenter Adnan Almouallem.

Rendering: ornamental ceiling relief forms a layered oval medallion, seen from below. — Fig. 03

Rendering: wide ceiling view shows carved floral panels and a circular central ornament. — Fig. 04

Rendering views of the carved ceiling details.

Fabrication and privacy

The villa is private, so its location and owner are not named.

Carving tools and unfinished ornament lie across a workbench in a workshop. — Fig. 05

Hands shape a carved wood ornament laid across a work surface. — Fig. 06

Workshop images show carving in progress.

Vertical carved wood panel shows deep scrolls and layered floral details. — Fig. 07

Close view of an unfinished carved relief with repeating leaves and curved stems. — Fig. 08

Close views of carved wood during fabrication.

A long carved ornament rests on a workshop bench beside two workers. — Fig. 09

A worker stands beside a long carved panel in a timber workshop. — Fig. 10

Further views of long carved ornaments in the workshop.

A long decorative carving lies across a bench as workers shape its surface. — Fig. 11

A craftsperson works beside a long ornamental carving under bright workshop lights. — Fig. 12

A long ornamental carving under workshop lights.

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