Journal

The journal, notes on design and cost

Notes from the studio.

Notes on super-prime interior design in Dubai. And on managing the work from your side. Three short pieces on how we work. Method, not marketing. Each is true of the London practice. Each is how we will work in Dubai.

Line study of Palm Study 01, a concept drawn in line before any finish is chosen
Palm Study 01 · line studyVisualisation · a concept by NU Projects, not a photograph of a finished home

01 · Price

The price comes before the drawings are frozen.

A price given before the drawings exist is a guess. Two-stage estimating gives you a number you can hold.

It covers the budget estimate, the cost plan and named provisional sums. Read it before you set a budget.

Nick JeffriesSeptember 20263 minute read

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Visualisation of Palm Study 01 from the arrival front, a concept by NU Projects
Palm Study 01 · concept, arrival frontVisualisation · a concept by NU Projects, not a photograph of a finished home

02 · Concepts

What a concept study is, and what it is not.

A visualisation decides proportion, shade, structure and material. It does not decide the home. Why we show studies, not photographs.

It covers what a study decides, and how it becomes drawings. Read it before you judge a visualisation.

Nick JeffriesSeptember 20263 minute read

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The finished living room of an NU apartment interior in Dubai Marina, a grey sofa on a herringbone floor, seen from above
Dubai Marina apartment · living roomCompleted work, photograph

03 · On your side

One team on your side.

We design the home, then tender and manage the contractors. We check the work for you.

It covers the tender, priced changes, weekly reports and the handover pack. Read it before you appoint a contractor.

Nick JeffriesSeptember 20263 minute read

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Send the address or the plan. We will tell you, honestly, what it could become.

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