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The Materials

We work in six categories of natural finish, plus cork. Sixty-seven finishes sit in the catalogue, and every one of them is a material we both supply and install.

That combination is rarer than it sounds. It means the sample you approve and the wall you receive come out of the same company, and it means we will tell you plainly when a material is wrong for your application — because we are the ones who have to make it work.

Rammed earth finish showing horizontal strata banding in warm earth tones.

Rammed Earth

Monolithic earth walls, built in lifts on site. One of the few complete capabilities in the region.
Demi Rustic clay plaster sample swatch in Nude NUD-01.

Clay Plaster

Unfired clay from Cornwall. Breathes, buffers humidity, holds its colour through the body of the material.
Tadelakt sample swatch in Terracotta TER-03, burnished to a soft sheen.

Lime Plaster & Tadelakt

Lime and marble dust. Hardens by absorbing carbon dioxide from the air; resists mould by its own chemistry.
Cemher Microtadelakt polished plaster with marble-like movement and a medium sheen.

Polished Plaster

Marmorino, burnished stone, high sheen. Depth you cannot get from paint.
Curved microcement pool surround and planters at The OQ Hotel, Doha, seamless cream walls meeting turquoise water under palms.

Microcement

Seamless floors and walls in millimetres, over what is already there. No joints.
Clay wash feature wall in a bedroom — brushed, cloudy matte in olive-gold with a smooth banded inset behind the bedside lamp.

Eco Paints & Clay Washes

Clay-based paint with a brushed, cloudy matte. Breathes where conventional paint seals.
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Featured projects

Built with this material, by our own artisans. Open the project for the full set of photographs and the story of the installation.

In-situ rammed earth walls in the courtyard of the UAE Pavilion, Expo 2023 Doha
UAE Pavilion, Expo 2023 Doha In-situ rammed earth — Gold Award, Best Self-Built Pavilion View the project →
Sand Microtadelakt arches in the grand atrium of the Calligraphy Museum, Madinah
Calligraphy Museum, Madinah Microtadelakt lime plaster across the atrium and halls View the project →