Ultra-prime construction & design · Dubai & the UAE

Drawn, built, answered for —

under one roof.

Ultra-prime homes across Dubai and the UAE, by one accountable group. No house appears here without its owner’s permission.

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The manifesto

When the builder is also the designer, maker and developer, nothing is value-engineered away.

The group

Five companies — Design & Architecture, Contracting, Woodworks, Estates and Project Management — operating as one integrated team across Dubai and the UAE.

The standard

Design, build and joinery under one roof, authority approvals handled in-house — one accountable team from first sketch to final handover.

Our own capital

We buy and build our own houses.

Most contractors are paid and leave. DMDC Estates commissions the group on its own account — four houses, bought or built with our own capital, two of which we still own and keep as show villas. When we recommend a specification, we have already paid for it ourselves.

Sanctuary Falls · Jumeirah Golf Estates

AED 30m

Acquired at AED 12.75m and rebuilt by the group — more than double, and the most honest measure of what our work is worth, because we paid for both ends of it. Still owned and kept as a show villa. Design & Build Project of the Year, 2026.

Aseel Villa 54 · Arabian Ranches

AED 25m

The founder’s own home, still owned and kept as a show villa — a different style and finish from Sanctuary Falls, so a client can compare. Two Luxury Lifestyle Awards in 2026: Best Luxury Residential Renovation Project and Best Luxury Villa Development.

Plot 54 · Emerald Hills

AED 80m

On site now: 14,000 sq ft of built-up area in Dubai Hills’ most prestigious address. Designed, built and financed inside the group.

Aseel 27 · Arabian Ranches

AED 32m

Just acquired and about to start. Anticipated value on completion — and the answer to whether the last three were a phase.

Four houses, AED 167 million on completion — and two we still own, kept as show villas in deliberately different styles so a client can stand in both. It is the least deniable statement of intent a builder can make.

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The group, on the record

1,200+

In-house professionals

30,000

Sq ft manufacturing

AED 220m+

Contracts signed in ten months
Reported by PropertyStellar ↗

AED 167m

Our own portfolio
four houses we built and hold

A hand drawing on a villa floor plan in raking morning light, with stone and timber samples and a steel scale rule on the desk

Founder-led · Dubai & the UAE

The people who draw your home
are the people who build it.

Five companies, one home

Each company a specialist.
Together, a complete partner.

Engage one company for a single scope, or the full group for total delivery — under one contract, with one point of accountability. Together they close the handover gap between designer and contractor — where luxury projects lose time, budget and intent.

A joinery inspection under way in a finished DMDC interior 05 — The check Project Management We pay someone to find our own mistakes Explore ↗ Integration removes the client’s referee. So we built one: DMDC Project Management reviews the four companies above as though they were outside firms, reports to the founder rather than to them, and can hold a stage closed. What it finds against us, you receive.

What does your project require?

A single scope, or your whole home — engaged at the level you need.

01

Full villa build

Ground-up homes, designed and delivered end-to-end by one accountable team.

Villa construction ↗
02

Luxury renovation

Full villa transformations — structural, interior and finish, to an exacting standard.

Villa renovation ↗
03

Design & architecture

Concept, detailed design and authority approvals — drawn in-house.

Design & architecture ↗
04

Bespoke woodworks

Kitchens, wardrobes, panelling and cabinetry made in our own facility.

Joinery ↗
05

Commercial & fit-out

Offices, showrooms, hospitality and retail — the same model, the same discipline.

Commercial fit-out ↗
06

Development & advisory

Development management for owners, investors and institutional partners.

Estates ↗

AlsoKitchen renovationApartment renovation

The integrated model

One programme. One team. One handover.

Every home runs as one continuous programme — design, engineering, construction and joinery sequenced by a single team.

01

Brief & concept

A private conversation about your vision, your site and how you live — and the design direction set.

02

Technical development

Detailed drawings, engineering, joinery specs and approvals — before a single material is ordered.

03

Build & manufacture

Construction on site while Woodworks runs parallel production of all bespoke joinery in-house.

04

Completion & care

Snagging, a structured handover with full warranties — and looked after long after the keys.

No handover between companies means no gap for time, budget or intent to fall through.

DMDC OS

Built on our own operating system.

Most contractors run projects across spreadsheets, email threads and messages. We built DMDC OS instead — one governed platform where design, procurement, planning, site delivery and finance work from the same record. Nothing moves without the right approval, and superseded drawings cannot reach site.

Your own portal shows the same truth we work from — approvals waiting on you, progress, and answers to your questions.

See how it works ↗
The DMDC client portal, showing design submissions awaiting the client’s approval
Your portal — approvals waiting on you, progress and answers, on any device.
The open-plan living and kitchen space of a completed DMDC house — a stone island, timber panelling and full-height glazing onto the pool terrace

The standard

Where precision
becomes a place.

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The craft

Down to the grain of the timber and the vein of the stone.

Every kitchen, every wardrobe, every panel is drawn and made in our own 30,000 sq ft Woodworks facility — not outsourced, not value-engineered. Stone is selected by the slab. Light is planned room by room. The details you can’t quite name are the ones we obsess over.

Finished by hand, in-house
The DMDC woodworks floor — the machine section with panel saw and edgebander, joiners moving sheet material
Made in our 30,000 sq ft Woodworks facility
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In the press · recognised

Honoured among the region’s leading luxury builders — Design & Build Project of the Year at the Architecture Leaders Awards 2026, one of three awards the group won across that year.
Luxury Lifestyle AwardsArchitecture Leaders AwardsArchitectural Digest MEConstruction WeekGulf NewsKhaleej TimesDesign Middle East
Design & Build Project of the YearArchitecture Leaders Awards · 2026
Best Luxury Residential Renovation ProjectLuxury Lifestyle Awards · 2026
Best Luxury Villa DevelopmentLuxury Lifestyle Awards · 2026
Fit-Out Contractor of the YearConstruction Week Awards · 2025
Lighting Project of the YearArchitecture Leaders Awards · 2025

The people

Raji Daou, Founder and Group CEO of DMDC Group

You work with the senior team. Directly.

From the first sketch to the final handover, the senior people you meet are the people who deliver. No account managers, no hand-offs, no diluted accountability.

— Raji DaouFounder & Group CEO

Answers before you ask

Everything clients ask us first.

If yours isn’t here, ask us directly.

What is DMDC Group?

Five companies under one structure — DMDC Design & Architecture, DMDC Contracting, DMDC Woodworks, DMDC Estates and DMDC Project Management. The first four are specialists in their fields, and together they close the handover gap between designer and contractor — where luxury projects lose time, budget and intent. The fifth exists to check the other four, and reports to the founder rather than to them.

Do I have to hire the whole group, or can I work with one company?

Either works. Start with design, joinery, or a full build — whichever scope fits your project. Many clients begin with one company and bring in the others as the relationship develops. The group scales up or down without changing contractor.

What does it cost to renovate a villa in Dubai in 2026?

At this level, cost follows ambition, so we begin with a private conversation rather than a price list. Each project is fully scoped and priced before work begins — the figure we agree is the figure we deliver, with nothing value-engineered away.

How long does a luxury villa renovation take?

Typically 8 to 16 months, depending on scope, structural complexity and municipality approvals. That window is not affected by handover delays between designer and contractor — because design and construction are governed within the same group, that particular bottleneck does not exist here.

Do you work with developers and institutional clients?

Yes. DMDC Contracting handles full-building fit-outs for developers, and DMDC Estates takes on development management and advisory for institutional clients and high-net-worth investors. Speak to us directly about your brief.

The next step

Your next home, built by one group.

Share a few details and a senior member of the team — not a call centre — will respond to you personally, within one business day. In confidence.

Begin a private brief
info@dmdc.ae 800 129 WhatsApp ↗