shell+core
INTERIOR DESIGNer
shell+core is an Abu Dhabi–based interior architecture and design practice founded by Jade and Ghalia. Since 2018, the studio has evolved organically from intimate collaborations into a multidisciplinary practice rooted in regional understanding and spatial clarity.
With backgrounds spanning design, engineering, and urban planning, shell+core approaches each project through layered spatial thinking and material honesty. Their interiors are defined by raw textures, balanced proportions, and environments shaped around human experience rather than trend. Each space becomes a considered dialogue between structure and emotion, designed to age gracefully, feel intuitive to inhabit, and evolve naturally over time
Location
Abu Dhabi
Email
tellusmore@shell-core.com
Website
shell-core.com
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Shell+core has that rare talent for making spaces feel right. Think honest materials, soft light, and layouts that flow with real life, not trends. Their work is grounded, human, and quietly atmospheric: designed around how people actually move, gather, and live.
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shell+core offers interior architecture, spatial design, concept development, and consultancy across residential, retail, and cultural projects, shaping spaces through materiality, atmosphere, and human experience.
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Shell+core on Designing from the Inside Out
Shell+Core’s work is shaped by context, material honesty, and a sensitivity to how spaces are truly lived in. In our interview, founders Jade and Ghalia speak about designing from the inside out, allowing light, ritual, and atmosphere to guide each project, and how their backgrounds in design, engineering, and urban planning inform interiors that feel grounded, intuitive, and quietly evolving over time.
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