dxb.lab is an award-winning architecture practice based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Since its establishment in the year 2000 by Khalid Alnajjar, dxb.lab has achieved a distinguished reputation in the Middle East through an applied coupling of disciplined design principles, architectural avant-garde and modern technologies, while relishing its local roots and respecting regional customs and traditions in the built environment. In 2005, Shahab Lutfi joined the firm as business partner, and with his extensive background in finance and development has since been directing a number of large scale projects.