Samer Najjar

Samer Najjar

Managing Director, VEGA Builders Co. Ltd.Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Stone-clad palace elevation in Riyadh — carved arches, turned columns and a pierced screen balustrade in warm limestone against a hard blue sky
Samer Najjar, three-quarter portrait against a plain dark ground
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Selected work

Three projects that show the range — from early drawings to full delivery, across five countries.

Carved limestone arcade and pierced screen balustrade of a palace in Riyadh, photographed in hard afternoon light

01

Al Nakheel Palace

Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Scope
Full Project Design & Build + FF&E
Area
6,500 sqm
Completed
2013–2016
Formal reception room in a Beirut residence — mirrored cabinetry, crystal chandeliers, patterned marble flooring and layered rugs

03

The House of Malda

Location
Beirut, Lebanon
Scope
Interior Design & Build + FF&E
Area
450 sqm
Completed
2010–2012
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Profile

Samer Najjar trained as an architect in Beirut and has spent more than two decades turning drawings into finished buildings — first in Lebanon, and increasingly across the Gulf.

His work spans private residences, hotels and corporate headquarters across Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Russia, including several projects for clients who returned more than once.

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The shape of the work

1999 to 2017, across five countries. Every figure is a count of completed projects.

Where

  • LebanonBeirut · Broumana · Saida · Shouf15
  • Saudi ArabiaRiyadh · Jeddah8
  • United Arab EmiratesDubai · Umm Al Quwain2
  • QatarDoha1
  • RussiaMoscow1

Scope

  • Design & Permit
  • Architectural Design
  • Interior Design
  • Design & Build
  • Development, Design & Build
  • Full Project Design & Build + FF&E
  • Renovation & Fit-out
  • Fit-out Contracting

In the order the work has moved — from drawings to full delivery.

Programme

  • Residential buildings
  • Luxury bespoke residences
  • Residential compounds
  • Corporate headquarters
  • Hospitality
  • Healthcare
  • Entertainment

Returning clients

  • HMG Real Estate ×7
  • AZ Enterprise Developers ×4
  • Bin Saedan Real Estate ×3
  • Rafal Real Estate Development ×2

Present

Managing Director, VEGA Builders Co. Ltd.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

How the work got here
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From the archive

Three plates from the earlier work — Beirut, Riyadh, Doha. Each is labelled with what it is.

  • Dining room in a Beirut residence with carved timber chairs, a glass-topped table and a crystal chandelier

    PL. 01PhotographThe House of Malda, Beirut · 2012

  • Visualization of a stone residence in Riyadh — tiled roofs, a colonnaded entrance portico with a glazed dome, and a rock-edged pool

    PL. 02VisualizationAl Rihab Castle, Riyadh · 2008

  • Visualization of a glazed hospital elevation in Doha with a deep projecting canopy and horizontal louvres

    PL. 03VisualizationMaternity & Plastic Surgery Hospital, Doha · 2007

Samer Najjar

Managing DirectorVEGA Builders Co. Ltd.Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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