From City Lines to Endless Shores.. New residences designed to reflect their surroundings, with views that define the way they are lived in

From the urban energy of Dubai to the reef-lined waters of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, a new generation of residences is being shaped by the views they frame.

These homes, currently under development across the region, are designed to frame their surroundings with intention, offering a stronger sense of place through uninterrupted views, light-filled living spaces, and architecture that opens outward.

Across each location, expansive terraces, shaded decks, and breezy courtyards encourage life to unfold outdoors. The experience of each home is shaped not only by what surrounds it, but by how it is seen. Below, six distinctive projects where the vista becomes the heart of home.

Laheq Residences, The Red Sea

Surrounded by coral reefs and white-sand beaches, Laheq is a unique integrated resort island community, offering a multi-generational lifestyle across 400 hectares of white sandy beaches, coral reefs, and clear waters.

Laheq introduces the first island development at The Red Sea with a primary focus on residential property ownership. Homes here offer uninterrupted views across crystal-clear waters and native coastal vegetation, with many positioned around the island’s central lagoon within The Ring, an iconic 800-metre diameter structure that encompasses luxury apartments, hotels, and retail, or facing the open sea. The island also features a 115-berth marina welcoming vessels of all sizes.

The design, led by Foster + Partners, is shaped by the “Forever Garden,” a lush, shaded landscape that flows into breezy pergolas, tranquil courtyards, and wide decks. From morning light over the water to views across the marina’s gentle activity to the quiet canopy of native flora, the outlooks at Laheq are immersive and elemental.

The Chedi Private Residences, Dubai

Rising along Sheikh Zayed Road, The Chedi Private Residences introduces a vertical collection of expansive homes where terraces offer views of both the Dubai skyline and the Arabian Gulf. Floor-to-ceiling windows and generous terraces are positioned to maximise sightlines across city and coast. Designed by Studio Bruno Guélaff, the architecture blends sleek glass façades with understated interiors, while upper-level residences—including duplexes and the penthouse—offer private plunge pools and panoramic outdoor entertaining areas. The views here reflect Dubai’s dual identity: urban and coastal, dynamic and still.

Shura Island Residences, The Red Sea

Shura Island will soon be home to 305 residences that redefine coastal living in the Kingdom. Here, brands like Four Seasons, Jumeirah, SLS, Miraval, and Red Sea Global’s own-brand residences Shura Marina Residences, are creating homes where the terrace is the true living room, sweeping outdoor spaces that frame views of pristine coral reefs, championship golf fairways, and the gentle movement of super yachts in the marina.

Expansive terraces, garden courtyards, and infinity pools enhance the outdoor experience, while the architecture, led by Foster + Partners, is carefully integrated with the land to maximise privacy and sea breeze flow.

Résidences Du Port, Dubai Marina

Set directly on the marina waterfront, Résidences Du Port offers uninterrupted views over the water, city skyline, and surrounding promenade. Every residence is designed to take full advantage of its setting, with layouts that extend toward sunlit balconies and floor-to-ceiling windows that frame the Dubai Marina in constant motion. The architectural tone evokes classic yacht design, light, open, and elevated, while bespoke finishes and terraces with views over the harbour anchor each home in a sense of Riviera-inspired ease.

Nujuma, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve Residence, The Red Sea

Located on the outer edges of Ummahat Island, Nujuma offers an exceptional sense of seclusion, with views that stretch across crystal-clear waters and soft, uninhabited shorelines. Each of the 21 super-prime villas is positioned for absolute privacy, surrounded by nature and designed to immerse residents in the stillness of their surroundings.

Accessible only by chartered boat or seaplane, the residences offer panoramic sea views from every angle, where sunrise arrives over the reef, and nightfall settles over untouched waters. As part of the Ritz-Carlton Reserve portfolio, the experience is both rare and refined, defined as much by what is seen as by what is felt.