Office Interior Design and Fit-Out in Dubai Internet City

Planning an office for a team that keeps changing

Technology companies seldom stay the same shape for long. A team of engineers can double after a funding round, a regional office can become a sales hub, and hybrid working means the office can be packed one morning and half empty the next. An office that is designed only for today's headcount soon starts to pinch.

We plan the floor in layers. Fixed elements such as the core, washrooms, pantry and comms room are placed first, then the rooms that are hard to move, then open work areas that can be reconfigured without new partitions. Power and data are routed so desks can shift, and furniture is chosen with future moves in mind. Our space planning page shows how we test a layout before any money is spent on it.

• Focus rooms and phone booths for calls and deep work
• Meeting rooms sized for video calls as well as people in the room
• A secure comms or server room coordinated with your IT provider
• Collaboration areas with screens and writable walls
• A pantry and social space that can host a team event

What we coordinate with your IT and security people

In a tech office, the technology is the easy part to underestimate. Cabling routes, access control, audiovisual kit in meeting rooms and the cooling of any equipment room all affect ceilings, joinery and the MEP design. We bring your IT supplier or systems integrator into the design early, so their equipment has a place in the drawings rather than being squeezed in after the ceilings close.

Specialist systems remain the responsibility of the specialists who design and certify them. Our part is to make sure the interior accommodates them properly and looks considered around them.

DDA fit-out permits in Dubai Internet City

Dubai Internet City is one of the districts regulated by the Dubai Development Authority, and fit-out works follow its process. According to the DDA fit-out permit page, the contractor applies for a permit before starting works, and the documents it lists include a no objection certificate from the building owner. The same page shows that Dubai Civil Defense also has a part to play before a fit-out can be signed off as complete.

Buildings and scopes vary, and for that reason we confirm the route for each address ourselves, at a stage when the plan can still flex. We produce the drawings the submission relies on and work with building management and your contractor so the paperwork keeps pace with the design. We give no approval timescales. Our authority approvals page covers the documents we prepare.

Keeping the business running during the works

Moving into a new floor is the simplest case: the works can run without a team in the way. Refitting a floor you already occupy is harder. We can phase the project, move people into finished zones as each one is completed, and agree noisy hours and delivery slots with building management in advance.

Where your servers or network cannot go down, we plan the sequence around them with your IT team, so cut-overs happen at a time you choose rather than one the works impose.

Completed commercial work we can show you

We have not built a tech office in the district, but our MK Pay office in Deira is a close relative. Handed over in 2023, its 3,100 sq ft were designed and built by us, and we also handled the floor plan, the 3D views and mood boards, the approvals and the running of the project. Open zones for collaboration sit alongside private cabins, meeting rooms have modern audiovisual systems, and the reception desk carries subtle branded touches.

Retail units in the district call for a different mindset, closer to our Luxury Salon in Dubai Marina. Its 2,500 sq ft were laid out around how clients move from reception to treatment, where staff work and what needs storing, and we built it ourselves in 2024 once the design was agreed.

Two ways to work with us

Choose design only and your contractor gets our concept, 3D renders, a schedule of finishes and furniture, and the drawings needed to price and build. With design and build, we also procure materials and furniture, run the site and hand over a finished office. Our fit-out page explains what that second route includes.

Whichever you choose, we snag the finished works with you before handover, and on a build of ours a 12-month defects liability period set out in your contract takes effect from that point.

Budget and first steps

Our minimum project size is AED 150,000. Beyond that, the number moves with floor area, the balance of enclosed rooms against open desks, audiovisual and joinery content, finish level, MEP alterations and furniture. A clear headcount forecast helps us avoid designing space you will outgrow.

Our estimate form asks for the building, the floor area and how many people you employ now and expect to employ. You get a reply inside one working day that prices the office indicatively and outlines a timeline.