URU Design Services LLC is URU’s Dubai design practice. We bring architecture, interiors and landscape together, connecting experience in India with commissions in the Gulf.
URU Design Services LLC
Dubai, UAE · 2025
URU Consulting LLP, Kozhikode · Est. 2015
Safder Machilakath leads URU Design Services LLC as Managing Partner and Principal Designer. His approach connects design thinking with engineering knowledge, bringing the building, interior and landscape into the same conversation.
Safder holds the title Chartered Engineer (India), awarded by The Institution of Engineers (India) in 2021, in the Civil Engineering Division.
The Dubai entity extends that practice into the Gulf. Safder is based in Dubai, leads every Gulf commission directly, and brings the same core team to each UAE and KSA project. Clients work with the principal directly, in English, Malayalam or Hindi, and with someone who understands both the Gulf context and the regions many of its residents come from.
Integrated Total Design & Built Environment Consulting is the practice’s guiding approach. Spatial planning, materials, light, landscape and building systems need to be considered together, with responsibilities clearly agreed at the outset.
Confirm the relevant authority, specialist appointments and submission responsibilities before agreeing the programme. Permit submissions and engineering certification require appropriately authorised professionals; these services are not implied by a design appointment.
The Dubai practice operates as a direct extension of the parent practice. The same team works across both geographies. A client commissioning a villa in Dubai and a family home in Kerala works with the same practice, the same principal, and the same level of direct engagement, across two jurisdictions, under two appropriately structured contracts.
Confirm the relevant authority, specialist appointments and submission responsibilities before agreeing the programme. Permit submissions and engineering certification require appropriately authorised professionals; these services are not implied by a design appointment.
Spatial planning, material specification, lighting design and joinery documentation. Integrated with architecture from the first stage rather than applied as a subsequent layer.
Coordination of the architectural and interior intent with appointed specialist consultants. The agreed scope identifies who designs, checks and submits each package.
Outdoor environments, planting strategy, microclimate design and master layout for larger commissions. Outdoor space designed for Gulf seasonal performance, not appearance.
India
& Gulf
A connected practice with project locations identified in the portfolio.
Explore the published portfolio for project-specific evidence, locations and design scope. Proposals are identified as proposals. India projects illustrate the wider practice’s experience and are not presented as completed Gulf work.
The Dubai entity connects clients in the Gulf with the wider URU practice. The project location, delivery responsibilities and specialist appointments are agreed in each proposal.
For clients who want to see the body of work, the full portfolio is available on request. For clients building in Kerala from the Gulf, the same practice handles both commissions, with no coordination gap between the two offices.