Forever Advancing Design
Philp Shikhess
Over 30 Years of designing , Fabrication innovation
With over three decades of experience in interior design, 3D visualization, and fabrication-driven design, I have worked across residential, hospitality, and commercial projects in multiple countries. My background combines architectural design thinking with hands-on fabrication awareness, allowing me to deliver concepts that are both visually compelling and technically grounded.
My work spans from luxury interiors and large-scale commercial environments to custom-designed architectural elements and parametric surfaces, bridging creative vision with buildable reality.
Explore our wide range of expertise
"Design is a universal language, but implementation is a local science. Over three decades, my practice has evolved across 13 countries, including the United States, navigating diverse architectural traditions and engineering standards. This global footprint has forged a unique methodology: combining the soul of international craftsmanship with the precision of American computational fabrication."
A landmark retail destination in Doha, Qatar — where Philip Shikhess led facade design development and interior coordination, blending contemporary architectural language with regional design heritage.
A flagship ultra-luxury automotive showroom in Doha, Qatar — home to four iconic brands: Lamborghini, Bentley, Bugatti, and McLaren. Philip Shikhess served as Project Manager and Design Coordinator, leading collaboration between the four global brands, the contractor team, and the private Qatari client throughout design and delivery.
A 5,000 square foot Mediterranean-inspired private estate in California — featuring full interior design, architectural development, and complete lighting design by Philip Shikhess, balancing classical European architecture with refined California luxury living.
A boutique luxury hotel in Miami's South Beach featuring fully integrated Rilievo architectural surfaces across the lobby, indoor and outdoor bars, water features, and luxury suites — designed end-to-end by Philip Shikhess.
A franchise-level design development project for Black Rock Bar & Grill, where Philip Shikhess developed custom architectural elements — including a sculptural parametric ceiling and signature brand-feature walls — within the established Black Rock design language.
A luxury oceanfront resort in Morocco where Philip Shikhess led the interior design and contributed to the architectural development — blending traditional Moroccan ornamental design language with contemporary resort planning at full hospitality scale.
A neoclassical luxury hotel in Milano where Philip Shikhess led the complete interior design — from the grand reception lobby and sky bar to the coffee shop and outdoor spaces — uniting Italian classical heritage with a signature Rilievo sculptural relief wall as the centerpiece of the brand experience.
A private royal-scale palace residence in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where Philip Shikhess led the complete interior design and contributed to the architectural development — translating traditional Moroccan and Andalusian ornamental design language into a contemporary palace environment for an ultra-private Saudi client.
A luxury banquet and event hall in Wyandotte, Michigan, where Philip Shikhess served as Project Manager and Design Coordinator — leading the complete interior, architectural, landscape, lighting design, and Rilievo relief detailing for one of the area's most refined event hospitality destinations.
Where Art Becomes Architecture
Every Rilievo surface begins as a single inspiration — a moment from nature, a mathematical rhythm, a flow of light — and ends as a sculpted architectural environment.
This is not a decorative finish. This is a design language: a way of carving emotion into walls, ceilings, and the spaces in between.
Crafted through computational design and precision CNC fabrication, each Rilievo composition transforms architecture into atmosphere — and material into experience.
Art & Technology
My work exists at the intersection of art, technology, architecture, and computation.Through generative design, artificial intelligence, digital fabrication, and sculptural experimentation, I explore how ideas can be translated into physical form.Each collection represents a distinct investigation into perception, culture, identity, and emergence—revealing different dimensions of the relationship between human experience and computational creativity. This is my artistic language.
This is my world
.Philip Shikhess
Philip Shikhess Art Collection
Explore a collection of original sculptural artworks created by Philip Shikhess. Each piece combines advanced digital design, architectural thinking, and artistic expression to create immersive illuminated wall art for luxury residences, hospitality spaces, and collectors.
Furniture Heritage
Raised in a family furniture house founded by my grandfather in the 1950s, I trained from childhood on every station — from frame and finish to upholstery and CNC. For over fifteen years our custom furniture was exported across the Middle East, every piece designed and fabricated in-house. This is the foundation beneath everything I build today.
Door Heritage
Doors became our family's signature. Within the factory, I designed a line of luxury doors — ten signature designs — that were exported for more than fifteen years across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Türkiye, Iraq, and Jordan, including into Türkiye's own furniture market.
Each door was created entirely in-house: designed, carved and CNC-fabricated, finished, and fitted with its hardware. Some are hand-sculpted with figures and ornament, others carry clean geometric joinery and glasswork — but every one begins the same way, as raw timber on our workshop floor.
Most recently, I've adapted this lifetime of door expertise to American standards — steel and exterior doors, U.S. installation methods, and engineering for cold-climate performance. The doors shown here trace that journey, from raw carving to installed piece.
Why work with Me
My work exists at the dynamic intersection of art, architecture, and advanced computation. Through the lens of generative design, digital fabrication, and sculptural experimentation, I explore how complex structural concepts can be translated seamlessly into physical form.
Utilizing cutting-edge AI workflows, real-time rendering, and digital twin technology, each project represents a distinct investigation into perception, materiality, and spatial flow. By merging technological innovation with high-end luxury aesthetics, I reveal entirely new dimensions of the relationship between human experience and computational creativity.
What I bring to every Project
Design + Fabrication Thinking
I design with construction and fabrication in mind, reducing gaps between vision and execution.
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Computational & Parametric Design
Advanced 3D workflows allow me to explore forms, materials, and systems that go beyond standard design approaches. -
Real-World Experience
My work is not only conceptual—it is built, installed, and tested in real environments across residential, hospitality, and commercial projects. -
Client-Focused Process
Clear communication, realistic visualization, and buildable outcomes.
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