Architecture and interior design · Islamabad

Design that understands you.

We start by understanding how you actually live and work. Everything else follows from that. One team stays with you from the first conversation to the day you turn the key.

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Islamabad, Pakistan Architecture · Interiors · Turnkey Selected works ↓
Dining and living space at the Babri Residence, Gulberg
01 · Babri Residence, Gulberg · Interior
An Education Pod built for LearnOBots, Islamabad
02 · Education Pods for LearnOBots · Turnkey

The studio

We design around the people who will use the space, so it earns its attention every day.

Saifullah and Momina are two registered architects who design and build around the people who will actually live and work in the space. The real product is not a floor plan. It is attention.

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What we do

Three services,
under one roof

Most projects end up a mix. Turnkey is where we do it all.

Selected work

Spaces we're proud of

Residential · Commercial · Corporate · Retail

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Featured project · Retail

Junaid Tech

The same room, twice: the render we designed it from, and the photograph of what we actually built. Toggle between them. This is the whole argument for letting one team do both.

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The counter, as rendered The counter, built
The counter
The faceted counter, as rendered The finished store, built
Counter detail
The product walls, as rendered The product walls, built
Product walls

Junaid Tech sells online. This Jinnah Garden store is their only physical space, so it had to make the products look better in person than they do on a screen.

We took the room out of the picture with a black ceiling and dark walls, then lit only the shelves, so every item sits in its own pool of warm light. Then we designed it, built it, and handed over the key.

Location
Jinnah Garden
Type
Retail
Scope
Interior
Status
Built

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How it works

Listen. Design. Build.
Hand over the key.

A clear line from the first conversation to the finished space.

01

Listen

We sit down and understand the people, the space, and the feeling you're after.

02

Design

We turn that understanding into space, and shape every detail with you.

03

Build

We manage execution and trades, or work cleanly alongside yours.

04

Hand over

You walk into a finished space that fits. One team, all the way to the key.

The studio

The two of us

Founded by architects Saifullah and Momina, the “SA” and the “MO” in SA'MO.

Portrait of Saifullah Javed

Saifullah Javed

Principal Architect · Founder

“We close the gap between how a space looks and how it works.”

Saifullah leads the design side. He is the one buried in the plans, out on the site, and the last to leave a problem alone until it is right.

Portrait of Momina

Momina

Partner · Lead Architect

“A space should look good and actually work. Form and function, together.”

Momina keeps the work grounded and the ideas sharp, making sure a beautiful drawing is also a place you would genuinely want to be.

Form and function

Pretty is easy. Pretty and genuinely useful is the whole job. We won't give you one without the other.

Built to last

We design with the long run in mind, so the place still feels right years from now, not just on day one.

You, in the room

Every choice comes back to the person living or working there. The space should fit your life.

Let's talk

Got a space in mind? Tell us about it.

Even if it is just a rough idea, we are happy to talk it through. Tell us how you want it to feel and we will take it from there.

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