Posted on 3/29/2016
It was just a matter of time before Dubai, a burgeoning global design hub, got its own design-perfect barbershop. Filling a gap between “street level barbershops and the upmarket spa salons found in hotels or malls” as co-founder and entrepreneur Leith Matthews explains, AKIN Barber & Shop located at Burj Al Salam (a glass tower opposite the World Trade Centre) in the heart of the city caters for a “growing urban community”.
Designed by local architectural studio Anarchitect in collaboration with Tarik Zaharna {Tzed Architects}, AKIN’s takes a contemporary, clean-cut approach to men’s grooming combining an urban, industrial vibe with hand-crafted, tactile architecture. The design retains the existing cell of the space with its rough concrete surfaces, wire trays and service pipes, while inse...