RUBA TANNOUSRUBA TANNOUS
Double-height living room with a hammered brass fireplace hood and wire chandelier in Bird of Paradise Flower, designed by Ruba Tannous

Residential

Bird of Paradise Flower

A gold tree grows through a double-height living room

THE CONCEPT

A hilltop villa that opens through a pivot door to a constellation of ceiling lights — and never stops escalating. A sculptural gold tree-of-life installation flanks a marble fireplace in the double-height living room, crowned by a spiderweb crystal chandelier.

Emerald velvet chairs, cascading crystal dining pendants, and a stairwell lit by dandelion-burst fixtures make every vertical surface an event. The panoramic Galilee views from floor-to-ceiling glass are the only thing that competes.

Category

Residential

Rooms

12 spaces designed

EXPLORE THE SPACES

Symmetrical double-height living room with green velvet armchairs facing a veined marble fireplace in Bird of Paradise Flower
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Living Room

Living Room

A double-height volume where a sculptural gold tree-of-life installation rises on both sides of a marble fireplace, its ...

Kitchen with a fluted dark wood island, green velvet bar stools and white panelled tall cabinets in Bird of Paradise Flower
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Kitchen

Kitchen

A fluted walnut island with gold base trim and a grey marble countertop seats three on emerald velvet bar stools. Floor-...

Salon with channel-tufted grey sofas, a green rug and a bookmatched marble media wall facing the valley view in Bird of Paradise Flower
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Salon

Salon

Panoramic hill views through floor-to-ceiling glass frame a sage-green-and-cream palette. Channel-tufted grey sofas face...

Dining room with a grid chandelier of hanging bulbs over a marble table and white curved chairs by tall windows in Bird of Paradise Flower
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Dining Room

Dining Room

A cascading crystal pendant — dozens of thin rods ending in teardrop glass — stretches the full length of a white marble...

Master bedroom with a green-and-cream striped velvet wall, sage lounge chairs and a sliding door to the terrace in Bird of Paradise Flower
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Master Bedroom

Master Bedroom

A floor-to-ceiling striped headboard in alternating sage velvet and cream fabric faces panoramic hilltop views through s...

Floating fluted white vanity under an arched niche with a round backlit mirror in the master bathroom of Bird of Paradise Flower
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Master Bathroom

Master Bathroom

A walnut arch frame houses a fluted white vanity with an amber glass vessel sink beneath a backlit circular mirror. Book...

Second bedroom with a channelled grey headboard, a textured wood mosaic artwork and a reading corner by sheers in Bird of Paradise Flower
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Bedroom 2

Bedroom

A second bedroom suite with its own palette — muted greens, warm walnut, and cream textiles. The proportions mirror the ...

Floating wood vanity against a blue-green veined stone wall with globe lights in the second bathroom of Bird of Paradise Flower
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Bathroom 2

Bathroom

A continuation of the master bathroom's walnut-and-marble vocabulary, scaled for the secondary wing. Fluted vanity, vein...

Open pivot front door in a wood-clad facade revealing a wire chandelier and panther sideboard in the entrance of Bird of Paradise Flower
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Entrance

Entrance

A massive pivot door in Corten steel opens to reveal a constellation ceiling light — hundreds of tiny LED points suspend...

Dressing room with a backlit mirrored vanity in veined stone, a sage velvet pouf and glass wardrobes in Bird of Paradise Flower
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Dressing Room

Dressing Room

Floor-to-ceiling walnut cabinetry with smoked glass doors and integrated LED strip lighting. Gold hardware punctuates th...

Square brushed brass basin on a veined marble counter over a fluted wood vanity in the powder room of Bird of Paradise Flower
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Powder Room

Powder Room

Veined marble, a floating fluted vanity, and a single backlit mirror. The powder room distills the villa's material pale...

Upward view of the stairwell with wire sphere chandeliers under a backlit recessed ceiling panel in Bird of Paradise Flower
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Staircase

Staircase

The stairwell becomes a vertical light installation: dandelion-burst chandeliers explode at multiple heights against a d...

Design DNA

“A chandelier should stop you mid-sentence — if it does not, it is just a light fixture.”

theatrical grandeur◆gold-and-emerald◆crystal constellations◆hilltop drama

Signature Detail

A spiderweb crystal chandelier — hundreds of glass beads strung on hair-thin gold wires — spans the double-height living room ceiling like a frozen constellation, reflecting the gold tree-of-life sculptures below it.

Craftsmanship

Gold wire chandelier with tiny bulbs in front of the hammered brass fireplace hood in the living room of Bird of Paradise Flower

Spiderweb crystal chandelier on gold wire against gold tree sculpture

Living Room

Glass chain-link pendant light with brass collars hanging against a grey curtain in the living room of Bird of Paradise Flower

Gold tree-of-life branch sculpture flanking marble fireplace

Living Room

Wire starburst chandelier seen from directly below against a backlit ceiling panel in the stairwell of Bird of Paradise Flower

Cascading teardrop crystal pendant over white marble dining table

Dining Room

Brass grid chandelier with hanging frosted bulbs, a warm glow behind, in the dining room of Bird of Paradise Flower

Amber glass vessel sink in walnut arch-framed vanity alcove

Master Bathroom

Pair of brass bird-of-paradise door pulls on white tall cabinets next to the ovens in the kitchen of Bird of Paradise Flower

Fluted walnut island with gold base trim and marble countertop

Kitchen

Sculpted brass door pull on a dark wood door beside a veined marble strip in the master bedroom of Bird of Paradise Flower

Constellation LED ceiling fixture through pivot entrance door

Entrance

Coral-shaped brass pulls on chevron-veneered dark wood sideboard doors under a marble top in Bird of Paradise Flower

Dandelion-burst chandelier cluster in double-height stairwell

Staircase

Hammered brass sheet draped over the end of a dark wood sideboard below a gold panther sculpture in Bird of Paradise Flower

Sage-and-cream striped headboard with panoramic Galilee view

Master Bedroom

Honeycomb-textured brass pull on a dark wood nightstand drawer in the master bedroom of Bird of Paradise Flower

Emerald velvet bar stool on gold frame at kitchen island

Kitchen

Fluted marble base of the linear gas fireplace with glowing logs in the living room of Bird of Paradise Flower

White sculpted dining chair on chromed spider-leg base

Dining Room

Top-down view of a green velvet armchair with a woven leather shell on marble in the living room of Bird of Paradise Flower

Bookmatched Patagonia marble wall with rust and cream veining

Master Bathroom

Gold wire pendant light against striped green velvet and cream wall panels in the master bedroom of Bird of Paradise Flower

Gold chain-link cascading wall sconce beside floor-to-ceiling glass

Living Room

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