AS PROPERTY SEEKERS INCREASINGLY PRIORITISE OUTDOOR SPACE, THE REGION’S MOST COMPELLING NEW HOMES ARE BEING DESIGNED AROUND THE VIEWS THEY OFFER.
The world’s most sought-after real estate has always been about location. Increasingly, it’s also about elevation, and what that elevation reveals.
As property seekers increasingly prioritise outdoor space, the region’s most compelling new homes are being designed around the views they offer. Whether overlooking coral reefs in the Red Sea or the skyline of Dubai, these residences turn terraces into sanctuaries, places to slow down, stretch out, and connect with the surroundings.
Below are five standout developments where the view defines the experience of home:
Laheq Residences, The Red Sea
Surrounded by 400 hectares of coral reefs and white-sand beaches, Laheq introduces the first island development at The Red Sea with a primary focus on residential ownership, offering a multigenerational lifestyle.
Homes here offer uninterrupted views across crystal-clear waters and native coastal vegetation, with many positioned around the island’s central lagoon within The Ring, an iconic 800-metre diameter structure that encompasses luxury apartments, hotels, and retail, or facing the open sea. The island also features a 115-berth marina welcoming vessels of all sizes.
The design, led by Foster + Partners, is shaped by the “Forever Garden,” a lush, shaded landscape that flows into breezy pergolas, tranquil courtyards, and expansive decks. From morning light over the water to views across the marina’s gentle activity to the quiet canopy of native flora, the outlooks at Laheq are immersive and elemental.
The Chedi Private Residences, Dubai
Rising along Sheikh Zayed Road, The Chedi Private Residences captures Dubai’s dual character, urban intensity meets coastal calm. Studio Bruno Guélaff designed these homes around the realisation that Dubai residents don’t want to choose between city energy and waterfront serenity.
Floor-to-ceiling windows and expansive terraces are oriented to frame both the skyline and the sea. Upper-level residences, including duplexes and the penthouse, feature private plunge pools with panoramic views. Here, the terrace functions as the primary living space, with interiors that flow effortlessly outward. Each home is crafted to keep pace with the city’s rhythm without leaving the outdoor spaces.
Branded Residences on Shura Island, The Red Sea
Shura Island will soon be home to 305 residences that redefine coastal living by making the outdoors the actual living space. Here, brands like Four Seasons, Jumeirah, SLS, Miraval, and Red Sea Global’s own-brand residences, Shura Marina Residences, are creating homes where the terrace is the true living room, framing the outside world most dramatically.
Foster + Partners designed sweeping outdoor spaces that treat views of coral reefs, golf fairways, and the gentle movement of super yachts in the marina as living artwork. Expansive terraces, garden courtyards, and infinity pools enhance the outdoor experience while architecture is carefully integrated to maximise privacy and sea breeze flow.
Résidences Du Port, Dubai Marina
Set directly on the marina waterfront, Résidences Du Port treats the harbour as a constantly changing performance. Every residence extends toward sunlit balconies and floor-to-ceiling windows that frame Dubai Marina’s kinetic energy.
The architecture evokes classic yacht design, light, open, elevated, while bespoke finishes and harbour-facing terraces anchor each home in Riviera-inspired ease. Residents become inadvertent marinawatchers, tracking the comings and goings of vessels, the changing light on water, the way the promenade fills and empties with the day’s rhythm.
Nujuma, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve Residence, The Red Sea
Located on the outer edges of Ummahat Island, Nujuma’s 21 super-prime villas offer something increasingly rare: views with no visual pollution. No buildings, no crowds, no modern intrusions — just crystal-clear waters and soft, empty shorelines stretching to the horizon.
Accessible only by chartered boat or seaplane, these residences provide panoramic sea views from every angle. Sunrise arrives over the reef, nightfall settles over untouched waters, and in between, residents watch a marine ecosystem that exists largely undisturbed.
As part of the Ritz-Carlton Reserve portfolio, the experience is both rare and refined, defined as much by what is seen as by what is felt.
