Mehriban A. Muradova-Ismayilova, Founder and General Director of MStudio.
MStudio — an Azerbaijani architecture and design company — is a new name in Qatar but its passion, experience, commitment and distinctive skills are 15 years old which flourished since it was born in Baku in 2005.
Since the company began its journey it has gathered a great team of designers, architects and developers with bright and creative ideas, and during these 15 years MStudio has signed over 100 different types of projects.
These include public buildings, museums, hotels, spas, hospitals, business centres, private villas, apartments, landscapes, solar energy stations and other government projects. More information on the projects can be seen on the official website of the company www.mstudio.az
After delivering dozens of incredibly attractive architectural designs in Azerbaijan and Georgia through a highly-professional, dedicated team, company’s Founder and General Director, Mehriban A. Muradova-Ismayilova, launched MStudio’s Qatar chapter around six months ago.
Talking about the conception of the idea of establishing company’s chapter in Qatar, Mehriban said that being an architect it would have been like missing a superb opportunity for her to not participate in ongoing projects in Qatar while Qatar was going through mega development phase.
“Many interesting projects of world-class nature and standard are being carried out in Qatar but sometimes it seems that I am little bit late as most of the interesting projects have already been done (in terms of architecture and design),” Mehriban observed. “But in our field, you always remain active; new generations come, they want to do something new like building new structures and renovating the older ones.”
She said that establishing a new company in Qatar was a smooth-sailing experience for her. “It is a nice system for company registration which I can term as very smooth.”
With a vast experience in the field of architecture and design and having successfully designed numerous award-winning projects in Azerbaijan and Georgia, Mehriban established MStudio in Qatar. Regarding similarities and differences vis-a-vis market and working style in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Qatar, Mehriban said that there were many differences but she could not say that one country was better than the other.
“Yes it is always easy to work in your native country on many reasons but thanks to God, Azerbaijan and Qatar are the countries which are close to each other. There exist many similarities and commonalities between the two countries. The people from both the countries like luxury lifestyle.”
She said that an Azerbaijani architect and design company could be very successful in Qatar because it could bring the idea of structure together with luxury style requirement keeping in mind the tradition also.
Mehriban’s company, supported by very professional teams in Qatar, Azerbaijan and Georgia, offers full-scale architecture and design services and sometimes hires services of some local companies for execution/supervision of fit-out works.
Having professional degrees from Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction; Azerbaijan State University for Economics; Baku State University Azerbaijan among other prestigious institutes, Mehriban claims her company offers more convenient price tags to its clients in Qatar without compromising on the quality of design at the same time. “MStudio’s service charges are much lower than the market price as we are not here to look after only about our benefit.” But, she said, despite lower rates, MStudio was providing world-class architecture and design services to its clients following company’s do-the-best policy.
She says that MStudio delivers a project with passion and never engaged in the practice of finishing fast. Recently, MStudio designed few villas for Qatari clients that are a living proof of company’s commitment, dedication and professional skills.
“We discuss a lot with the clients and also suggest a lot so that we can reach a perfect design in the end.”
MStudio offers services including exterior and interior design, landscape design, construction and repair works, indoor and outdoor art sculptures, reliefs and bas-reliefs, maquettes, signboards, stands etc. Mehriban also wants to participate in some landscape design projects in Qatar. “We also design art sculptures of various materials—marble, steel, wood or composite material. We work in each sector of design.”
She says that she wants to design public sector projects in Qatar to make her company’s name engraved on the development history of Qatar for which she would be remembered in decades to come. “I will be happy with my little touch to something; private sector no problem, but I want to do something great in the public sector.”
Talking about Qatar’s landmark buildings, Mehriban highly praised Hamad International Airport. “It is a nicely designed structure where everything seems in harmony with one another. Materials used are also of high quality. When I compare this building with other airports of the world, I find a big difference.” In her opinion, the Educational City that Qatar Foundation has created differs with its unique and smart infrastructure. And the National Museum of Qatar is astounding with its beautiful exterior and interior design.
Mehriban enjoys Qatar’s life by attending different exhibitions held around the year and thinks that Qatar’s social, cultural life is very rich and vibrant. MStudio projects took the first places in the famous international competitions and received prestigious awards. The staff of MStudio consists of qualified professionals with extensive experience; designers and engineers carry out design objectives at a very high quality.
