Eklego Design

Profile

Eklego Design is a Cairo-based architecture, interior, and furniture design firm established in 2000 by Hedayat Islam and Dina El Khachab. Over the past 11 years, the firm has rapidly grown from a staff of three, to a team of over 40 employees, including 20 dedicated architects and designers, united by a shared passion for culture and the arts.

“Eklego” is the Greek origin of the word eclectic, meaning to draw upon various styles, sources or cultures. They use this principle to inform their style and guide their creative approach. The firm’s ethos is that the best results always come from considering functionality in the light of original design. Whether creating spaces or products, the fusion of different ideas from different backgrounds is what makes their designs unique by nature and enjoyable by experience.

Eklego’s design team works on a range of commercial and residential projects. Our involvement ranges from purely consultative to the complete delivery of high-end architectural design projects. From working with clients in Egypt and throughout the Middle East, our belief is that an unparalleled understanding of the project and the client’s needs is fundamental to creating distinct and modern environments, perfectly suited for the purpose intended. Hence, building a strong client relationship is always the first step on any project.

Biography

Dina El Khachab, Principal Architect & Managing Partner

Dina studied architecture at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. After obtaining two architecture degrees from McGill in 1998, Dina returned to her native Cairo on scholarship from McGill to research the work of renowned architect Hassan Fathy. She worked as an architect for a local design firm before partnering with Hedayat Islam in 2000 to establish Eklego Design. Since 2001, they have successfully completed over 180 projects all over Egypt, in addition to designing and manufacturing their own furniture collection, on display at the Eklego showroom which opened in 2005.

Hedayat Islam, Principal Interior Designer & Founding Partner

Hedayat graduated from the American University in Cairo with a BA in Political Science and a minor in Fine Arts before obtaining her degree in interior design at the New York School of Interior Design in 1996. On returning to Cairo, she worked as an interior designer for several years while pursuing her Master’s Degree in Islamic Art and Architecture at the American University in Cairo, before partnering with Dina El Khachab in 2000 to establish Eklego Design, and since then their work has received international recognition, having been featured in various international design publications and winning several awards.