PAOLO FERRARI. TORONTO / MILAN, EST. 2016.
DESERT ROCK. A RESORT CARVED INTO THE HEJAZ MOUNTAINS. RED SEA, SAUDI ARABIA.
Paolo Ferrari is a Toronto-based designer and the founder of Studio Paolo Ferrari, a multi-disciplinary practice operating between Toronto and Milan. A former design director at Yabu Pushelberg, Ferrari builds total environments — interiors, objects, and furniture conceived as one continuous world. Named Boutique Design's 2025 Designer of the Year, he works where timelessness and courageous invention coexist.
A resort carved directly into the granite of the Hejaz Mountains. Suites and villas are embedded in the rock itself, with interiors drawn from the geology outside — limestone, bronze, and sand-cast detail. Less a hotel than land art you can sleep in
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