Architecture
Shepherd Holding · Kingdom of Bahrain
A creative holding company — where imagination meets logic.
We found, own and grow design-led ventures — beginning with Shepherd Studio, our award-winning experimental architecture and design practice working across the Gulf and beyond.
23
Projects realised
08
Countries
15+
Notable clients
06
Disciplines
Who we are · 01
The parent of a growing family of design-led companies.
Shepherd Holding is a Bahrain-based creative holding company. From our base in Manama, we channel a cross-curricular approach to design — partnering with specialist consultants across industrial, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering to add value at every scale.
Architecture lies at the core, while experimental work in scenography, product and spatial design pushes the brand forward. Our purpose is simple: to actualize the possibilities of human imagination through analytical, rational and logical inquiry.
The group · 02
One studio.
One studio.
Many disciplines.
Shepherd Holding stewards the Shepherd brand and its companies — beginning with our flagship practice, and a portfolio designed to grow.
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Flagship company
Shepherd Studio
An award-winning experimental architecture and design practice — architecture, scenography, product and spatial design for clients across the Gulf, Europe and Africa.
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In development
New ventures
We continue to incubate design-led ventures that extend the Shepherd philosophy into new products, places and platforms.
01Architectural Design
02Spatial Design
03Scenography Design
04Interventions & Installations
05Product & Industrial Design
06Furniture Design
Selected work · 03
Places, objects
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Places, objects
& experiences.
Architecture
Nigeria Energy HQ
Abuja, Nigeria
Architecture
Harbor 5
Bahrain Bay
Architecture
Light House
Bahrain Bay
Scenography
Mattar Pavilion
Manama, Bahrain
Scenography
Crafting Uzbekistan
Doha, Qatar
Scenography
Lavender Field
London, UK
Philosophy · 04
What we believe.
We design products, places and spaces that positively influence and craft the human experience.
We encourage unorthodox ambition that simultaneously maintains logical reasoning.
Teamwork, intelligence, optimism, enthusiasm and creativity are the ingredients we work with.
We are fuelled by balancing the richness of the past with the potential of the future.
Everything we design, in turn, designs and shapes us — and the world in which we live.
Trusted by leading institutions
Get in touch · 05
Let’s build something