Avoca Restaurant

STAR GATEArchitecture · Design · Build

How a project comes to life

From line to life.

Avoca Restaurant — Baghdad, Al-Yarmouk

We make your dreamas reality.

From one story to the next

One process. A different identity for every place.

The drawing is only the beginning. Each project becomes its own sequence of materials, structure, light and movement — designed for the people who will use it.

From one story to the next

Every space. A story.

Star Gate, since 2010

Designers who build, builders who design.

Star Gate is an architecture and construction company founded in Erbil in 2010, with a second branch in Baghdad. We design and deliver restaurants, retail stores, villas and hospitality spaces across Iraq — with our own wood and steel workshops behind every detail.

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16Years of experience
61+Project commissions
42Brands served
5Cities across Iraq

Selected work

A portfolio of design and construction.

Hotels, restaurants, clinics, fitness spaces, stores, showrooms and homes — across Iraq.

Food & Beverage

Avoca Restaurant

Baghdad / 2024

A three-level destination restaurant with a faceted concrete facade, angled fins and planted terraces. Star Gate led the design, supervised execution and managed the project from the first line to opening night.

Design3,320 m²

Food & Beverage

Soya Restaurant

Baghdad / 2022

A four-level destination restaurant in Al-Yarmouk, developed by Star Gate from the complete architectural and shop-drawing package through coordinated construction and handover. The project combines a layered steel facade with a planted, multi-level dining interior.

Design575 m² ground floor including stairs

Hospitality

Roza Blanca Hotel

Erbil / 2026

A contemporary hotel facade study shaped by vertical stone fins, reflective glazing and a clearly defined arrival sequence. The design gives the building a strong identity from every street approach.

DesignErbil

Health & wellness

Alpha for Her

Erbil / 2024

A women-focused fitness interior planned across 425 m², combining a clear training layout with high-energy lighting, durable finishes and a bold visual identity.

Design425 m²

Food & Beverage

Barnz Café

Erbil / 2024

A 297.8 m² café concept organised around a deep green service core, warm seating zones and planted details that extend the atmosphere to the terrace.

Design297.8 m²

Health & wellness

Be You Beauty Clinic

Erbil / 2025

A 545 m² beauty clinic designed as a calm, premium care environment with fluid ceilings, intuitive circulation and tailored treatment and consultation rooms.

Design545 m²

Retail

LC Waikiki

Erbil · Sulaymaniyah · Baghdad / 2023

Implementation of LC Waikiki stores in the locations documented in the company profile: Soran, Majidi Mall, Sulaymaniyah and Baghdad.

ImplementationErbil · Sulaymaniyah · Baghdad

Retail

Cashmere Curtain

Erbil / 2023

A fabric showroom designed around light: layered display walls, warm timber joinery and a quiet material palette that lets the textiles lead.

Design260 m²

Residential

Mass City Villa

Erbil / 2024

Design of a 320 m² private villa in Mass City on Erbil's Al-Masif Road, with contemporary living spaces and coordinated interior details.

Design320 m²

Food & Beverage

LaVinto Steak House

Erbil / 2023

Design and implementation of a 260 m² steak house in Empire Diamond, Erbil, with a distinctive facade, intimate dining spaces and warm lighting.

Design260 m²

Retail

Watch Hub Store

Baghdad / 2024

A compact luxury boutique where every millimetre counts — precision display cabinets, integrated lighting and mirrored depth.

Design70 m²

Our clients

Trusted by the brands you know.

International retailers, hotel groups, developers and restaurateurs who came back for a second, third and fourth project.

Where we work

Five cities. One standard.

Head office in Erbil, branch in Baghdad, and delivered projects in Sulaymaniyah, Duhok and Kirkuk.

How we work

A clear path from brief to handover.

  1. 01

    Brief & site visit

    We visit the space, measure it and agree the scope, budget and opening date.

  2. 02

    Concept & 3D

    Mood, layout and 3D visuals you can react to before anything is built.

  3. 03

    Drawings & BOQ

    AutoCAD working drawings, details and a priced bill of quantities.

  4. 04

    Workshop & site

    Fabrication in our workshops while the site team builds, with weekly reports.

  5. 05

    Handover

    Snag-list closure, cleaning, as-built drawings and the keys.

Our vision

To be the preferred choice of our clients in terms of quality, time and price — and the company that turns their dream into reality.

Have a space in mind?

Send us the location and your idea. We will come back with a first concept, a timeline and a clear price.

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