Turath Al Husin — Heritage Construction in Sharjah
Bilingual website for a 30-year-old UAE heritage construction and gypsum supply firm, balancing Arabic typography, traditional craftsmanship and modern UX.
Turath Al Husin LLC is a heritage construction company in Sharjah, UAE with more than thirty years of experience in restoration, traditional carpentry, gypsum work and building materials supply. Their projects involve chandal wood, palm fronds and Iranian gypsum imported directly from source — work that demands a website with the same sense of quality and tradition.
The biggest design challenge was the bilingual experience. The site runs in both English and Arabic, and the Arabic version is not an afterthought — RTL layouts, Arabic web fonts and properly mirrored UI elements were treated as first-class citizens. A visitor who lands on the Arabic version gets the same polish, the same image treatments and the same call-to-action paths as an English visitor.
The structure follows the way a heritage client actually evaluates a contractor: large, confident hero imagery that says "we have done serious work for thirty years", followed by clearly-organised service pages — heritage building, carpentry, materials supply, project management — each with project galleries that let the craftsmanship speak for itself. Social proof from Instagram and TikTok is woven in subtly, because for this kind of work, photo and video evidence is half the sales pitch.
How this project was built
Every WordPress engagement I run follows the same disciplined three-week rhythm, and this site was no exception:
- Discovery. Before a single line of CSS is written, I sit down with the client to understand the business, the audience and what success actually looks like. I gather the essentials — logo and brand assets, domain, hosting credentials — and align on scope and tone.
- Week 1 — Phase 1 build. I select a high-quality premium theme from Envato Elements that fits the brand, structure the information architecture, design the pages, and ship a working version 1 within seven days.
- Week 2 — Review. The client lives with the site, prepares a written feedback document and sends it back. This keeps revisions structured rather than scattered across messages.
- Week 3 — Refinement and handoff. I apply every revision, then run baseline SEO with Yoast SEO (free), tune Core Web Vitals, compress and lazy-load assets, configure caching, and hand off a site that is ready to grow.
The result is a website that does not just look good on launch day — it ranks, loads fast, and continues to perform after I step away.