The Baalbaki family, Damascus
From the Al-Baalbaki Building Materials Company in 1955, to Damask Rose, to the Luxury Baalbaki showrooms: one Damascus family carrying its trading tradition and long experience into the newest ideas in architecture and design.
Damascus33.51° N, 36.29° E
Our story
The Al-Baalbaki story in trade and building materials begins in 1955, when the late Haj Faiz Rushdi Al-Baalbaki founded the Al-Baalbaki Building Materials Company in Damascus and laid the foundation of a business that has continued across generations.
Haj Faiz Rushdi Al-Baalbaki came from the Baalbaki family, one of the old Damascene families with a known place in the city's commercial and economic life. His father, the founding grandfather Rushdi Al-Baalbaki, was among the founders of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce and contributed to establishing Al-Mouwasat Charity Hospital, among other Damascus institutions.
From the start, the company imported and traded building materials, ceramics, tiles, heating systems and sanitary fittings, and built trading relationships with leading European manufacturers, among them:
As Syria went through economic and political change in the decades that followed, private trade faced successive periods of restriction, and much of the company's activity stopped or slowed at different times.
His son Mohammad Faiz Al-Baalbaki carried the family's work forward by founding Damask Rose (Al-Warda Al-Dimashqiya), widening it from building materials into a fuller offer: ceramics, sanitary ware, finishing materials, décor and high-end architectural solutions.
The business grew through the Luxury Baalbaki Ceramics showrooms and a network of agents and partners in several Syrian cities, working with international brands, among them:
This history is a legacy that joins Damascene trading tradition, long experience and a constant openness to the latest international directions in architecture, design and building materials.
Al-Baalbaki Building Materials, from 1955
Damask Rose and Luxury Baalbaki, from 1986
About us
Luxury Baalbaki carries forward long experience in building materials, sanitary fittings, ceramics and interior design solutions, drawing on the history of Damask Rose and a wide network of partnerships with specialist international brands.
We developed a showroom concept that presents products in considered settings, showing the latest in design, ceramics, sanitary ware and finishes, and helping clients and designers picture them within complete architectural spaces.
We have taken part in many specialist exhibitions and events, presenting new products and solutions and strengthening our ties with companies, manufacturers and specialists in construction, design and interior fit-out.
What we offer
Large-format floor and wall tiles in marble, stone and wood patterns.
Basins, baths, mixers and shower systems from respected European brands.
Selected materials for floors and walls that give each space its character.
We work alongside designers and architects to choose the right solutions for each project.
Projects
We have supplied and fitted out a large number of projects in hospitality, healthcare, high-end residential, and private villas and palaces.
From the archive
Moments from our exhibitions, where we showed products in complete display settings alongside our international partners.
Our work brings together quality products, technical knowledge, an architect's eye and practical experience on large and private projects. We choose the products and partnerships that add real value to each one.