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Seaside Hotel in Oman Reinterprets Traditional Village Layout with Contemporary Forms
This hotel is comprised of several contemporary forms to make a lasting impression on its luxury clientele—while also harkening back to traditional Omani village functions. With a noticeably modern aesthetic, the 82,000-square-meter site includes a dense assemblage of white buildings such as a five-star resort with 310 guest rooms, 77 apartments, restaurants, and leisure and meeting facilities broken up by narrow passageways—all resulting in a holistic urban destination.
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A trapezoidal, 500-seat ballroom covered in a white stucco façade punctuated by geometric openings—similar to that of an Arabic lantern’s exterior—glows at night to let the Al Mouj community know they are welcome.
Further down the entry road, a separate lobby flanked in glass and topped with a flat plane roof is marked in a traditional Middle Eastern ornamental pattern typically used for screens. The pavilion itself is very simple on the outside, but once guests walk in and look up, they find a series of columns that splay out into a circular form at the top to give a sense of a lily pond that is inspired by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos’ Al Alam Palace.
Once guests travel through the entry pavilion, they are greeted by an outdoor courtyard with several large, man-made ponds and pools that appear to spill out onto the oceanfront. Enclosed by the white, geometric 395-room hotel, the public space is broken up by public gathering spaces, flat bridges, and plants.
Environments are arranged in an accessible hierarchy starting with fully public, then semipublic, semiprivate, and finally private spaces, in that order. Depending on a guest’s needs, there are 18 commercial facilities—such as restaurants and gyms—and 13 meeting rooms for business guests. But the most significant offering is the journey one takes while visiting.
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@mycitymuscat . Kempinski Hotel Muscat’s team is an exciting journey! Located in one of the most breathtaking beaches in Muscat and in the high-end residential community of Al Mouj, the award-winning hotel is carefully invisioned to intertwine Omani architecture and contemporary European design. . Via: @kempinskimuscat , @kempinski . #visitoman #visitmuscar #experienceoman #experienceoman🇴🇲 #exploremuscat #exploreoman #kempinski #kempinskimuscat #tour #tourist #tourism #travelphotography #travel #travelblogger #hotel #sea #seaview #omanhotels #luxury #oman #muscatnightlife #muscat
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View this post on Instagram We love seeing @kempinskimuscat through the eyes of our guests! And until we welcome you again, here is an amazing #throwback that will take you on a virtual trip to the modern heart of Muscat. Don’t forget to tag @kempinskimuscat for a chance to be featured on our social media accounts | 📸: Repost @jordanjonofficial . . . #Kempinski #KempinskiMuscat #DiscoveryLoyalty ##luxurytravel #beautifuldestinations #discoveroman #travelphotography #travelinstyle #travellinginspiration A post shared by Kempinski Hotel Muscat (@kempinskimuscat) on Apr 16, 2020 at 7:46am PDT
We love seeing @kempinskimuscat through the eyes of our guests! And until we welcome you again, here is an amazing #throwback that will take you on a virtual trip to the modern heart of Muscat. Don’t forget to tag @kempinskimuscat for a chance to be featured on our social media accounts | 📸: Repost @jordanjonofficial . . . #Kempinski #KempinskiMuscat #DiscoveryLoyalty ##luxurytravel #beautifuldestinations #discoveroman #travelphotography #travelinstyle #travellinginspiration
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