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THE MIDDLE EAST’S MOST CREATIVELY DESIGNED HOTELS
From parametric glass cubes to hotels suspended over racetracks, the Middle East has become a canvas for architectural imagination. While food remains the soul of hospitality, design has become its languagem daring, sculptural, and unafraid to dream.
Discover extraordinary hotels that prove creativity has no borders, only possibilities.
Burj Al Arab Jumeirah
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Architect: Tom Wright, WKK Architects
Rising like a sail above the Arabian Gulf, the Burj Al Arab remains Dubai’s most dramatic symbol.
Built on its own island, it’s both architectural feat and cultural icon.
Inside, gold-leaf columns, marble staircases, and a 180-meter atrium turn luxury into theatre.
The blueprint of modern Middle Eastern grandeur.
Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Architects: Gensler / Yabu Pushelberg
Modern sophistication wrapped in bronze laser-cut mashrabiyas.
This tower filters sunlight through geometric lattices that shimmer by day and glow by night.
Inside, sculptural chandeliers and reflective marble surfaces create a sense of movement and depth.
A bold reinterpretation of heritage through technology.
Gevora Hotel
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Architects: AECOM / Hircon International
At 356 meters, Gevora stands as the tallest hotel in the world.
Its gleaming gold-clad façade captures sunlight like liquid metal, transforming height into spectacle.
A symbol of Dubai’s relentless vertical ambition.
When scale becomes a form of art.
Katara Towers
Lusail, Qatar
Architects: AEB Qatar / Katara Hospitality
Rising above the Lusail Marina, Katara Towers is one of Qatar’s most distinctive landmarks. Its twin arcs mirror the nation’s crossed-sword emblem, blending symbolism and engineering in perfect balance. Inside, two worlds unfold: Raffles Doha, refined, residential luxury and Fairmont Doha, bold, contemporary flair. With its sculptural curves, reflective façades, and skyline presence, Katara Towers turns cultural pride into architectural poetry.
National identity meets futuristic design.
ME Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Housed within The Opus, a sculptural glass cube pierced by a void, ME Dubai is the only hotel in the world fully designed, inside and out, by the late Zaha Hadid.
Its fluid geometry, futuristic atrium, and custom furniture turn structure into sculpture.
A pure embodiment of movement, light, and vision.
When architecture becomes an experience.
Nujuma Ritz-Carlton Reserve
The Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
Architects: Foster + Partners
Floating on the turquoise waters of the Red Sea, Nujuma is the first Ritz-Carlton Reserve in the Kingdom, and among the most visionary.
Its circular villas and curved decks evoke seashells scattered across the lagoon, blending futuristic minimalism with an intimate connection to nature.
Designed for seclusion and serenity, it captures the spirit of Saudi Arabia’s new coastal luxury movement.
A celestial escape where architecture drifts like a constellation.
W Abu Dhabi – Yas Island
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Architects: Asymptote Architecture
If Formula 1 had a five-star suite, this would be it.
Built directly above the Yas Marina Circuit, this hotel is wrapped in a kinetic LED grid shell that glows and shifts colors like a living creature.
From its glass bridge over the racetrack to its digital façade, W Abu Dhabi is what happens when architecture meets adrenaline.
