If you happen to be in in Riyadh stay here
Picture, if you will, that you were to leave to Riyadh, the capital of a large and glorious kingdom. Conceivably, you’re actually even thinking to go there, we didn’t want to assume. In any case, contemplate for a moment about what you want to do with your time there. Though rapidly modernising, there is still a respectable amount of old architecture left, as well as a few wonderful contemporary museums. Certainly, you will not be bored. But where will you rest? As is the norm in any important capital city, you can find plenty glamorous international chain hotels in this blooming metropolis. We think, however, that identifying chain names won’t tell you much and in fact might affect your opinion whereby you will select form over content. As a substitute, we’re proposing for you to pick your hotel based on the quality of construction and the attention paid to making these hotels a reality. Take a good look at the three we think are of the very finest quality.
This is one of those hotels that is situated within a skyscraper. Hardly surprising, given that it has to have 350 rooms one way or another. Managed by a very exclusive Geneva-based hotel chain, it was designed and engineered by James Abbot, of a popular architectural design enterprise, which launched an office in this city to undertake this project. The hotel really attracts attention on the city scape on account of it being bordered mainly by low-rise objects, and is nicely included into local culture by following some traditional architectural details, characterised by triangular openings, all the while remaining very current.
One of the popular hotels in the city and operated by a very significant international enterprise, this hotel is more intriguing for the organisation behind designing and executing it, where Fahad Al-Tamimi works as senior consultant. His corporation is a very prominent consultancy in the country, designing objects ranging from commercial to residential to educational, and also working in water management and site development, among some other things. For the hotel, they managed both the design of the building, and the organisation of the less appealing elements, like plumbing, fire fighting, and other things similar to that.
This hotel is located within pretty much the most distinguished skyscraper in the city. Designed by Basem Al-Shibabi’s design firm, it has been a visiting card for the city in countless ways since its completion in 2002. Though no longer the highest building in the country, or even in the metropolis, it is still the most striking, equipped with an impressive observation bridge at the very top. Other than the hotel, it features just about everything, including but not limited to a shopping centre, conference halls, restaurants, sports facilities, and offices. Best of all, from above it looks slightly like a butterfly.
