W Hotel Dubai, Lobby
A hotel lobby concept where a band of sea-glass terrazzo leads guests from the door straight to the pool.
- Location
- Dubai, UAE
- Status
- Concept design
- Sector
- Hospitality
- Scope
- Interior design concept, Space planning, Visualisation
The lobby takes its cue from the moment the tide pulls back and leaves soft lines across the sand. That one gesture organises the whole space.
A band of sea-glass terrazzo runs from the arrival door across honed travertine and points at the infinity pool. No signage is needed: the floor shows guests the way to the water.
Reception settles against a wall of mother-of-pearl on one side, while the lounge gathers beneath a cluster of hand-blown glass on the other. Overhead, bleached oak baffles dip in a slow wave toward the sea.
Every material was borrowed from the coastline. The sun through the full-height glazing does the rest, shifting the mood from a bright arrival to a warm, lamp-lit evening.
Design principles
- Door to sea in one line
- Shoreline materials
- Curves, not corners
- Daylight, then lamplight
- Low seats, open views
Process
Brief and site study, concept sketch, massing and light study, materials and palette, then plan and visualisation.
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