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The Reef

WO R DS: T O M M_ELV I LLE

> project > location > client

The Reef Abu Dhabi, UAE Al Qudra Real Estate

> architect > date

Diseño Earle Architects 2008-2010

> area > materials

9-storeys 22,233 m2 Cast in place concrete , precast-concrete panels with glass infill

Image Below: At night, the interior colour palette shines through the building’s skin, creating a brilliant waterfront lightshow marking the hotel on the skyline.

IMA G ES: D I S EÑ O EAR L E A RC HI T E C_TS

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THE REEF > by Diseño Earle Architects Most people assume good architecture is the product of talented architects. In fact, good architecture requires special clients – persons or organisations with the vision and courage to demand something extraordinary for their building projects. With this in mind, Diseño Earle began work on a nine-storey hotel – a project that, in the words of its client, was to be an iconic “World Landmark”

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SITE. The five-star hotel anchors a waterfront development in Abu Dhabi, one of the most modern cities in the region and the world. At once, the building needed to address dramatic views to and from the water, while relating to its urban context, the bustling metropolitan centre of the United Arab Emirates. Both the client and the architect envisioned a dramatic, sculptural design for the hotel that would create a bold visual identity, not only for itself, but for the entire waterfront district. DESIGN. Drawing inspiration from its waterfront site and

the client’s desire for an efficient, environmentally sensitive building, the hotel borrows forms from nature, emulating the abundant coral structures found in the nearby Arabian Gulf. Imagined as a reef, the hotel is broken into smaller wings and branches which embrace the site, defining welcoming courtyards to front and rear. Building entries are marked with dramatic cantilevered overhangs – as if underwater, the hotel appears to float upward, weightless above its waterfront site, waving gently like a fan reef. Like coral, the hotel’s interior is composed with gentle curves, flowing lines, and vibrant colours. With expansive waterfront views, the main lobby features a triple-height lounge rendered in vivid reds and pinks to create a striking and dramatic entry. Above, the individual rooms and suites employ smooth, sinuous forms to create a serene, almost aquatic experience for the guests. Each room assumes its own unique palette of reds, oranges and purples that, from the exterior form as a single,

multi-coloured mosaic. At night, these colours shine through the building’s skin to create a brilliant waterfront light show, marking the hotel on the skyline. CONSTRUCTION. The hotel is constructed of cast-in-place concrete slabs on splayed concrete columns. Featuring floor to ceiling glass at every floor, the building is shaded with a coral-like scrim of concrete branches. As a complete wrapping, the skin helps the building to read as a single iconic form. Unbroken by individual floors or windows, the apparently random skin is composed of a single panel type, which is mirrored, flipped and rotated to create an organiclooking skin. A half metre in thickness, the concrete prevents direct sunlight from striking the glass for most of the day, reducing heating loads on the building.

The hotel draws sustenance from its surroundings like a plant, using abundant sunlight and seawater to help power the building. A series of rooftop photovoltaic panels generate the building’s electricity, while passive solar collectors are used to preheat water used for showers and laundry. In addition, the building takes in cool seawater to reduce the load on its air-conditioning system. x

Image Opposite Page: Drawing inspiration from its waterfront site and the client’s desire for an efficient, environmentally sensitive building, the hotel borrows forms from nature emulating the coral structures found in the Arabian Gulf. Image Above Left: Smooth sinuous forms create a serene, almost aquatic experience for the guests. Image Above Right: Like coral, the hotel’s interior is composed of gentle curves, flowing lines and vibrant colours.

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Many hoteliers spend an awful lot of time just fluffing up scatter cushions and carving microscopic en suite showers from pint-sized shoe cupboards – but since when is hosing yourself down in a weenie wet-room good enough? Is it enough to find your mini bar is in fact a bag of nuts and a pillow mint; or that in-room entertainment consists of CNN on an endless loop? Not for us, when we get away for a weekend we need inspiration, we need spoiling, we need to take our minds far, far from the glossy mag assembly line and fatten up on cool designer data. After a long steam bath of a summer, we all need a little kick to get ourselves back up to full speed – it’s all for your benefit in the end – so check out our mad motels and hooky hotels in cool sites, and maybe we’ll see you there.

Harlingen is somewhere in Holland, it doesn’t really matter where, because Holland is as flat as a billiard table and lashed with North Sea winds right across the board. However, to add some spice to their cosy little Beneluxian existence, the folk at Vuurtoren have decided to convert a lighthouse, a lifeboat and a harbour crane into clunky - but very funky - lodgings. These harbour-side holiday homes keep their outer functional forms obviously, but inside magically transform to chic, state-of-the-art weekend break hotels. We love ‘em; an elevating experience that’ll really float your boat; although the reading light was a bit severe in one.

Sometimes, half your weekend is taken up just getting there, well this guesthouse solves it all. Everland is a travelling hotel, a one-roomed futuristic work of art that doubles as a guesthouse. Everland is cool, exclusive, unique and mobile. Admittedly it won’t appear in your back yard, but the idea is to attach Everland to an art museum - absolutely anywhere - making it a public work of art by day and a private space by night. I’d feel sorry for any art critic wandering in on me at 8am, but maybe that’s the idea in a Tracey Emin kind of way. Everland is Paris bound at the moment but if it ever hits the GACMA we’ll let you know.

This hotel has got more bars than Butlins, Youth Hostel Celica in Ljubljana is an ex-prison block. The cells, now artistically renovated, offer a touch more opulence than the old days but it is still a chilling building; a tormented history screaming out with every rattle of your room keys. Each cosy 4x4 is laden with goodies, some of it designer, with en suite toilets and of course, topical floor to ceiling iron curtains. If you fancy a weekend away from it all there is always the solitary suite, but don’t forget to take some snouts in with you – a weekend down there is a long, long stretch.

Propeller Island City Lodge is pure unadulterated art. Each room has an inspiring artistic theme, like the Flying Bed suite – where grandma’s bed appears to float above a slanted floor, or the reflection room with wall to wall to floor to ceiling mirrors. Take our word for it; each design is stunning and laden with artistic provenance. Imagine waking up after a heavy Steiner-supping Berlin night in the upside-down room, only to find your Paracetamol are stuffed in a drawer hanging from the ceiling, ouch!

Are you barking up the wrong tree when it comes to accommodation? Well this could just make things much, much worse. For a start, having a chain-saw artist as an hotelier might not truly appeal, but at least it’s not in Texas. The Dog Bark Park Inn is in Cottonwood, Idaho and no, our taste hasn’t gone to the dogs – but beagle is definitely about! This backwash B+B is in fact a giant two-storey wooden doggy. The hound’s head doubles as a cosy boudoir and the dining area is deep in its growling underbelly - so your dinner’s in the dog - as they say. This worryingly obsessive man’s best friend motel also offers ‘stay and learn’ packages like home candle making and Dutch oven cookery… I thought that was something that happened under the dowg’s duvet?

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Villa Vista de Aguila is situated on one of the finest original plots on the prestigious Monte Mayor Golf and Country Club near Marbella. The 900 acre private estate includes a golf course, clubhouse, equestrian centre, tennis club and spa facilities all surrounded by a protected natural biosphere. The position is idyllic and the views breathtaking, overlooking the mountains surrounding Marbella, over the golf course and out to the Mediterranean. The villa of two wings is connected via a triple height atrium where the enormous window frames wide reaching views and creates an impressive entrance. Villa Vista de Aguila is a contemporary take on Balinese styling. The open plan living areas with their high ceilings and huge wooden windows, a unique feature of the house, throw light patterns into each room and enjoy fantastic views.

Las Olas

A living room, a kitchen linked to an open dining area and a Guest Suite are all located at entry level. The first floor comprises the Master Suite with dressing room, bathroom and private lounge plus an additional two bedroom suites. An impressive pergola with inset wood detailing sits with its columns in the infinity pool, linking external with internal. Various terrace areas provide changing views and shade. The basement houses a media room and study also with its own terrace. This villa will provide a modern lifestyle far enough from the crowds to relax but close enough to enjoy fine dining, beach life and local culture, with just a ten minute drive down to the main coastal road.

Situated in La Panera, an exclusive private development of just 28 individual villas near Estepona, Las Olas sits in a commanding position overlooking the Selwo Wildlife Park. La Panera is a protected area due to its proximity to the park. Extensive glazing affords spectacular panoramic sea views to the South over to Gibraltar and North Africa. The Sierra Bermeja mountains frame views to the West and to the North East the La Concha mountain forms the backdrop to views over Marbella. The unique roofline of the hill-top villa caps an L-shaped series of cubes, which define the living spaces and incorporates solar panels. Electricity generating photovoltaic panels are used as shaded canopies over the glazing. Pivoting decorative wood panels provide adjustable

shade to the outside dining and kitchen area. The villa is surrounded by various terraces and balconies. The impressive entrance to Las Olas is via a cube ´floating on a water bed’, which leads into a double height atrium, from where the openplan living area is accessed. In addition the ground and basement floors comprise a kitchen, media room, games room, guest apartment and plant room. A cantilevered staircase leads to the first floor with three en-suite bedrooms. A modern take on the galleried landing leads you across a bridge to an impressive master suite with a wrap around cantilevered terrace. Las Olas, a unique contemporary villa, is set in stunning countryside but just 2.5kms from the cosmopolitan New Golden Mile.

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Los Canales

Magnificently positioned at the highest point in La Panera sits Los Canales. La Panera is an exclusive private development of just 28 individual villas near Estepona. Protected by its proximity to the Selwo National Park, La Panera is situated amidst beautiful natural countryside just 2.5kms from the cosmopolitan New Golden Mile. Los Canales has the finest position within the development, with superlative 360° views over the Mediterranean to Gibraltar and North Africa, West to the Sierra Bermeja mountains and North East to La Concha and Marbella. A 60 metre drive leads to the front of the villa. Steps bordered by a ‘water canal’ feature lead to the glass fronted entrance. The ‘water canal’ follows the entire rear contour of the villa and at one point passes under a glass wall and through the entrance hall contextualising interior with exterior. The open-plan living areas are defined by a central cube

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with fireplace. This level also comprises the kitchen, breakfast area, bar, study/TV room and the dining room, a glazed cube which partly ‘floats’ above the swimming pool at which point the floor is also glazed. A semi-circular staircase leads to the first floor galleried landing with seating area opening out to a balcony. From here a bridge leads to the master suite situated in its own wing. Mostly glazed walls afford the bedroom panoramic views and the entire wall behind the double whirlpool bath is also glazed. The wrap around balcony is cantilevered over the swimming pool. Three further bedroom suites with balconies are in the opposite wing on this level. Numerous additional features also include concealed solar and photovoltaic panels to heat water and provide electricity. Los Canales is an exceptional villa.

The prestigious Monte Mayor Golf and Country Club, situated near Marbella, is home to Villa Infinidad, located on one of the finest plots. The position is idyllic and the views breathtaking, overlooking the mountains surrounding Marbella, over the golf course and out to the Mediterranean. The 900 acre private estate includes a golf course, clubhouse, equestrian centre, tennis club and spa facilities, all surrounded by a protected natural biosphere. The most unusual feature of this modern villa is the structure housing the main living area which hangs mid-air looking out to sea. The cube’s front wall is fully glazed giving the impression of an ‘infinity room’ compelling you towards the view.

area of the lower level. On this level is the open plan living area and staircase down to the lower level. The heart of this level is the central kitchen which defines the whole space. Two terraced areas with pergolas face East and West catching the morning and evening sun. The infinity pool with adjacent pergola is also on this level. Every room has spectacular views. The lower level comprises an enormous Master Suite with spa bath and dressing room and a further two bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms all accessing a large terrace. Villa Infinidad – an infinite range of possibilities.

Accessing Villa Infinidad is via a bridge suspended over the outside

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The Mirage

State-of-the-art design incorporates sustainability features that reduce the carbon footprint to practically zero, but by no means has the design element of the building been forfeited over ecological function.

The luminous main living area hovers above a ‘mirage’ of water which appears to merge with the swimming pool but is in fact part of the cooling system. Complemented by solar panelling, smart glass technology, geo-thermal heating systems and water management processes, waste and running costs are reduced to an almost selfsufficient level.

Upon approach, a ‘floating’ glass walkway runs to the entrance of a double height glass atrium enjoying stunning 180º views and comprising the main living room, dining room and kitchen, two terraces, swimming pool plus separate guest accommodation situated at the far end of the plot.

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