Studio Libeskind, in association with AECOM, has unveiled the design for two high-rise towers in Downtown Dubai.
Offering uninterrupted views of the Burj Khalifa, the Dubai Frame, Al Fahidi Fort and the Dubai Creek, the Baccarat Hotel & Residences is situated in tower one and will host 144 rooms and suites, along with 49 Baccarat branded residences.
The owner, Shamal Holding, will collaborate closely with H&H Development, a real estate investor, developer, and asset manager based in Dubai.
The project will be managed by SH Hotels & Resorts, the hotel management company that includes Baccarat Hotels & Residences in its brand portfolio, and designed to meet the Silver Sa’fa rating, from the Dubai Green Building System.
“I wanted the design to reflect the legendary brand of Baccarat while creating a human-scaled development in the heart of Downtown Dubai,” said architect Daniel Libeskind. “The dynamic glass tower that reflects the desert, sea, and sky, rises into branches that create unique residences and disperses the mass of the building,” added Libeskind.
The crystalline-inspired towers rise in an intentional hierarchy and a shared architectural vocabulary. Tower one rises at 237 meters high (44 floors), steps forward towards the main road, and includes the hotel and residences, café, restaurants, bar, spa, and pool.
Designed as a cluster of prismatic crystals that soars upwards into four branches to disperse the overall mass of the building, the tower’s four massing branches culminate at different heights creating a slender proportion and a residential scale.
The podium of the buildings will include restaurants and public spaces including a plaza, with trees and greenery for shading, and shaped benches for seating. There is a central landscaped plaza that is bookended with water features that assist with cooling during the summer.
Additional cascading water features and green planting continue to the northern grand public stairs that provide barrier free pedestrian access to the city sidewalks on the ground level. The design team includes London-based design studio 1508 London for the interiors, and US-based landscape architecture firm EDSA.
Baccarat Hotel and Residences Dubai is owned by Shamal Holding, a diversified investment firm which manages a unique portfolio of investments, assets and experiences.
The hotel will offer a level of elegance reflective of the heritage of the brand and is in line with Shamal Holding’s commitment to investing in the extraordinary.
Founded by King Louis XV, Baccarat is a legendary French crystal company whose artisans have mastered their craft for over 250 years. The Baccarat name has long been synonymous with royalty, kings and queens, sultans and tsars, moguls, and modern-day stars.
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Architect: Studio Libeskind
- Partner: AECOM
- Owner: Shamal Holding
- Year: 2022
- Images: Courtesy of Studio Libeskind and via PropSearch
