Hospitality at the Threshold of the Sacred - MEKKA HOTEL
Category Name - Hospitality/Offices/Public & Urban Projects
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Project summary
Hotel Tower, KSA — A Contemporary Mashrabiya
This hotel project reinterprets the traditional Saudi mashrabiya through a contemporary architectural language. Rather than treating openings as simple perforations, the building mass is transformed into a series of layered envelopes that shape light, privacy, and spatial depth.
The façade unfolds as a vertical sequence of screens and voids, filtering daylight and views while creating moments of intimacy within the dense urban context. These layers dissolve the scale of the tower, breaking down its mass into a rhythmic composition of solids and transparencies.
Light becomes an architectural material—revealed, filtered, and contained—while the layered openings establish visual connections between interior spaces and the city. The result is a hotel that balances openness and discretion, transforming a monolithic volume into a culturally grounded, human-scaled landmark.
Projects
The Corporate Diagonal - A CO OFFICE BUILDING - ZALKA - LEBANON
Where the Sea Becomes Infinite - HAMATE RETREAT- LEBANON
Atlantic Gateway - RM HOTEL – AGADIR – MOROCCO – COMPETITION
The Forest That Gives Back - K ECOLODGE – KFARHOUNEH – LEBANON
Lost in the Red Rock - DESERT HIDE-OUT – AL OLA – KSA
Facing Byblos Bay - HORIZON BUILDING - BYBLOS – LEBANON
Knowledge Grows Outward - UOB DEK CAMPUS EXTENSION -DEKWANEH – LEBANON
Entertainment at the Center - B1 MALL & CINEMAS – KHOBAR – KSA
Program Stacked, City Served - MULTIUSE BUILDING -JUBAIL – KSA
North African Business Landmark - AL ANDALUSIA BUSINESS CENTER – TRIPOLI – LYBIA
An Oasis in the City Fabric - OASIS RESIDENTIAL COMPOUND - JEDDAH - KSA
Dignity in Collective Housing - WORKERS CAMP – KSA
Reclaiming the Public Realm - SIMA - SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATED MUNICIPAL ACTIONS
A Home for Learning - CMF STUDENTS’ HOUSE – DBAYEH – LEBANON
The Gateway Expanded - DAMASCUS AIRPORT EXTENSION COMPETITION – DAMASCUS – SYRIA
Civic Space for a Small Town - FIDAR MUNICIPALITY COMPETITION- FIDAR – LEBANON
The Retail Promenade - B STREET MALL – KHOBAR – KSA
Industrial Logic - HOLDAL WAREHOUSE – LEBANON
Power and Presence - H HEADQUARTERS - JEDDAH - KSA
Authority in White and Wood - LAW FIRM RIYADH – KSA
Rooted in the Riverbank - ZECOLODGE – ZABBOUGHA – LEBANON
A Canopy Retreat - ABOVE THE TREES – ZABBOUGHA – LEBANON
Work and Residence, Unified - H… HQ + VILLAS – JEDDAH – KSA
Into the Natural Playground - ADVENTURE PARK - JIITA - LEBANON
Healing and the City - MOUNT LEBANON HOSPITAL COMPETITION – BEIRUT – LEBANON
The Factory Refined - J FACTORY – MANSOURIEH – LEBANON
A Landscape for Play - WAOUH PLAYGROUND – ZALKA – LEBANON
Architecture of Spectacle - SAUDI CUP – KSA
A Mixed-Use Neighborhood Anchor - JDEIDEH MULTI-USE PROJECT – JEDEIDEH – LEBANON
Vertical Identity - SORAYA TOWER – BEIRUT – LEBANON
Mediterranean on the Rocks - KFARABIDA RESORT – BATROUN – LEBANON
Gathering at Scale - ARAMCO DINING HALL – KSA
The Room Where Decisions Land - ARAMCO MEETING ROOM – KSA
The Mountain Escapes - BASKINTA RESORT - TM PROJECT - BASKINTA - LEBANON
A Firm's Quiet Statement - O LAW FIRM – BAABDA – LEBANON
Resort for a New City - KAEC RESORT-KSA
Commerce on the Waterfront - ANGOLA CORNICE MALL AND BUSINESS CENTER- ANGOLA
