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Blue Muscat Hotel
STATUS
Concept
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
BUDGET
$50M - 100M
Rising as a contemporary landmark along the coastline of Muscat, this hotel and mixed-use development reinterprets local architectural principles through a refined, forward-looking lens. The project is conceived as a vertical urban oasis—one that balances density, climate responsiveness, and cultural expression within a compact footprint.
At the heart of the design lies a double, vertically connected courtyard, functioning as the project’s spatial and social core. These courtyards draw natural light deep into the building, promote cross-ventilation, and create layered visual connections between public, semi-public, and private programs. More than an environmental device, the courtyards act as internal urban rooms—calm, shaded, and animated—offering moments of pause within the vertical city.
The building envelope is defined by a fritted glass façade composed of geometric patterns, inspired by regional motifs and Islamic tessellations. This secondary skin performs multiple roles: it filters solar gain, reduces glare, enhances privacy, and casts dynamic shadows that evolve throughout the day. The interplay between transparency and opacity allows interior spaces to remain visually connected to the city and sea while maintaining thermal comfort in Muscat’s hot climate.
Programmatically, the tower integrates hotel functions, hospitality amenities, and mixed-use components, stacked and interwoven to activate the building at different times of day. Public spaces at the base engage the surrounding urban fabric, while elevated communal areas and lounges overlook the courtyards, reinforcing a sense of vertical continuity and shared experience.
Internally, the architecture emphasizes clarity, lightness, and material restraint. The structural rhythm of the façade is expressed within, creating a coherent dialogue between exterior form and interior space. Soft landscaping, water elements, and natural finishes temper the scale of the atrium spaces, reinforcing the project’s identity as a contemporary retreat rooted in its context.
This development proposes a new model for high-density hospitality in Muscat—one that is climatically intelligent, culturally grounded, and spatially generous, transforming a mixed-use tower into an immersive architectural experience rather than a singular object.
At the heart of the design lies a double, vertically connected courtyard, functioning as the project’s spatial and social core. These courtyards draw natural light deep into the building, promote cross-ventilation, and create layered visual connections between public, semi-public, and private programs. More than an environmental device, the courtyards act as internal urban rooms—calm, shaded, and animated—offering moments of pause within the vertical city.
The building envelope is defined by a fritted glass façade composed of geometric patterns, inspired by regional motifs and Islamic tessellations. This secondary skin performs multiple roles: it filters solar gain, reduces glare, enhances privacy, and casts dynamic shadows that evolve throughout the day. The interplay between transparency and opacity allows interior spaces to remain visually connected to the city and sea while maintaining thermal comfort in Muscat’s hot climate.
Programmatically, the tower integrates hotel functions, hospitality amenities, and mixed-use components, stacked and interwoven to activate the building at different times of day. Public spaces at the base engage the surrounding urban fabric, while elevated communal areas and lounges overlook the courtyards, reinforcing a sense of vertical continuity and shared experience.
Internally, the architecture emphasizes clarity, lightness, and material restraint. The structural rhythm of the façade is expressed within, creating a coherent dialogue between exterior form and interior space. Soft landscaping, water elements, and natural finishes temper the scale of the atrium spaces, reinforcing the project’s identity as a contemporary retreat rooted in its context.
This development proposes a new model for high-density hospitality in Muscat—one that is climatically intelligent, culturally grounded, and spatially generous, transforming a mixed-use tower into an immersive architectural experience rather than a singular object.
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