Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental – Hotel Views in Abu Dhabi
The Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental (قصر الإمارات ماندارين أورينتال) is a luxury five-star hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The building was designed by WATG Architects with Reza Rahmanian as the Architect of the exterior.
The design of the hotel is a mix of Islamic architectural elements such as balance, geometry, proportion, rhythm and hierarchical emphasis alongside modern methods of design and construction.
The central dome features elaborate geometrical patterns and 114 smaller domes are spread over the building. The colour of the building was inspired by different shades of sand found in the Arabian Desert.
Construction, carried out by Belgian company BESIX, started in December 2001. The interior fit-out works were delivered by Depa Interiors, Abu Dhabi with the hotel opening its gates in February 2005.
The construction costs were around US$3 billion (11.02 billion dirhams) making it the third most expensive hotel ever built, surpassed by the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Las Vegas ($3.9 billion) and the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore ($5.5 billion).
Video Source: Emirates Palace Hotel Abu Dhabi, the place where it was filmed Fast & Furious 7 from B.J & Family Travels on Youtube ⁄ CC BY
