Madrid-based Rockwell Group Europe, the European arm of the New York design firm, and Saudi Arabian investment company Dhaliliyah Est. are nearing completion of the interiors of the Nobu Hotel Riyadh.
The hotel, one of a handful scheduled to open around the world, will follow Nobu Hospitality’s first Las Vegas project, a boutique hotel within Caesars Palace Las Vegas. The company was founded on a partnership between acclaimed chef Nobu Matsuhisa, actor Robert de Niro and film producer Meir Teper.
Opening in the first quarter of 2015, the hotel will be located in a 23-story building on King Fahd Road in the heart of the city’s financial centre and will house 90 guestrooms and 44 suites.
The interiors, which are nearing completion will, according to Rockwell Group Europe, “blend Nobu’s cutting-edge Japanese style with subtle and poetic references to the magical landscapes of the Arabian Peninsula”.
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“The design of Nobu Hotel Riyadh is a progression of various concepts that Rockwell Group has developed with Nobu in the past, emphasising natural materials and craftsmanship and visually connecting different spaces to create a fluid environment and experience,” says Diego Gronda, Managing and Creative Director of Rockwell Group Europe.
“We’re building on the distinctive Nobu aesthetic while anchoring the hotel in its specific Saudi-Arabian context, which was accomplished by weaving together abstract references to Japanese and Saudi cultural and natural elements and setting up these dynamic design dualities.”
In addition to the hotel’s guestrooms, Rockwell Group Europe is designing the hotel’s public spaces. These include a teahouse on the ground floor, an all-day dining restaurant on the first floor mezzanine, a VIP Lounge with views of the city from the sixteenth floor, banquet facilities and meeting rooms, as well as the hotel’s in-house, 770m2 signature Nobu Restaurant.
Last year the executive management team for Nobu Hotel Riyadh was appointed.
Another Nobu hotel is planned for Bahrain but no other details are available as of yet.
In 2014, the Nobu Hotel City of Dreams Manila will open followed by the Nobu Hotel Riyadh, Nobu Hotel Eden Roc Miami Beach, Nobu Hotel Chicago, and Nobu Hotel Shoreditch in London, among other global locations.
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