Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait

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The Hotel was fashioned by top-flight international design talent: architecture by Gensler of San Francisco; interiors by Yabu Pushelberg of New York; and two of three featured restaurants by Kokaistudios of Shanghai. Lighting throughout is custom designed, and most public areas display pieces from the Hotel’s incomparable collection of contemporary art with works of many mediums from international artists that make guests stop in their tracks. Noted Glenn Pushelberg, of Yabu Pushelberg: “Our aim was to create a sense of wonderment in Kuwait; to surprise and delight guests. . There is a distinct connection to place within the design vocabulary, however, even though the context is from within the Middle East, visitors are transported beyond the boundaries of Kuwait.” Materials, a sense of texture, patterning and colours in particular are all informed by the intensity of the desert and the local climate, playing with the contrast between daytime heat and cool nights.” Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait is in one of two towers within the Burj Alshaya complex, a new mixed-use development created around a regional architectural tradition. The Hotel’s modern glass exterior is laid out with mashrabiya latticework, an Arabic pattern dating from the Middle Ages, and wooden rhombus-shaped shading fins that, together, give it a distinctive appearance while heightening climatic performance in the desert heat. Rising 21 storeys, the property presents a spacious setting for international travellers and locals alike, with 284 guest rooms including 67 suites, multiple restaurants and lounges, nearly 3,000 square metres (31,000 square feet) of function space, a luxury spa with indoor pool and guests-only fitness centre, an outdoor pool, as well as renowned Four Seasons service. “Many Kuwaitis are familiar with Four Seasons, having stayed with us on their travels. Now there is a Four Seasons hotel right in their backyard, and with its design, architecture and artwork it’s like no other hotel in the world,” says Didier Jardin, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait. “The beauty and stylishness that guests experience through every corner of the property truly set this Hotel apart.”