Insular Style

Another project of Rafael Viñoly Architects, is the Raffles City Bahrain for Manama. Kingdom of Bahrain, is a small island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. While Bahrain is an archipelago of thirtythree islands. Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain via the King Fahd Causeway, The capital, Manama, is located at the north-east of the Bahrain island. This is not a kind of great megapolis, but it is quite picturesque city renowned by its mosques and other sights, including bazaars and ultramodern architecture.

PROJECT FACTS
Location: Manama City, Bahrain
Size: 4,300,000 gross square feet
Construction Cost: US $ 500,000,000 (2009 est.)
Completion Year: 2012
Category: Residential, Commercial, Hospitality, Infrastructure
Building Program: Skyvilla residences, apartments, hotel, waterfront promenade, retail, restaurants, spa, fitness center, swimming pools, outdoor terraces, parking garages
Features: complex layering of building types creates threedimensional urban landscape with contemporary architecture curved form responds to site geometry and focuses views toward center of development terraced landscape and exclusive vehicular access enhance privacy of skyvilla units.

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