Shaun Killa, the architect behind the gorgeous Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab, divulges into his process of completing the Jumeirah trilogy of hotels, which also includes Jumeirah Beach Hotel and the iconic Burj Al Arab . Photo: Courtesy Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab Jumeirah’s hotels are globally renowned for their top-notch Arab hospitality, coupled with the larger-than-life extravagance the region is synonymous with. Upholding the standards of the franchise, Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab is a sight to behold.
The hotel will complete the trilogy of picturesque staycation spots by Dubai’s Jumeirah beachfront, sitting pretty alongside the Jumeirah Beach Hotel and the world’s only seven-star-hotel: the iconic Burj Al Arab. Regarding the vision for the establishment, Shaun Killa , the award-winning architect responsible for the masterpiece, recently shared that the concept was inspired to complement Burj Al Arab. “We had to first decide what story we wanted to tell through our design, so we examined the properties along the beachfront to make sure that our narrative fitted in seamlessly with the existing properties.
This is where we conceptualized our design story, one that would originate at Madinat Jumeirah and end at Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab,” he explained. Inspired by ultra-yachts around the globe, Killa wanted to highlight the “sense of being in water through curvature, almost like a yacht going out to sea. It was designed to give a sense of the building moving in a direction — alth.
