RMJM designs luxury iconic hotel in Turkish capital

Jul 2009

By Sebastian J — Filed under: Hotels and Restaurants , RMJM, Turkey

International architectural company RMJM has designed, on behalf of developer Őzkar Construction Co., a new luxury hotel that will help “green” the Sogutozu district of Ankara, the capital city of Turkey.

Located on a 14,000 square-meter site, the luxurious 24-story J. W. Marriott Hotel devotes the first four floors to spacious ballrooms, meeting facilities, restaurants and shops in a sky-lit galleria, with guest rooms starting on the fifth floor. The plan also includes an underground parking garage.

The hotel, which will be completed on October 2010, will bring innovative sustainable design to Ankara and will include a unique design of vertical stone fins that will act as solar shading devices on the east and west facades. The glass curtain wall uses environmentally friendly materials such as high-performing, low-e coating and tinting that contributes to the reduced solar heat gain. Plentiful bamboo trees and vegetation will be included in the landscape to offer additional shading at the site.

More images after the break.

16 comments »

Lucas Gray says:

What makes this iconic? IS it the fact that it could be a generic icon for a skyscraper in any city in the world? Its just blah. I think they built about 43 of those just last year in Shanghai alone.

# July 13, 2009 at 13:35

Mehmet says:

Do you know anything about Ankara and its skyline? This will a good building because it will set an example for Turkish architect in the city. There are very few hotels in the city–only Sheraton hotel. I don’t think it will be bad for Ankara…

# July 16, 2009 at 13:08

gb says:

What are these renders done on?

# July 13, 2009 at 13:50

tropicalismo360 says:

“Green” must be one of the most abused words in the English language today – especially by architects. While there may be some sustainable practices by the developers what is the lifetime impact of this building on the environment? I’m guessing it’s huge.

# July 13, 2009 at 17:18

darius says:

horrible design. no plan, no sections, no detail as to how this tower is “green”. meaningless renderings that shows nothing besides “flashyness”.

# July 13, 2009 at 19:12

qfwfq says:

这样的设计在中国很常见啊！
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# July 13, 2009 at 22:15

Ling says:

Cool rendering, but how the details are fantastic?

# July 13, 2009 at 23:22

Alex says:

it is just a simple tower

# July 14, 2009 at 07:00

anon says:

there’s nothing iconic here…

# July 14, 2009 at 10:10

Rafa says:

Maybe it’s iconic because Turkey doesn’t have anything as tall as this?

# July 14, 2009 at 12:03

StructureHub Blog says:

It looks finely crafted from a distance, but the real test will be how the design translates to a close-up inspection in reality. I am curious what the cladding details will consist of.

# July 14, 2009 at 12:24

thanhtran says:

the simple architecture has pleased nature and people as they harmoniously together …. and sometimes designed for people to go search

# July 16, 2009 at 00:46

rafa says:

How is this supposed to be in harmony with nature? It stands out like a sore thumb…maybe this is just too advanced for turkey or something ;)

# July 16, 2009 at 02:00

ugur says:

This cant be an icon for Ankara city sorry, i know ankara and its not a undeveloped 3rd class world city. This one is just one of the simple buildings like the others… Cant fool with the words…

# July 17, 2009 at 19:05

ismet gungor says:

In that case we can say that this building will be in a harmony with the city, because there’s plenty of early modern style ” iconic ” goverment buildings in ankara. At least its not designed with orientalist style.

# July 22, 2009 at 10:57