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SOMA Architects, Shaza Hotel, Doha, Qatar, Qatar hotel, Qatar architecture, luxury hotel, glass facade, arabesque facade, restaurant design, harsh climate, desert climate

The hotel will have 180 rooms spread across 15 floors, three basements, ballrooms, spas, a business center, restaurants and cigar lounges. A celebrity-run restaurant will boast innovative dining concepts brought into the country and inspired by the cuisines of Silk Route.

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Its sleek, glass facade references local tradition and has an Arabesque pattern silk screened onto the glass and parametrically manipulated to create a translucent mashrabiya. The facade is meant to maintain optimal conditions in the interior, while withstanding sand storms and temperatures over 115 degrees F, which are common in the Qatari capital.

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