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2014 GOLD KEY AWARDS

BEST HOTEL - LUXURY

FINALIST

WALDORF ASTORIA JERUSALEM
Designer: Metex Design Group, Istanbul
THE CHALLENGE: Reinvent the city's first luxury hotel building as a respectful
gathering place for sophisticated travelers of all nationalities and faiths.
THE INSIDE STORY: Located across from the prestigious Mamilla Mall at the

intersection of King David Blvd. and Agron St., this 226-key five star literally and
figuratively links the old and new city. The detailed Ottoman-style architecture
of the original 1929 Palace Hotel provided an easy stylistic segue to the past. To
modernize that message, Metex retained the focus on architectural detail but
streamlined it into straighter lines, as in the molding used in the guest rooms.
The intricate decoration of the exterior shows up again in the patterns of
Ottoman hand-woven carpets in the King's Court restaurant. To keep the effect
of a space with grand staircase and crystal chandeliers opulent without the
ostentation, there are sleek additions such as padded walls accented with stainless steel and the hand-painted ceiling by artist Neal Oseroff (who spent three
months, Michaelangelo-style on a platform doing the work).
THE TAKEAWAY: Take a stand. This hotel's aim to play a role in uniting a world of

travelers is brought home visually with big "wows" such as the glass sculpture by
Jeremy Langford that symbolizes the desire for world peace with 150 hand-blown
doves suspended through the three-story lobby. That's balanced by small acts of
respect such as the decision to present each of the four faces of the signature clock
in different characters: Hebrew, Roman, Arabic and one that is only numeric.

SOURCES
Metex Design Group: Gamze Aygunal,
architect; Sinan Kafadar,architect,
Yaprak Moral, architect, Sezen
Oktem, architect; ARCHITECT:
Feigin Architects; PURCHASING
COMPANY: IPC Jerusalem; GENERAL
CONTRACTOR: Ahsap Urun sanayi
A.S; LIGHTING CONSULTANT:;
RTLD Lighting Design; KITCHEN
CONSULTANT: Baz Associates;
HVAC CONSULTANT: D.HAHN A.FRENKEL Consulting Engineers
Ltd.; ELECTRICAL CONSULTANT:
G. Itkin E. Blum Electrical Engineering
Ltd.; WATER SYSTEMS CONSULTANT:
Yosha Amnon Consulting Engineers
Ltd.; CARPET: Carmel Floor Designs
(guest rooms); Ulster Carpets (public
spaces); FLOORING: Ahsap Urun
sanayi A.S (marble flooring); Provin
Mermer San Tic A.S. (marble flooring);
FURNITURE: Ahsap Urun sanayi A.S
(guest rooms); Francesco Molon
(public spaces); LIGHTING: LASVIT;
Kokkaya Aydiınlatma Cihazlari San.
Tic. A. S.; WALL COVERINGS AND
MATERIALS: J. Josephson Inc.,
Koroseal; Maharam; Maya Romanoff;
Symphony Wall Covering; Vescom

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From the Executive Editor
The Buzz
2014 Gold Key Awards: Personal Space
Concrete Results
Products: The Year's Best
Last Detail
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