African project
Marriott Hotel Crystal Towers – South Africa
is of two towers sharing an integrated,
dynamic and permeable base of public
activity, with a cantilevered suspended
pool box in between. The focus of this
base is an internal pedestrian street,
conceived encourage a social hub of
activity, comprising restaurants coffee
shop, hotel reception and bars.
The concept of the two towers allows
the function to be clearly expressed. The
hotel tower is fully double glazed with
a curtain wall façade, backlit with LED
lighting to reflect a slick contemporary
experience while maximising the
dramatic elevated views of Table
Mountain and Table Bay. The residences
have a more sculpted facade that steps
in and out to form weather protected
balconies. These two facade treatments
are controlled and contained within
two equally sized projecting aluminium
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