Inaura Mixed-Use Complex, Dubai
MVRDV has been selected to design Inaura, a mixed-use hotel and residential tower in Downtown Dubai. The project will rise to 210 meters on a site located between Downtown Dubai and Business Bay, with views toward the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Fountain. The tower is conceived as a primarily rectilinear volume, differentiated by a luminous, jewel-like ovoid structure embedded within its upper portion at approximately three-quarters of the building's height. The ovoid volume accommodates the building's Sky Lounge. Positioned between the lower hotel and residential floors and the upper residential units, the Sky Lounge organizes the tower's internal program vertically. Its location provides shared amenities at an intermediate level, linking the interior experience to the broader urban context through views and orientation.
At the base, a four-story plinth contains public and semi-public functions, including restaurant spaces and entrance lobbies at ground level, with a three-story gym above. An infinity pool is located on the roof of the plinth, followed by a spa level. Above this, the lower portion of the tower includes a 101-room hotel and 105 one- to three-bedroom apartments. Seven floors above the Sky Lounge accommodate nine larger residential units, described as four- to six-bedroom Sky Villas, positioned to take advantage of elevated views.
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