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Brief and Concept
The original concept for the design was based on
the need to achieve the following:
1. Create a ‘Las Vegas’ style hotel, with floor to
ceiling glazing in the bedrooms. It was to be a
modern, high profile building that complimented
the overall Menlyn Maine Complex.
2. House three room tiers of hotel offerings in one
building; Standard, Luxury and Premium.
3. Standard and Luxury rooms to share public
facilities, while premium rooms were to have
their own public areas.
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4. 96 Standard rooms, 94 Luxury rooms including
suites and 48 premium rooms, comprising bed-
rooms, apartments and a presidential suite.
5. A back of house component was shared with the
casino and was built as part of the casino phase.
The form of the hotel is a representation of its
function. The public areas for the standard and
luxury rooms create a two-storey base, housing
reception, administration, all day dining and
bar areas, conferencing and a pool deck. The
bedrooms stack to form a tower, with the standard
rooms from floors two to five, luxury rooms from
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