The Mercure Gold Hotel, a luxury property in Dubai, UAE, is set for a grand revival following the completion of a dramatic upgrade.

The extensive redesign and refurbishment was completed by Dubai-based architecture and interior design firm, Design Haus Medy (DHM), with the brief centred on the concept of "movement and continuous evolution".

DHM creative director, Medy Navani, said: "Besides a simple and functional refurbishment, the redesign aimed to enlarge the lobby waiting area, to bring identity into the design and to structure the flow of guests throughout the hotel."

"One's very first step into the lobby of a hotel should give the feeling of spaciousness and luxury of a grand hotel, where the guest is the main focus point. We achieved this in the Mercure Gold by introducing a royal blue carpet, which marks the directions of the flow of key foot traffic, as well as separates waiting zones into comfortable islands".

Navani said the design concept was connected to the idea of Dubai's continuous flow of movement, with its rapidly changing environment and unique transformation of people lives.

"Repetitive golden elements are wrapped around existing columns, and continue their movement through all the furniture pieces, and the reception desk reminds one of a ‘frozen stage’ during continuous transformation.

"Parametric design is spread from the lobby into an all day dining area, evolving the straight golden colour elements into flower-like wooden arms, shaping interesting forms that clad the columns. The all day dining area was designed as a flexible environment, with around 120 seating places that can be easily transformed into a wedding hall, or private celebration facility", Navani said.

Movable partitions continue the main design theme of the hotel, and feature "water flow" shapes, emphasised with beautiful agate porcelain on the floor. The colour scheme and materials chosen by DHM were carefully selected to reflect the hotel's luxury hospitality standards, designed to look spectacular and equally functional, maintainable and durable.

Just 20 minutes from the Dubai International Airport, the hotel is ideally located in close proximity to the Dubai Convention Centre, World Trade Centre and Jumeirah Beach-La Mer and offers visitors fantastic four-star hospitality in downtown Dubai. - TradeArabia News Service