Murad Boutique Hotel
Murad Boutique Hotel
Studio Anne Holtrop
ARCHITECTS
Studio Anne Holtrop
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Madison Cox
COLLABORATORS
Maitham Almubarak, Benjamin Arleth, Johanna Bindas, Alessandro Ianello, Leonardo Manti, Massimiliano Marcorni, Alexander Poulikakos, Philippine Radat, Mohammad Salim, Remco Siebring, Christian Vennerstrøm
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Mario Monotti
CONSERVATION EXPERT
Gaetano Arricobene Architects
LOCAL ENGINEER
Ismail Khonji Associates
MEP ENGINEER
Sjm
CONSTRUCTION
Almoayyed Contracting, Bokhowa Group
YEAR
2025
LOCATION
Muharraq, Bahrain
CATEGORY
Hotels
Text description provided by architect.
The Murad House is part of the Pearling Path, a UNESCO-listed heritage site showcasing the pearl history.
The house is an essential component since the Murad family was highly involved in the pearling economy as pearl merchants.
The house will be renovated and rehabilitated into a guesthouse with 7 rooms, a restaurant, a garden, and a tea room.
The design is based on a language of incomplete rectangular forms cut out of paper.
It is the imperfection of the paper cut forms that gives it its character.
When several forms are put together to make a facade, a floor, a garden, or stairs, the misfits stresses the incompleteness of the forms and resonates the handmade nature of the old house.
