Hotel Bimini Bahamas
A waterfront hospitality precedent featuring stepped terraces and extensive glazing that maximize views and engagement with an adjoining marina.
- What we like about this project
- Docked boats sit immediately beneath the guest room balconies, blurring the boundary between land-based hospitality and marine transit.
Materials
- glass
- concrete
- stucco
- metal
Visual identifiers
- waterfront-hotel
- illuminated-glass-facade
- marina-frontage
- stepped-balconies
Style tags
- contemporary
- coastal
- commercial
Visual tags
- hospitality
- waterfront
- resort
- evening-lighting
- modern-architecture
- Geometry
- Stepped multi-level massing with horizontal balconies and vertical structural framing columns facing a water edge.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing paired with recessed private balconies and solid panel accents.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame with columns and flat slabs supporting multi-level terraces.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial resort scale spanning multiple vertical levels and a wide horizontal frontage along the water.
- Lighting
- Twilight setting with warm interior lights glowing through expansive glazing contrasting against a cool blue evening sky.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting, luminous, and luxurious coastal ambiance at dusk.
- Environmental context
- Waterfront marina setting with small boats docked directly along the edge of the hotel structure.
- Spatial experience
- The building opens up toward the water with expansive terraces, creating a strong connection between indoor hospitality spaces and the marina.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal floor bands and alternating recessed balcony bays punctuated by vertical structural piers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary coastal commercial architecture
- Program
- Resort hotel and marina facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, concrete, stucco, metal
- Visual identifiers
- waterfront-hotel, illuminated-glass-facade, marina-frontage, stepped-balconies
- Style tags
- contemporary, coastal, commercial
- Visual tags
- hospitality, waterfront, resort, evening-lighting, modern-architecture
- Geometry
- Stepped multi-level massing with horizontal balconies and vertical structural framing columns facing a water edge.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing paired with recessed private balconies and solid panel accents.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame with columns and flat slabs supporting multi-level terraces.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial resort scale spanning multiple vertical levels and a wide horizontal frontage along the water.
- Lighting
- Twilight setting with warm interior lights glowing through expansive glazing contrasting against a cool blue evening sky.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting, luminous, and luxurious coastal ambiance at dusk.
- Environmental context
- Waterfront marina setting with small boats docked directly along the edge of the hotel structure.
- Spatial experience
- The building opens up toward the water with expansive terraces, creating a strong connection between indoor hospitality spaces and the marina.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal floor bands and alternating recessed balcony bays punctuated by vertical structural piers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary coastal commercial architecture
- Program
- Resort hotel and marina facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture