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J/Brice Design International, creator of several high-profile hotels in the Arabian Peninsula, has been hired to design the interiors of a palace being built by a Saudi sheik. The commission involves a four-story, 52,000 square-foot summer residence that will be erected on the Red Sea for Sheikh Hassan Isam Alkabbani, vice chairman of the Isam Khairi Kabbani Group of Companies.
"We are creating esthetic impact by integrating modernist international architecture with Arabian motifs in gleaming, monochromatic white materials in various textures coupled with dramatic lighting," said Jeffrey Ornstein, founder and ceo of J/Brice Design, whose other Middle Eastern projects include the Al-Khobar Hotel and Towers in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Khalifa Hotel and Aspire Tower in Doha, Qatar, and luxury resorts in Ethiopia and Zanzibar.
The palace will house an entry atrium with grand staircase, waterfalls and gleaming glass elevator; areas for entertaining and socializing; and several grand suites, including a 3,000 square feet (280 square meters) master suite. The family's penthouse-level space includes window walls that retract fully to create uninterrupted access to the terraces, as well as reflecting and recreational pools with Red Sea vistas. The palace will also have its own theater, spa, fitness center and bowling alley.
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