Babylon Rotana Baghdad Hotel
| Babylon Rotana Baghdad Hotel | |
|---|---|
فندق بابل أو بابيلون ورويك (Arabic) | |
 Babylon Rotana Baghdad Hotel, 2016 | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Yugoslav Modernism[1] |
| Location | Baghdad,  Iraq |
| Coordinates | 33°17′28″N 44°23′25″E / 33.2911°N 44.3904°E |
| Opening | 1982 |
| Owner | Al Ibaa Company |
| Management | Rotana Hotels |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Edvard Ravnikar together with Majda Kregar, Edo Ravnikar Jr & Miha Kerin[1] |
| Architecture firm | Lovćeninženjering[1] |
| Main contractor | Elliniki Techniki S.A. |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 284 |
The Babylon Hotel is a 284-room hotel on the banks of the Tigris River, in the Al-Jadriya district of Baghdad, Iraq.
History
The hotel's architecture is a Ziggurat, in the form of a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels. It was designed by Slovenian architect Edvard Ravnikar and was originally intended to be built as a beach resort at Budva in Montenegro, in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[1] When that project fell through, the plans were re-used and slightly adjusted for the new site in Baghdad.[2]
The hotel originally opened in 1982 as the Babylon Oberoi Hotel, managed by Oberoi Hotels & Resorts.[3] The interiors were designed by Indian architect Sunita Kohli. Oberoi severed their connection with the hotel due to the 1991 Gulf War. The hotel joined the Warwick Hotels and Resorts chain in October 2014 as the Babylon Warwick Hotel. On January 9, 2019 the hotel ended its contract with Warwick Hotels and Resorts, signing a contract with Rotana Hotels on January 20, 2019.[4] The hotel was renamed Babylon Rotana Baghdad Hotel on February 1, 2019.[5]
On January 25, 2010 the Babylon Hotel was the site of a car bomb attack.[6] On May 29, 2015, it was hit by another deadly car bomb attack.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d Niebyl, Donald (29 March 2020). "10 Works of Yugoslav Modernist Architecture in Africa & the Middle East". The Spomenik Database. The Spomenik Database. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ https://abe.revues.org/924
- ^ https://abe.revues.org/924
- ^ https://www.rotana.com/newsarticle/2044
- ^ https://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article103866.html
- ^ "Bomb Attacks On Iraq Hotels Kill At Least 36". Sky News. January 25, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
January 25, 2010
- ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/baghdad-hotel-bombings-death-toll-rises-to-15-as-police-defuse-third-bomb-after-night-of-chaos-10284256.html
External links
Media related to Babylon Hotel at Wikimedia Commons
- Babylon Rotana Baghdad Hotel official website
- Vladimir Kulić, "Building the Non-Aligned Babel: Babylon Hotel in Baghdad and Mobile Design in the Global Cold War", Architecture Beyond Europe (Abe) Journal, 6/2014 Dossier: Socialist Networks
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