The West Corniche ends in five towers of unequal height, curving upward in a formation that reads differently from every approach road in the city. Etihad Towers is the building most people picture when they picture Abu Dhabi, and the Conrad occupies one of them, with a shopping mall attached at podium level and a […]
There are luxury hotels, and then there are buildings that become part of a city’s identity. Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental belongs firmly in the latter category. Rising at the western end of Abu Dhabi’s Corniche, moments from Qasr Al Watan and facing the Arabian Gulf, the palace is not simply somewhere to stay. It is […]
