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Eren Talu heralds the charms of Turkey's Mediterranean coast with a Minimalist pleasure palace built on a grand scale.
“If you’ve a date in Constantinople,” as the old song goes, “she’ll be waiting in Istanbul.” These days, though, you would do better to catch the next 11⁄4-hour flight to Antalya, on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, take a 1⁄2-hour cab ride to nearby Belek, and check in at the Adam & Eve Hotel, designed by Turkish architect Eren Talu as “the world’s sexiest.” Its claims also include the world’s longest swimming pool (341 feet, twice Olympic size), largest lounge (108,000 square feet), and longest bar (315 feet).
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Adam & Eve is situated on 25 acres of landscaped grounds in a pine forest facing the Mediterranean, with the Taurus Mountains in the distance. It is the third of Talu’s boutique hotels built in the fast-growing resort area of southwestern Turkey. It follows the Hillside Su Hotel, which opened in Antalya in 2003, and the EV Turkbuku, built in Bodrum—the “St. Tropez of Turkey”—on the country’s Aegean coast, in 2004. All three properties share the architect’s signature hotel style: a sleek, Minimal vocabulary of stark white concrete relieved by floor-to-ceiling glazing, with interiors sheathed in mirrors that reflect continually changing colored lights.
Adam & Eve marries Modernist design and massive scale in a luxurious, self-contained complex comprising a 6-story rectangular block with additional private villas on a hillside above the sea. It is positioned as an upscale resort destination in Antalya province, an area once legendary for its beauty—its coast now called the “Turkish Riviera”—but only recently attracting high-end development. The 497-room complex maximizes its Minimalism with outsize accommodations and a huge array of amenities. The standard, 689-square-foot rooms occupying the main building each include a 172-square-foot terrace. Every room is equipped with concealed music and lighting systems controlled by guests to create color-and-sound environments to fit their mood. There are also 24 villas on the grounds that range from 1,378 to 6,889 square feet and have private gardens and pools. In addition, there is a 53,920-square-foot spa, seven pools, and state-of-the-art conference and meeting facilities.
Whereas Versailles has only one Hall of Mirrors, Adam & Eve is lined with them, reflecting sea and land by day and your every move around the clock. The ceiling of the hotel’s 108,000-square-foot Atrium, its hub, is covered with 2-by-2-inch, hand-laid mirrored tiles that sparkle with an otherworldly splendor rivaling the Hagia Sophia as the space is bathed in dazzling colored light. Off the Atrium, you can browse in eight shops, relax in any of several lounges, and have drinks in a choice of four bars before dining in one of the nine restaurants that surround the great hall.
Formal name of project: Adam&Eve Hotel
Location: Antalya, Turkey
Completion Date: December 2006
Gross square footage: 120.000 sq.meters
Total construction cost: $150 million
Land Owner : Kayi Group
Architect:
Erentalu
Erentalu Building Buyukdere Cad. Levent 80620
Istanbul, Turkey
phone: + 90 (212) 339 07 00
fax: + 90 (212) 279 81 37
e-mail: erentalu@erentalu.com
www.erentalu.com/
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