Name for entries to AHEAD MEA awards 2020
Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working throughout the Center East and Africa are invited to submit their entries to the 2020 version of the AHEAD awards.
Recognising distinctive hospitality tasks from throughout the globe, the AHEAD awards focuses on 4 completely different areas: the Center East and Africa (MEA), the Americas, Asia and Europe.
The Beautiful George lodge in Cape City was named Lodge of the Yr within the 2019 AHEAD MEA awards
The 2020 AHEAD MEA competitors will overview tasks which have opened, reopened or launched within the area between January 2019 and February of this yr.
Submissions are organised into 14 completely different classes: Bar, Membership or Lounge; Occasion Areas; Guestroom; Lodge Conversion; Lodge Newbuild; Lodge Renovation & Restoration; Landscaping & Out of doors Areas; Foyer & Public Areas; Lodges, Cabins & Tented Camps; Resort; Restaurant; Spa & Wellness; Suite and Transport.
Beautiful George was praised by awards judges for its mixture of previous and new
Every entry will then be intently assessed by a panel of business specialists, comprising hoteliers, architects, designers and main hospitality commentators.
Among the many group of judges for final yr’s award have been Omar Ghafour, founding father of Dubai-based studio Mild Area Design, and Leila Abdul Rahim, director of design at Hilton Worldwide.
Artwork-filled Bahrain lodge The Service provider Home additionally received on the AHEAD MEA 2019 awards
Winners will likely be introduced in November 2020. Tickets may be bought on AHEAD’s web site.
The 2019 version of the AHEAD MEA awards noticed the Beautiful George lodge in Cape City take house the coveted Lodge of the Yr award.
Shipwreck Lodge, a distant set of visitor cabins in Namibia, additionally received ultimately yr’s awards
Occupying a pair of Victorian-era heritage buildings, the lodge was praised by judges for its balanced combine of latest and historic options.
Beautiful George lodge in Cape City is a “showcase for native design”
Dezeen created a short-film about Beautiful George, by which its inside designer – Tristian Du Plessis – defined that the visitor property can also be meant to highlight “what African design may be”.
The awards ceremony for AHEAD MEA 2020 will happen in November
Different prize-takers from 2019’s AHEAD MEA awards embrace The Service provider Home, an art-filled lodge in Bahrain, and Shipwreck Lodge, a handful of wood cabins strewn alongside the sands of Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.
Every entry to the AHEAD MEA awards prices 1200 AED (+ VAT). Winners from all 4 areas will come collectively to compete at a worldwide biennale, the place world-wide titles are up for grabs.