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Nhow Hotel Rai . Amsterdam

OMA . + Rai

In June 2014 City of Amsterdam and Amsterdam RAI opened the tendering procedure for the development, realisation and exploitation of a headquarter hotel RAI. Among the eleven entries submitted the winning concept of OMA, COD and NH Hotel Group stood out because of the additional special facilities such as a television studio, gallery, sculpture garden, spa, restaurant and bar. Above all, the iconic design of the building was decisive.
The construction of this 91-meter high hotel is planned for mid-2016. The hotel is located in the triangle of the Europa Boulevard, the highway A10 and the Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre.
With its 650 rooms nhow Amsterdam RAI will become the biggest hotel in the Benelux.

Located on the south-eastern edge of the convention and exhibition centre, the design for the nhow Amsterdam RAI hotel preserves the dense flows of pedestrians, cyclists and automotive traffic that traverse the site. The shifting triangular volumes that comprise the building create a unique presence on Amsterdam's skyline, and facilitate the integration of public program - including a restaurant, bar, sculpture garden and a live television studio.
The construction of the 650-room, 91-metre hotel is planned for 2016. This project marks OMA's second collaboration with NH Hotels group, after the successful completion of nhow Rotterdam hotel in De Rotterdam in 2014.