Moshe Safdie's long relationship with Jerusalem — from the sculpted concrete of Yad Vashem to the soaring roof of the Supreme Court — finds an unlikely counterpoint in the Mamilla Hotel, which he completed in 2009 along the pedestrianised Mamilla Avenue just steps from the Jaffa Gate. The building deploys the mandatory Jerusalem stone in arched facades that echo the city's Ottoman and British Mandate vernacular, but the interiors were handed to Piero Lissoni, whose cool Milanese restraint produces a productive friction with all that ancient weight outside. The 194-room property bridges old and new Jerusalem in the most literal geographical sense, its position marking the threshold between the modern city and the walls of the Old City. Lissoni's rooms turn on a consistent set of decisions: floor-to-ceiling charcoal leather headboards anchored against Jerusalem stone tile walls, bleached oak floors, Flos globe lamps on walnut bedside tables, and in the suites, glass-partitioned bathrooms that dissolve the boundary between sleeping and bathing. The courtyard garden planted with mature olive trees and fragrant herbs gives the hotel a Mediterranean domesticity that the building's formal stone elevations alone would not suggest. Upstairs, the rooftop bar frames an unobstructed panorama across the Old City walls to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the towers of the Armenian Quarter — a view that transforms lime-green scatter cushions and tensile shade sails into something close to sacred geometry.

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Jerusalem's Finest, and most Fashionable Lifestyle Hotel, will usher- in a new experience of exceptional hospitality in Israel. Featuring 194 rooms and suites, it will be epitomize Jerusalem's rich cultural heritage and bustling daily life. Inspired by Alrov Luxury Hotels' vision and commitment to excellence, and master-minded by world-renowned architects Moshe Safdie and Hall of Fame Piero Lissoni, it combines sophistication and simplicity with eclectic aesthetics, exciting lighting, textures and colors, inspiring the imagination and delivering a truly unforgettable experience. It brings world-class lifestyle hospitality to Jerusalem and Israel. Guests and visitors will enjoy superior design and accommodations together with exclusive dining and bar venues, a Holistic Well-being Spa & Gym, as well as a variety of banqueting spaces with excellent personalized service, cutting-edge technology and exquisite design, for holding private and social events.