Three stepped limestone volumes rising from 620 acres of Yucatan mangrove reserve — the geometry here is not accidental. Edmonds International principal Michael Edmonds conceived the architecture of The Riviera Maya EDITION at Kanai, which opened in 2024, as a contemporary echo of ancient Mayan pyramids, their sloping facades catching the light differently at each hour while grounding a property that could easily have felt airlifted from nowhere. The masterplan traces back to Richard Meier, and that lineage shows in the disciplined site logic, even as the warm limestone softens any tendency toward austerity. The 182 rooms and suites are calibrated to dissolve the boundary between interior and exterior: bleached-oak four-poster frames, large-format limestone floors, and floor-to-ceiling glass that frames the coastal scrubland before the Caribbean comes into view beyond. Ian Schrager's company collaborated with Rockwell Group on the interiors, and the pairing produces a characteristic tension between restraint and theater. The guestrooms lean toward the former — warm sand tones, vertical wood slat panels, teak terrace furniture with the unhurried posture of mid-century Mexican craft. The bar is pure theater: a floor-to-ceiling grid of backlit oak shelving lined with pre-Columbian ceramic vessels, red velvet stools anchoring a counter beneath the collection, the whole room carrying the atmosphere of an anthropological cabinet reimagined for cocktail hour. Outside, a long reflecting pool stretches toward a teak deck and a palm-lined passage to the beach, color punctuated by ceramic planters in saturated yellow and cobalt.

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Located on a pristine beachfront site, in the blissful stretch of Caribbean coastline, The Riviera Maya EDITION at Kanai features 182 guestrooms and suites situated within the luxurious Kanai development, and home to five food and beverage outlets including a signature restaurant, pool bar and beach club, destination spa and an expansive 4000 sqm Penthouse Suite. In addition to multiple meeting spaces, the hotel also houses an extensive outdoor deck for large-scale events and parties. The Riviera Maya EDITION at Kanai is the first property in Mexico, proud representative of the collection of individualized, customized, one-of-a-kind hotels conceived by Ian Schrager in collaboration with Marriott International.