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A hotel in Bukhara: the corner volume with bay windows, patterned brickwork and a pointed entrance portal — SAD studio

Bukhara Hotel

Over 7,500 m² in the historic centre of Bukhara. The facades are composed of carved brick and glazed ceramics, and the roof carries a pool overlooking the old town. Concept design by SAD studio, 2024.

A hotel two steps from Lyabi-Hauz

The Bukhara hotel — over 7,500 m² on a 0.2-hectare plot in the historic part of the city, next to the Lyabi-Hauz ensemble and the Kalyan minaret. The building sits inside dense low-rise fabric, so the volume is kept compact: rooms around the perimeter, an internal courtyard and an accessible roof with a pool instead of separate grounds.

Hotel
Architectural and interior design
Bukhara (Uzbekistan)
over 7,500 m²
2024
A hotel in Bukhara at night: two wings joined by a glazed volume and the lit entrance — SAD studio
A hotel in Bukhara from the street: the rhythm of bay windows and a patterned brick inlay between the wings — SAD studio

The materials come from the city

The facade is assembled from what Bukhara has faced itself with for centuries: carved brick of the kind found in the city’s traditional buildings, and glazed ceramics based on the ornament of the old madrasahs. The entrance is a pointed-arch portal — the same geometry as the city’s iwans, in contemporary proportions. The interior continues it: hand-made timber columns and inlaid ceilings.

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Entrance area of the Bukhara hotel close up: the bay windows, ground-floor shopfronts and the pointed arch of the portal — SAD studio

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