This new five-star, 214-key business hotel in the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, comprises a 17-story tower, a three-story podium, and a four-story underground structure for hotel support functions and parking. The hotel is designed as a prism-shaped tower with a nine-story opening that separates programmatic functions and allows for views and light to penetrate the mass of the building. Designed to achieve LEED certification, the project incorporates many state-of-the-art sustainable strategies.