Goettsch Partners has designed this hotel with a hole in it to stand in the Saudi city of Riyadh in the King Abdullah Financial District. The building features a 3-storey podium containing the various services of the hotel whilst supporting the main 17-storey section of the tower above. One of the big challenges for the architects has been to deal with the huge amount of heat that the building will get, particularly in the height of summer, which will stress it to its limits...more.