Hilton Maldives Amingiri Resort & Spa
Studio HBA
Resort & Spa
Maldives
2022
Hilton Amingiri Private Island, Maldives, is shaped by immersion in water, light, and sky. Designing for a private island begins with absence. There is no urban context or architectural precedent, only the horizon, light, and ocean. Here, luxury is found not in opulence but in the vast calm of isolation.
The design responds with restraint. Buildings frame views and maintain a direct relationship to the landscape, with boundaries dissolved between interior and exterior. A restrained palette draws from marine life and sun-washed sands through tactile materials and refined finishes, reinforcing a continuous connection to sea and sky.
Hilton
Maldives
Studio HBA New Delhi & Studio HBA Singapore
Interiors, Architecture, Master Planning
2022
Hospitality
“We didn’t want the resort to announce itself. We wanted it to be discovered — the way you might find a shell on a beach. The sculptural forms aren’t imposed on the landscape; they emerge from it.”
— Rahul Shankhwalker, Studio HBA Mumbai