Article source: Zaha Hadid Architects

Malta’s location at the midpoint of the Mediterranean has made the island a centre of trade and tourism. Welcoming almost 2.5 million international tourists last year with the number of visitors growing by almost 10% annually, Malta’s hospitality industry employs 30% of the country’s workforce and is anticipated to grow to 40% of the island’s employment over the coming decade.

Located on Malta’s East coast, Paceville has developed over the past 50 years as the island’s tourist and entertainment centre, accommodating new projects that address this continued growth.

Established as a cluster of holiday homes in the early 20th Century and developed into a major tourist hub from the 1960’s, Paceville is at the heart of St Julian’s in Malta where many of the island’s restaurants, bars, nightclubs, casinos and marina are located, together with international hotels including the Hilton, Le Meridien, InterContinental and Westin.

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• Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
• Project: Mercury Tower
• Location: Paceville, St Julian’s, Malta
• Client: J.Portelli Projects
• ZHA Project Director: Charles Walker, Manuela Gatto
• ZHA Project Architects: Alberto Barba, Carolina López-Blanco, Yevgeniya Pozigun, Jakub Klaska, Gerhild Orthacker
• ZHA Head of Interiors: Kar-Hwa Ho
• ZHA Project Consultant: Branko Svarcer
• ZHA Project Team: Kutbuddin Nadiadi, Alejandro Garcia Gadea, Catherine Mccann, Evgeniya Yatsyuk, Houzhe Xu, Jung Yeon Kwak, Mark Winnington, Rachelle Spiteri, Tomasz Starczewski, Olga Yatsyuk, Yazhu Liang, Yun Zhang, Julian Lin, Sai Prateik Bhasgi, Li Jin, John Simpson, Reza Karimi, Jose Alberto Mariano Machon, Matthew Johnston, Mattia Gambardella, Silviya Barzakova
• Local Architect: Annamaria Attard Montalto
• Façade and Glazing Engineers: Werner Sobek
• Lighting Engineers: Bartenbach

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