The Amangiri Resort and Spa, Utah

The Amangiri Resort and Spa, located on a 600+ acre site in southern Utah, is a collaboration between three architects: Marwan Al-Sayed, Wendell Burnette and Rick Joy. Amangiri, ‘peaceful mountain’, is situated on 243 hectares (600 acres) in Canyon Point, Southern Utah, close to the border with Arizona. The resort is tucked into a protected valley with sweeping views over colourful, stratified rock towards the Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument. The resort is a 25-minute drive from the nearest town of Page, Arizona and a 15-minute drive to the shores of Lake Powell. Architecturally, the resort has been designed to blend into the landscape with natural hues, materials and textures a feature of the design. The structures are commanding and in proportion with the scale of the natural surroundings, yet provide an intimate setting from which to view and appreciate the landscape. Arrival to the resort is via a winding road that descends into the valley and leads to the central Pavilion. Built around the main swimming pool, the Pavilion embraces a dramatic stone escarpment. Within the Pavilion are the Living Room, Gallery, Library, Dining Room, Private Dining Room and Cellar. Two accommodation wings lead from the Pavilion into the desert: 16 suites are located within the Desert Wing and another 18 suites together with the Aman Spa are located within the Mesa Wing. Outward views from the resort look over the untouched valley surrounded by lofty bluffs.

Villas at Amangiri 

Amanresorts have announced the sale of villas at its newest resort in the United States. 28 luxurious villas are set to be added to the exclusive lifestyle portfolio of Aman Villas on the 2,000-acre expanse of Utah wilderness shared by the Amangiri resort. The Villas at Amangiri are spread over a generous swathe of starkly beautiful desert and are hidden from Amangiri resort by a dramatic rock escarpment. This means that each villa enjoys the utmost privacy, out of the sightline of resort guests. Each villa is still part of Amangiri resort however, and its owners will enjoy access to every resort facility, including the 25,000 foot Aman Spa, bar, restaurants and services that cover staffing, cleaning, entertaining, maintenance and security. Most importantly, owners of villas at Amangiri will be embraced by the Amanresorts' lifestyle that, ever since Amanresorts' founder, Adrian Zecha, unveiled Amanpuri 22 years ago in Thailand, has transformed and remolded expectations of the luxury traveler. Because of the spectacular topography of the Amangiri landscape, each villa is individually designed to meet the demands of the slopes on which it is perched. Lot sizes range from 1.6 to 2.9 acres, and the actual footprint of each home averages 7,500 square feet, with interior space averaging 6,000 square feet.