A dated account, not one original state
El Fenn’s September 2024 history attributes the initial reconstruction to architect Amine Kabbaj and describes later expansion phases. Read each phase separately: the building involved, its new function and the connection created. The account’s date matters; it is not an exhaustive inventory of the hotel today. Named responsibilities remain those reported by the operator.
Conservation and rebuilding differ
The same history distinguishes elements removed and reinstalled from parts demolished and rebuilt. This is more useful than the general label restored riad. In an architectural enquiry, ask what is old, reused, added or reconstructed, and which document supports that attribution. A traditional appearance does not establish the age of a building element.
Compare decisions rather than copy an expansion
For your programme, separate connecting spaces, guest-room privacy and service operations. A hotel precedent does not show that adjoining plots can be combined in another case. El Fenn is a third-party property with no project role claimed by Klair & Arno. This text reproduces no plans or photographs and verifies no title, permission, structural condition, budget or operational performance.
Written by : Klair & Arno
Sources and references
- El Fenn — owner’s development history, 12 September 2024 · Source accessed on
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