W ABU DHABI YAS ISLAND ^{* * * * *}

Wrapped in light-emitting diodes and an undulating Austrian glass-to-metal cap that looks like a digital chameleon asleep on the track, the W amazes us. It looks like it's alive, and each chromatic variation seems to be a deep metabolic breath. Under the mantilla of 5,000 luminophores, conducive to the obligatory reading of Wallpaper, is an unexpected village of five hundred rooms, all signed Asymptote, the firm of Egyptian Hani Rashid and Canadian Lise-Anne Couture. Prefer the Marina view rather than the Media Center view.