Lunara at The Strand

Lunara at The Strand, Al Marjan Beach is a unique beachfront residential advancement by the leading RAK Properties, with luxury 1 & 2-bedroom apartments & penthouses. Located within the crystal clear sandy beaches of the Marjan Island in Ras Al Khaimah, the trio-tower presents multi-storey façade within the towers A, B and C surrounding the beautiful enclave of The Strand’s urban district. The community lets experience the turquoise waters, right to the edge of the horizon and the low autumn sun glints golden on a landscaped spine 1.5 kilometres wide crisscrossing palm-lined boulevards. This isn’t one tower rising to the sky; it’s a neighbourhood with multiple buildings and 187,000 square metres of land divided into 540,000 square metres of gross floor area of new homes and retail, dining venues. It centres upon over 5,000 trees that cast shade over a pedestrian walkway greater than 1.5 kilometres long.

The Strand Walk, blending three distinct areas: Urban, Creative and Garden; where both motion and interaction are prioritised from the first sketch, and where belonging is part of the experience. The Urban District is teeming with workspaces, cafés, and mobility connections all integrated into an active street environment. The Creative District slows down and transforms into studios, workshops, and culture- and creativity-centric spaces where expression can breathe. Where the Garden District becomes green open space and family life, with homes setting comfortably next to park space, not far from it. Bounded together is a philosophy and, here, retail and hospitality are not set apart from residential life, but interwoven in the same aspect.

The first story in the tale, a complex of 583 contemporary apartments, which spread out over three buildings. The residences are completed with a private balcony or terrace, seamlessly continuing the interior tranquillity in an outward embrace, merging of calm and vibrancy of the street below. Wood-covered and warm cabinetry match the marble-veined stone countertops in the kitchens, while full-height glazing frames the pools, gardens and, in many units, distant views of the ocean, and open shelving and gallery-like restraint from integrated lighting give the space a restrained sense of balance. Both bedrooms feature the same neutral tones with gentle neutral colours and curved furniture lines, and bathrooms are defined by natural stone vanities, back-lighted oval mirrors and rainfall showerheads, transforming each morning or evening into a spa experience.

The forms are sculptural and warmly approached from the street of the community, yet invitingly intimate from the inside, thanks to the softness of its facades, which corral the Gulf sun through curved balconies and lattices made of timber columns and slats. At ground level, the towers offer a retail promenade filled with boutique stores, cafés and food and beverage concepts that are underpinned by a canopy of mature palms. There’s a resort level amenity podium that includes swimming pools with cabanas, a fully fitted out gym, and dedicated co-working lounges for residents who combine work and play without ever leaving home. The ground plane is designed to support constant, life movement: children’s play areas on one side of quiet reading spaces, communal fire pits flanked by open lawn areas. Constant gentle movement is encouraged with the ground plane designed to accommodate children’s play areas next to quiet reading corners and communal zones with views of open lawn areas.