NANYING HOTEL
AECOM
16 Jan 2012
The design for the renovation of the Nanying Hotel transformed an existing 166-room government hotel into a boutique hotel in anticipation of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. Located less than 20 minutes from the Center of the Expo, the client wanted to take advantage of the building's prime location and reposition the hotel for general commercial use in time for theExpo-which brought nearly 65
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THE MONTPELLIER CHAPTER
Make
13 Jan 2012
Located in a Conservation Area in the chic Montpellier district of Cheltenham, this mid-19th century Grade II listed building has been beautifully refurbished to combine traditional standards of luxury with a distinctive contemporary British style for the Chapter Hotels. Under the client's brief of ‘Contemporary England', the vision was to resuscitate the building's time-expired
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THE CONSERVATORIUM HOTEL
RELATIVE | MO
12 Jan 2012
The Conservatorium Hotel & Piero Lissoni The Dutch Golden Age meets Contemporary Italian Design Conservatorium Hotel Amsterdam, located in the heart of Museumplein, is Amsterdam's new luxury hotel, offering a standard of design and facilities not yet seen in the city. Housed in a magnificent turn of the century neo-gothic building that used to function as Amsterdam's former Sweelinck
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YUE
Ronald Lu & Partners
11 Jan 2012
‘Yue' is a Chinese word for internal happiness. The restaurant takes on a high-end but under-stated luxury approach to further express the philosophy of this resort hotel in China. The interior design is an impression of a modern Chinese ink painting whereas the rich variation of Chinese ink strokes and calligraphy are being 3-dimensionally expressed onto walls, floors, and the interior
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SHERATON GUANGZHOU HUADU RESORT
Ronald Lu & Partners
11 Jan 2012
The new 5-star international hotel is sited on a scenic hill side on the fringe of Guangzhou metropolitan. It offers 100 keys of accommodation all facing a scenic lake. One third of the guest rooms are individual villas in a variety of sizes and layouts sprawled along the hilly landscape offering individual characteristics and identity for each different stay. The project is an integration of
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THE RADISSON HOTEL
GIL art & design consultants
08 Jan 2012
This Radisson Hotel is located in Liuzhou, near the LiuJiang River of Guangxi Province in China.Geographically, Liuzhou is a city in a region where the vast majority of inhabitants are ethnic minority groups. The exotic and multi-cultural ambience is unique in China. The Principal designer is Ms. Doris Chui of GIL Art & Design Consultants in Hong Kong. The interior design draws much
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KAINA PLAZA HOTEL
GIL art & design consultants
07 Jan 2012
Kaina Plaza Hotel is a member of Howard Johnson International Group, one of the top hotel management companies in the world. The ownership is Chana Industrial Park (public) Co., Ltd., the biggest Industrial Park Company in Thailand. As the highest architecture in Changzhou, Kaina Plaza Hotel is a landmark in the region. The building is 228m in height, 56 floors in all, covering gross area
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CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL
Gensler
07 Jan 2012
When Choice Hotels International decided to develop a new look for their Comfort Inn and Comfort Suites brands, they asked Gensler to provide prototype designs that would have wide audience appeal, raise the perception of the brands, and appeal to franchisees. To meet these goals, Gensler tried an unusual approach, developing rendered design concepts as a first step.These initial designs, which
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HOTEL DEBRETT
Studio Gascoigne Limited
07 Jan 2012
Hotel DeBrett began life in 1841 as Auckland's first hotel, The Commercial Hotel. In 1959 it was extensively refurbished by Dominion Breweries and renamed Hotel DeBrett. It was given a facelift in the eighties before eventually becoming a backpackers, before becoming derelict then closing completely in the early nineties. BriefThe present owners Michelle Deery and John Courtney bought the hotel
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45 PARK LANE
The Office of Thierry W Despont
05 Jan 2012
Dorchester Collection has opened its ninth property, 45 Park Lane, in London, featuring designs by Thierry W Despont, in a contemporary style with art deco influences. With just 45 rooms and suites, and a spectacular 1,830 square foot Penthouse Suite with wraparound terrace giving panoramic views across London, each guest bedroom has a view overlooking Hyde Park. Thierry Despont was keen on
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HOTEL ANTEROOM
URBAN DESIGN SYSTEM CO.,LTD.
31 Dec 2011
A space bringing together art and culture expressing the essence of contemporary Kyoto. Consisting of 61 hotel rooms and 50 apartments, HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO has been planned, designed, directed and operated by Urban Design System Co.,Ltd.(UDS) “A space bringing together art and culture expressing the essence of contemporary Kyoto” as a concept, HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO offers a place
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THE LIFEHOUSE SPA
The Manser Practice
30 Dec 2011
The Lifehouse is a brand new spa set in beautiful listed gardens. The new buildings are modern, simple and restrained and form a series of courtyards creating outside ‘rooms’ linking the interior to the less formal existing gardens. Views out of the buildings across the gardens occur in almost every direction and once the planting is established the new spa will sit calmly in its
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NHOW
Karim Rashid
29 Dec 2011
With the nhow Berlin, the client brief wanted a hotel to celebrate the zeitgeist of modern Berlin. Set on the Spree River, the old line between East and West Berlin, I wanted nhow hotel to connect to the rest of the world by creating a technorganic landscape of data-driven art and spaces, bridging the digital age of information and the physical and spiritual needs of visitors. Spaces in nhow
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PRIZEOTEL
Karim Rashid
29 Dec 2011
Prizeotel exemplifies ‘Design-ocracy’, that is, the necessity of the client reflects the necessity of the hotel guest: high design affordable to all. The budget hotel’s rooms are priced at only 59 Euro a night. The design maximizes choices and use of high performance materials and furnishings to have the greatest impact for the least amount of investment. The lobby area
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JW MARRIOTT MARQUIS
RTKL
29 Dec 2011
RTKL Designs World's First JW Marriott Marquis: Five-Star Urban Luxury for Bold New Brand The JW Marriott Marquis Hotel, a new 450,000-SF property in downtown Miami, reflects a bold new brand and five-star guest experience. Offering 257 rooms and 56 suites, the hotel was designed and developed based on three key attributes: privileged, pampered and plugged-in. The design scheme appeals to
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HOTEL BEAUX ARTS
RTKL
29 Dec 2011
RTKL Designs First Hotel Beaux Arts Emulating an art gallery atmosphere that resonates with discerning guests, the recently-opened Hotel Beaux Arts heralds a new boutique brand that embodies exclusivity and luxury. Located in an urban, mixed-use district that includes a class-A office building, residential space, and a planned retail venue, the 44,000-SF hotel elevates the guest experience to a
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BASSOON BAR AT THE CORINTHIA HOTEL
David Collins Studio
23 Dec 2011
Corinthia Hotel London introduces destination Bar Bassoon: a musically inspired destination bar Built on the site of the former Metropole Hotel and located on the ground floor of the new five-star Corinthia Hotel on Whitehall Place; a 7 meter long piano forming the bar counter, Bassoon will be a music bar for the next generation, high lighting the parallels between music and design. Of the
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HOTEL DE LA PAIX
Duangrit Bunnag Architect Co., Ltd
23 Dec 2011
Hotel De La Paix Luang Prabang (formerly Alila Luang Prabang) Luang Prabang is a unique heritage with an honest characteristic of Laos ancient monarchy and religion. The design of the hotel is, thus, meant to portray this historical direction in a contemporary vocabulary. The renovation work has been implemented on four existing French Colonial residential buildings and a complete new design
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RADISSON BLU AQUA HOTEL
GRAVEN IMAGES LTD
21 Dec 2011
The Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago opened in November unveiling the first look at the design vision for the upper-upscale Radisson Blu brand in the United States. The flagship hotel is located on the first 18 floors of the 81-storey Aqua Tower, recently named "Skyscraper of the Year" by Emporis. MacArthur Genius design award honouree Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects designed
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THE MORNINGTON HOTEL
Dexter Moren Associates
19 Dec 2011
Victorian character in the heart of London: Dexter Moren Associates rejuvinate Grade II listed building into timeless boutique hotel. The Mornington Hotel is a Grade II listed building located in Lancaster Gate. Since 2009 the hotel has undergone a significant refurbishment designed to modernise the property into a timeless boutique hotel whilst retaining its period Victorian features. The
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