Tara Bernerd is CEO and Head of Design of interior architecture practice, Target Living. As well as work for private clients and luxury brands in locations such as Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia, she is currently working on an 85-guestroom boutique hotel in Belgravia, and new treehouses for Center Parcs following Target Living’s successful redesign of 4,000 lodges across the company’s estate.
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Patricia Urquiola
Words: Neena Dhillon Portrait: Alessandro Paderni
A designer’s work is never done, Sleeper discovers, while waiting for Patricia Urquiola at the newly opened Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona.
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Having opened seminal hotels such as The Montalembert and The Lancaster, Grace Leo has recently returned to the Parisian hotel scene with the opening of Hotel Jules and Hotel Beauchamps. She is currently working on a renovation of Vidago Palace in Portugal.
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Trisha Wilson is founder and president of US-based design practice Wilson Associates. To date, the company has designed over one million guestrooms in hundreds of hotels worldwide. They recently completed the Mazagan Beach Resort in Morocco for Kerzner International.
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Nini Andrade Silva is the designer of The Vine, Madeira nominated in four categories at the 2009 European Hotel Design Awards. She has also designed the entrance to The Sleepotel at this year’s Sleep Event exhibition. Here, she describes her fantasy hotel.
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I am sat poolside, the terrace stretching out from the mirrored blue glass of the newly opened W Barcelona, to meet Eva Ziegler, Global Brand Leader for W Hotels.
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Bill Walshe
Words By Catherine Martin
After a tumultuous decade The Doyle Collection is back in the control of its founders and undergoing a €200 million revamp. Catherine Martin speaks to CEO Bill Walshe about his involvement in the reinvention of a brand.
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Andre Fu’s previous work includes the Cassia Chinese Restaurant at Singapore’s Capella Resort, the Agnès b. flagship store in Hong Kong, JIA Shanghai’s eclectic lobby, and the private residence of international actress Michelle Yeoh. He is currently working on designs for Swire Hotel’s The Upper House in Hong Kong, due to open in October 2009.
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Jaya Ibrahim
Issue 25 July / August 2009
Jaya & Associates is known throughout the world for sophisticated Asian interiors. Rebecca Lo speaks with founder Jaya Ibrahim about his unique approach to creating spaces that provide instant luxury and calm...
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Mary Fox Linton is a legend in the interior design world, particularly when it comes to hotels. She is currently working on the refurbishment of Turnberry, A Luxury Collection Resort, Scotland, to see the hotel restored to meet the vision of the original architect, James Miller.
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