Taj - Cape Town
Words: Matt Morley Photography: Courtesy of Taj Hotels
Taj Cape Town soft-opened in December 2009 after several months of false starts, inevitable delays and intensive staff training. Management decided to sacrifice short-term revenue in return for long-term brand equity.
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One&Only - Cape Town
Words: Matt Morley Photography: Courtesy of One&Only Resorts
Billionaire hotelier Sol Kerzner is as comfortable discussing casino floor décor as he is dissecting complex feasibility plans. One&Only Cape Town is his first property in South Africa since the Palace of the Lost City in 1992. By introducing a resort brand into an urban location, three months ahead of schedule and handsomely over budget, he announced his return last April 2009 with typical bombast.
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Dock House - Cape Town
Words: Matt Morley Photography: Courtesy of Newmark Hotels
Perched on a promontory overlooking Cape Town’s harbour and the adjacent Victoria & Alfred Waterfront shopping area, Dock House is a petite six-key offering with six-star pretensions.
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15 on Orange - Cape Town
Words: Matt Morley Photography: Courtesy of 15 on Orange
The design hotel revolution was a long time coming to Cape Town, not from a local lack of interest in contemporary design, far from it, local mid-market and upscale hotel groups were simply allowed the liberty of a prolonged period of recalibration with global standards once apartheid came to a close.
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Rothay Garden - Grasmere
Words: Matt Turner Photography: Courtesy of Rothay Garden
Ward Robinson has completed a £2.3m refurbishment of Grasmere’s Rothay Garden hotel, including the introduction of five new Loft Suites.
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Alila Villas Soori - Bali
Words: Matt Morley Photography: Courtesy of Alila Hotels
SCDA Architects have created a sustainable resort on the rugged west coast of Bali for emerging Asian brand Alila Hotels & Resorts.
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Michelberger Hotel - Berlin
Words: Matt Turner Photography: James Pfaff www.jamespfaff.com
Designer Werner Aisslinger, working with stylists Anja Knauer and Sibylle Oellerich, has created rough-around-the-edges spaces with a funky, communal atmosphere in an East Berlin factory for first-time hotelier Tom Michelberger.
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Brooklands Hotel - Surrey
Words: Catherine Martin Photography: Courtesy of Trevillion Interiors
Carey Jones Architects and Trevillion Interiors have incorporated the automotive history of the world’s first purpose-built motorsport venue with design influences from the track’s heyday in Hilwood’s latest venture.
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Rafayel on the Left Bank - London
Words: Catherine Martin Photography: Courtesy of Rafayel on the Left Bank
Property developer Iqbal Latif and architectural designers Latis collaborate with Philips on an environmentally conscious five-star hotel to create what they hope will become a blueprint for the future.
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Ten Manchester Street - London
Words: Matt Turner Photography: www.nicksmithphotography.com
The Frederick Gibberd Partnership have completed a new boutique hotel using a wealth of Christopher Guy furnishings for Bespoke Hotels’ latest property.
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Ames - Boston
Words: Matt Turner Photography: © Sophia Vourdoukis
Rockwell Group have collaborated with Morgans Hotel Group’s design team to create a blend of tradition and modernity in a 19th century building in the heart of downtown Boston.
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The Arch - London
Words: Matt Turner Photography: Amy Murrell
Designers RDD plc have created a series of engaging spaces for AB Hotels within a set of Georgian townhouses near Marble Arch.
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Hotel Jules - Paris
Words: Matt Turner Photography: Courtesy of GLA Hotels
Grace Leo has returned to the Paris hotel scene with a ‘casual-chic’ hotel in the fashionable 9th arrondisement, with interiors by Tristan Auer and Frederic Sicard of IZEU.
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Roomers - Frankfurt
Words: Guy Dittrich Photography: Courtesy of Gekko Management
Oana Rosen has created dark sexy interiors with a feminine touch for Frankfurt’s Roomers hotel, crowned by a unique Biorhythm spa designed by Nik Schweiger.
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Louis - Munich
Words: Guy Dittrich Photography: Courtesy of Louis Hotel
Hild und K’s designs for the Louis Hotel in Munich combine quality materials with a ‘less is more’ design aesthetic to create a calming scheme.
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Ketschauer - Hof Deidesheim
Words: Guy Dittrich Photography: © Roger Rachel Photography
Bost Berlin have created a stunning luxury hotel for the owner of the Basserman-Jordan estate in Germany’s Riesling wine growing region.
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Kameha - Grand Bonn
Words: Guy Dittrich Photography: www.klocke-verlag.de
Marcel Wanders has created fantasty interiors on a grand scale for Lifestyle Hospitality & Entertainment’s new business hotel in the former German capital.
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Hilton - Liverpool
Words: Catherine Martin Photography: Courtesy of Hilton Worldwide
Aedas and J2 Design have completed designs for Hilton Liverpool as part of Grosvenor’s £920m city centre regeneration scheme.
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Rockliffe Hall - Durham
Words: Catherine Martin Photography: Courtesy of Rockliffe Hall
After years of laying derelict, the 18th century country hall on the grounds of Middlesbrough Football Club’s training complex has been remodelled by RTR Design into a £50m luxury hotel with spa and golf course.
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Hotel Felix - Chicago
Words: Neena Dhillon Photography: Courtesy of Hotel Felix
Green credentials sit at the heart of this contemporary boutique property masterminded by award-winning design firm Gettys.
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Elysian - Chicago
Words: Neena Dhillon Photography: Courtesy of Elysian
A fashion-led art deco aesthetic perfectly executed by Simeone Deary Design Group gives the flagship property of Elysian Hotels & Resorts real distinction.
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Dana - Chicago
Words: Neena Dhillon Photography: © Hedrich Blessing
Natural materials are layered and harnessed in innovative ways by EDI Architecture to create an appealing urban retreat.
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The Wit - Chicago
Words: Neena Dhillon Photography: © Wayne Cable
The talents of Cheryl Rowley, Jackie Koo and The Johnson Studio have all been drawn together to create an exuberantly designed hotel that celebrates a resolutely urban setting.
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Mövenpick Resort Tala Bay - Aqaba
Words: Catherine Martin Photography: Courtesy of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts and Ara Design
The Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts portfolio continues to prosper in Jordan with the addition of a five-star resort in Tala Bay, Aqaba. Sleeper Magazine visits the Arabian Kingdom to sample the new hotel and check out recent renovations at the other properties.
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Hotel Skeppsholmen - Stockholm
Words: Guy Dittrich Photography: © Louise Billgert www.billgert.se
Despite their reputation for contemporary work, Stockholm-based design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune (CKR) have created an inspirational environment within two identical 17th Century listed buildings at the Hotel Skeppsholmen.
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The Lydmar - Stockholm
Words: Guy Dittrich Photography: Courtesy of The Lydmar
Swedish hotelier Per Lydmar has relocated his eponymous hotel, changing it in the process from a Nineties ‘design hotel’ to something far more homely, yet equally stylish, with designs by Stylt Trampoli.
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Story Hotel - Stockholm
Words: Guy Dittrich Photography: Mikael Fjellström
Architects and designers Koncept have juxtaposed vintage, luxurious materials such as velvet and brass with the rough textures of unfinished concrete at Stockholm’s Story Hotel.
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Hotel Sonya - St Petersburg
Words: Guy Dittrich Photography: © Erik Nissen Johansen
Stylt Trampoli have completed designs for Reval Hotel’s new St Petersburg property, named after the heroine of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s ‘Crime & Punishment’ and littered with references to the Russian author’s work.
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The Yas Hotel - Abu Dhabi
Words: Charlotte Murphy Photography: Gerry O’Leary
Asymptote’s aerodynamic gridshell exterior for The Yas Hotel, overlooking Abu Dhabi’s new Formula 1 track, twists and turns like a racing driver round a chicane. Under the hood lie smoothly engineered interiors by Jestico + Whiles and Richardson Sadeki.
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Firmdale Hotels have brought Kit Kemp’s quintessentially English sense of style to a Stonehill & Taylor-designed newbuild in the heart of New York’s Soho.
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