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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Matteo Bianchi of Daruma Design returns to his home town of Venice to collaborate on a ‘playful yet elegant’ four-bed hotel with Simon Hamilton Interior Design.
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A series of renovations at The Dorchester Group’s legendary Principe de Savoia in Milan have seen the introduction of a new bar, designed by Thierry Despont, a restyled Imperial Suite by Celeste dell’Anna and nine new Principe Suites by Francesca Basu.
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Kenzo Tange Associates and B&B Italia collaborate to create a hotel with an unlikely fusion of Japanese and Neapolitan styles.
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Castel Monastero - Tuscany
Words: Matt Turner Photography: Courtesy of Castel Monastero
Hirsch Bedner Associates have transformed the medieval hilltop village of Monastero d’Ombrone into a luxury rural retreat, for Eleganzia Hotels & Resorts.
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Four Seasons - Florence
Words: Matt Turner Photography: © Barbara Kraft
Pierre Yves Rochon, working with architects Studio Noferi and Magris & Partners, has completed the painstaking restoration of two Renaissance palazzi, for developers Fingen, to create a stunning property which is not so much a hotel as a living museum of art in the heart of Florence.
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Il Salviatino - Florence
Words: Matt Turner Photography: Antonio Pistillo (www.antonionpistillo.com)
Perched on the sloping hillside of Fiesole, overlooking Florence’s famous Duomo, Il Salviatino is a 15th century palazzo converted into a luxury hotel by architect Luciano Colombo, for developer MpG, with furnishings by Poltrona Frau throughout.
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Andel’s Hotel - Lodz
Words: Catherine Martin Photography: Ales Jungmann
Jestico + Whiles has converted one of Europe’s largest textile factories to a new hotel, using dramatic ‘cones’ of light which slice through the full height of the building in contrast to its original cast-iron columns.
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The Dorchester’s dazzling new spa, by Fox Linton Associates, takes its inspiration from the Art Deco elegance of the 1930s – the decade the hotel first opened...
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Sixx Design and Minno & Wasko have created Bungalow, New Jersey’s laidback but stylish beach hotel, for hoteliers David and Michael Barry.
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Boundary - London
Words: Matt Turner Photography: Lisa Linder
Sir Terence Conran, working with his wife Vicki, business partner Peter Prescott, and design firm Conran & Partners, has paid tribute to a variety of designers at his latest project – a restaurant, bar and café with rooms in a converted Shoreditch warehouse.
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The Scarlet - Cornwall
Words: Matt Turner Photography: Cypert & Leong
Architects Harrison Sutton Partnership and designers Max Bentheim have created a stunning ‘eco-luxury’ resort for the owners of Cornwall’s Bedruthan Steps Hotel.
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The Langham - London
Words: Matt Turner Photography: Alex Schneideman Photography
Richmond International’s designs for The Langham are the final phase in a major refurbishment programme that has seen the hotel restored to its position as one of London’s finest luxury hotels.
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Design 360 Unlimited have fulfilled Donald Trump’s promise to bring understated luxury to Las Vegas in the non-gaming, off-Strip Trump International Hotel.
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This all-suite tower in the Maloof family-owned Palms complex combines the architectural vision of Jon Jerde with edgy interior design by Yabu Pushelberg.
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M Resort - Las Vegas
Words by Neena Dhillon Photography courtesy of M Resort
An impressive new destination resort, the M stands out with a progressive architectural style developed by the pioneers of casino-hotel design, Marnell Corrao Associates.
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A talented in-house team working in conjunction with Todd-Avery Lenahan has crafted the dramatically opulent design of the newest signature hotel in the Wynn collection.
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Designed by the Friedmutter Group, Station Casinos’ 18th property in Southern Nevada draws inspiration from the warm and organic qualities of the surrounding desert landscape.
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Sanctum Soho - London
Words by Matt Turner Photography courtesy of Roche Communications / Can Do Design
The BBC’s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Hotel’ documentary may have offered a warts’n’all look behind the scenes at Sanctum Soho’s creation, but the finished article is a sexy boutique hotel with interiors by Can Do Design.
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