International Hotel and Property Awards 2011

Hosted by UK-based Design et al, the International Hotel and Property Awards aim to commend the designs of hotels, bars and restaurants. Like all of Design et al’s awards, the International Hotel and Property Awards are not judged by a panel. Shortlisted entries are presented online, and voting is open to industry professionals, Design et al readers, and the general public.
From South Africa to Thailand, this year’s winning projects are evenly dispersed around the globe.

SELECTED WINNING WORKS

BAR/ CLUB / LOUNGE
Barbican Lounge, London 
Architect(s) Spence Harris Hogan Associates (SHH)
Client Barbican Arts Centre, London
Year of completion 2010
Linked to the Barbican Foodhall via an outdoor terrace, this destination restaurant and lounge was designed as a striking contrast to its neighbouring food market. The aim was to elevate the centre’s hospitality offer to match its world-renowned reputation for the arts. The design approach was to strip back and celebrate the architecture and materiality of the Barbican while animating the spaces with striking lighting by PSLAB, feature areas, vintage and bespoke furniture and surfaces like the poured resin peacock blue floor representative of the Barbican Lake.



SPA
Coqoon Spa, Phuket

Architect(s) Bensley Design Studios
Client Indigo Pearl Resort 
Year of completion 2011
Part of Indigo Pearl Resort in Phuket, Coqoon Spa — featured in the June, 2011 issue of Perspective magazine — is designed according to landscape designer Bill Bensley’s vision of a Garden of Eden. The spa features six individual treatment rooms and a spa suite with its own private pool, Vichy rain shower, steam room and sauna. The highlight is Coqoon Spa’s hand-woven signature treatment suite, The Nest. Suspended in midair and accessed via a ‘flying bridge’, The Nest hangs amidst the branches of what is thought to be Phuket’s oldest banyan tree. “We have designed many spas, but none like this one,” says Bensley, who was also a judge for the Perspective Awards 2010. 
Indigo Pearl Resort is also the winner of the Suite category of the International Hotel and Property Awards 2011. 

   

SKI
Hotel Matterhorn Focus, Zermatt
Architect(s) Heinz Julen
Client Hotel Garni Matterhorn Focus AG, Chris & Sonja Noti
Year of completion 2008
Blending with its surrounding mountain environment, Hotel Matterhorn Focus combines the old and new in its 30 rooms and suites. Creating a relaxing yet elegant atmosphere, architect Heinz Julen also designed many of the hotel’s furnishing from his studio in Zermatt.

HOTEL UNDER 50 ROOMS
Chitwa Chitwa, Mpumalanga
Architect(s) Luiz Ferreira Da Silva, Kevin Mitchell
Client  Charl Brink
Year of completion 2009

Having operated as a family bush retreat for 20 years, Chitwa Chitwa transformed into a luxury safari destination after complete renovations in 2009. With maximum space as a key concern, the newly-restructured Chitwa Chitwa has one of the most spacious common areas and viewing decks in the hotel industry. The new décor of the hotel instils contemporary pieces such as art and photographic prints with a colonial touch. 

 
 

HOTEL 50-200 ROOMS
The Palace Hotel, Malta
Architect(s) Martin Xuereb & Associates
Client AX Holdings   
Year of Completion 2007
Exuding elegance in the city centre, this boutique hotel in Malta features chic, designer-led suites. Revolving around the theme of music, the music suite is one of the highlights of the hotel. Featuring an advanced sound system and a drum-kit embedded in a glass desk, the beds in the music suite are also soundproof padded on the headboards. 


HOTELS OVER 200 ROOMS
W Hotel, Bali
Architect(s) AB Concept
Client W Hotels Worldwide
Year of completion 2011
Featured in the September, 2010 issue of Perspective magazine,W Bali covers 31,000 sq-m, comprising 79 private villas and 237 hotel rooms. Reinterpreting traditional Balinese culture, lampshades remind guests of pagoda roofs while traditional Balinese ornaments are displayed throughout the rooms.  The large curtains and day beds as well as the terraced lobby present vibrant colours, quirky contours and unique architectural forms.

 

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