The Art Nouveau structure, built in 1903, was transformed into a design hotel in 2012, showcasing granite walls lined with contemporary art, and stained glass windows that evoke a Harry Potter-like vibe.
The building, designed by the Rockwell Group, uses a flowing design throughout the hotel -- literally, through the lights moving up and down its walls, and symbolically, as people spill out onto the street corners from its ground floor nightclub.
Next time you step foot in a luxury hotel, take a minute to consider the many ways your senses are stimulated by the design, lighting, music, and, nowadays, scent.
But the hotel creates a peaceful environment inside with three design schemes from the ever-inventive Campana brothers, who recycle cast-offs and found objects into works of art.
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Set in a Milanese palazzo (a grand public building) north of the city centre, the concept is a winning combination of a three-room hotel, art gallery, design boutique and cafe-restaurant, and Sozzani has since replicated its success in Tokyo and Seoul.
Zeynep created Les Ottomans hotel and was the first woman in history to design a mosque: the Sakirin in Istanbul.
Roughly one-third complete, it will boast 200 retailers, office space, a luxury hotel and apartment complexes with different levels of design, amenities and pricing to appeal to three different segments of the market.
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Another Potterish touch: Much of the hotel furniture and decoration is an exact replica of an original design from a European castle or manor house, including the full suit of armor and two massive Italian leather chests that bedeck Mt.
Mr Pritzker decided that the atrium design was so distinctive that it would make the hotel the most famous in Atlanta, a town that attracts numerous conventions.
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Their interior design collaboration with India Mahdavi for Paris's Thoumieux hotel and its two restaurants also started with a typeface, which then grew into a motif that showed up in furniture, lighting and brass hardware.
Meanwhile, the Refinery Hotel, located in a former hat factory in the Garment District, has suffused its design with nods both to the millinery and the building's Neo-Gothic exterior.
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