Tag: Hotel | Architecture Now

A new design attitude anchors in Christchurch

Projects | Fritha Powell visits the Drifter Hotel in Christchurch retrofitted by CTRL Space, and finds a refreshingly bold interior that is set to bring life back to the CBD.

Opening of Te Arikinui Pullman Auckland Airport Hotel delivers fusion of cultural and high-end design

A fusion of cultural and high-end design

Projects | Te Arikinui Pullman Auckland Airport Hotel — Waikato-Tainui’s $200m project — has officially opened and displays both architectural and cultural significance.

First look at luxury hotel JW Marriott Auckland’s $25M refurbishment

News | The reimagined hotel rooms are promised to offer guests “a moment of mindfulness and tranquillity in Auckland’s CBD”.

Cabinet of curiosities

Projects | Amanda Harkness explores the dramatic interior narrative, combining the exotic and eclectic with the comfortable, of Wellington’s Naumi Studio Hotel by Material Creative.

Found in translation

Projects | Jeremy Smith samples the high life low down at the a r + d and Bossley Architects-designed Park Hyatt in Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter.

Projects | Amanda Harkness explores the interior design of The Hotel Britomart – Cheshire Architects’ latest project in the downtown Auckland precinct – and discovers thoughtful craftmanship at every turn.

iPhone architecture

Projects | Chris Barton explores what The Hotel Britomart’s seamless exterior, laneway labyrinth and deconstructed ethos by Cheshire Architects bring to Auckland’s evolving downtown precinct.

Airport dreams

Projects | Melanie McDaid explores the new Novotel Christchurch Airport, designed by Warren and Mahoney, which takes its cues from its geographic context.

Peace in a pod

Practice | Julia Gessler explores how sleeping pods are becoming a growing trend both on and off the ground.

Hotels in flux: Room service

Practice | In the sixth installment of our series, founder of Hong Kong’s studio AFSO André Fu, talks about blending the residential and hotel typologies.

Hotels in flux: Part five

Practice | Whether you are in the market for an avant-garde, open-house-style hotel or a reliable five-star chain, Melanie McDaid gives us a global forecast for hotels in 2020.

Hotels in flux: Part three

Practice | Ignite’s Audrey de Filippis discusses distinctive storytelling through design and the evolution of the lifestyle brand in the third part of our series.

Hotels in flux: Part two

Practice | Director of interior design powerhouse Space Studio, Vee Kessner, reports on the synergy of design and procurement in a changing industry.

The Room: Hotel lighting

News | A hotel in in China’s lake district in Hangzhou seeks to recreate a moonlit, meditative interior.

Hotels in flux: Part one

Practice | The local hotel industry is in a state of significant change. This six-part series explores what this might mean for the world of interiors and what might its future look like.

Refreshing the Inn: Auckland Airport hotel

Projects | The newly renovated Holiday Inn near Auckland Airport presents a bright and welcoming front with a contemporary, Pacific-inspired aesthetic.