Tag: hotel architecture
Woods Bagot’s $95 million refurbishment of Sydney’s 32-storey landmark will usher in the most significant improvements to the hotel in over 30 years. Set within the restored 1851 Treasury Building, the InterContinental Sydney is a tapestry of heritage interventions: Georgian elevations, neoclassical architecture and 19th century fittings. This multi-layered building fabric required a “forensic design […]
A deceptively simple exterior hides the four buildings that make up the newly opened Midnight Hotel in the nation’s capital. Designed with Russian nesting dolls in mind, the boutique accommodation and residential development looks like one building from the exterior. It was a difficult brief for Fender Katsalidis, with the practice working to create a […]
In 2013, WilkinsonEyre principal Chris Wilkinson was puzzling over the brief for the new Crown hotel in Sydney while on Christmas holiday at the family home in Lucca, Italy. “I spent most of the Christmas going through this brief. It was very detailed with the spaces they wanted, plus or minus figures for the area,” […]
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