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4. Seating in the restaurant is backed by a wall made of gold shingles. 5. Hand-bent metal flowers, powder-coated in a black satin and gloss finish, grace the prefunction area’s yellowgreen walls. 6. Inside the motor lobby, a wall of recycled wide wood planking is lasercut with a backlit world map, while the hand-tufted wool rug’s pattern depicts the topography of Montreal.

4 5 The Hyatt Regency Montreal was a

true lesson in repositioning. Even though the hotel is situated near the Place des Arts (performing arts center), which hosts a number of the city’s cultural events, many of which the hotel sponsors, New York-based designer Therese Virserius says, “it was losing market shares. Interior-wise, it was disconnected; brown and beige, with no art or interactive installations.” She set out to change that. “It was very important to connect the hotel to what was going on in the square, both in literature and art,” says Virserius, founder of Therese Virserius Design, adding that they gutted the hotel to where “not even the studs were left.” Charged with reimagining the lobby, restaurant, lounge, wine room, and ballroom areas (corridors are next on the docket, with guestrooms following in a few years), she infused the spaces with almost a gallerylike feel. But don’t expect walls lined with framed art. Instead, she expertly layered the rooms with custom installations, various textures and graphics, a neutral palette with pops of color (pink, red, orange, purple), and sculptural furniture, creating something visual at every turn. To make it a bit sexy, there’s a backlit world map that’s been lasercut into a wall of

corten steel, chosen for its ability to “rust and transform over time,” Virserius says. Once inside, the idea is duplicated on a wall of recycled wide wood planking, while a handtufted carpet features an abstract pattern reflecting the topography of Montreal. Upstairs in the lobby, 1,600 books hand-casted in white plaster line white illuminated shelves. In a whimsical “play on the characters in the books,” their spines are inscribed in English and French with the last sentences of the 100 most famous

books in the world, and are backed by a wallcovering with rows of Fornasetti plates, giving the illusion that a woman is peeking from behind. Just in front of these shelves stands what Virserius calls her favorite piece: a faceted Corian concierge desk that appears to be floating, thanks to its dark mirrored metal base. “It’s very architectural,” she points out, explaining that they did multiple computer and smallscale models to get it right. Across the way, reception desks are

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Hospitality Design - November 2012

Hospitality Design - November 2012
Contents
Online TOC
From the Editor
From the Show Director
People
People
Sketchbook
Purchasing Pov
Sustainable Studio
Inspiration: Designers Pick Their Favorite Products
Places: Macau
5 Questions for Patrick Blanc
Profile: John Houshmand
Profile: Martha Sturdy
Profile: Stephanie Odegard
Profile: Mark Gabbertas
Profile: Carla Weisberg
Trends: Made in Spain
Bath
Flooring
Textiles
Surfaces
Cersaie
Basecamp Hotel
Ett Hem
Rosemary’s
Intercontinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort
Hyatt Regency Montreal
Estiatorio Milos
Ad Index
Back Space
Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Intro
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Cover2
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - From the Editor
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - From the Show Director
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - People
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Sketchbook
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Purchasing Pov
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Sustainable Studio
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Inspiration: Designers Pick Their Favorite Products
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Places: Macau
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - 5 Questions for Patrick Blanc
Hospitality Design - November 2012 - 83
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Profile: John Houshmand
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Profile: Martha Sturdy
Hospitality Design - November 2012 - 90
Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Profile: Stephanie Odegard
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Profile: Mark Gabbertas
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Profile: Carla Weisberg
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Trends: Made in Spain
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Bath
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Flooring
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Textiles
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Surfaces
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Cersaie
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Basecamp Hotel
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Ett Hem
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Rosemary’s
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Intercontinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Hyatt Regency Montreal
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Estiatorio Milos
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Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Ad Index
Hospitality Design - November 2012 - Back Space
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