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Tiled columns set off the hotel’s courtyard dining area, which features oor-to-ceiling windows that allow in abundant natural light.
hotel’s ornate architecture and sumptuous interiors played host to a wide variety of high-pro le guests, ranging from European royalty to A-list Hollywood actors. But as any designer knows, working on such buildings is both a blessing and a curse. For example, because the Alfonso hotel has been designated as a historic site, designers were prohibited from adding electrical power outlets in places where it would interfere with the building’s original
tile work. “That meant in the lobby, where the majority of the walls are tiled, we had to think very carefully about orienting the furniture layouts to best capture the sunlight and work with the existing outlets,” Gale explains. Designers faced a challenge of a different sort in the guest rooms: acoustical problems. “The rooms have stone oors which act as conductors of sound,” Gale says. “We were able to install new, more soundproof
The ornate hotel opened in 1929.
doors to help contain the noise within the suites, and also installed plush wool area rugs to muf e the echo of footsteps.” To reinvigorate the guest rooms’ nondescript decor, designers decided the best course was to go local. “We themed each of the rooms into one of three styles— Moorish, Andalusian and Castilian—all of which are major historical/cultural in uences in Seville,” Gale explains. The Moorish rooms feature elaborately carved canopies on their headboard walls and bold touches of red, while the Andalusian spaces include sculptural, swishshaped millwork trim that conjures up the image of the ick of a amenco skirt. The Castilian rooms, by contrast, sport a ruggedly masculine feel inspired by the matador, with dark-timber panel ceilings and a deep ochre palette. Not surprisingly, the hotel’s 3,000-sq.-ft. Royal Suite got some special attention from HBA. “We imagined the suite to be the luxury residence where King Alfonso XIII himself would have stayed, and endowed it
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From the Editor
Contents
In This Issue/ Editorial Advisory Board
Boutique Buzz
Hostel Takeover
Q+A: Jeffrey Beers
Royal Treatment
Texas Two-Step
DreamBook: Practical Magic
Indoor Furnishings
Green
The Last Detail: Attrap’Rêves hotel
Boutique Design - September 2012 - Intro
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Boutique Design - September 2012 - 1
Boutique Design - September 2012 - From the Editor
Boutique Design - September 2012 - 3
Boutique Design - September 2012 - Contents
Boutique Design - September 2012 - 5
Boutique Design - September 2012 - In This Issue/ Editorial Advisory Board
Boutique Design - September 2012 - 7
Boutique Design - September 2012 - Boutique Buzz
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Boutique Design - September 2012 - Hostel Takeover
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Boutique Design - September 2012 - Royal Treatment
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Boutique Design - September 2012 - Texas Two-Step
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Boutique Design - September 2012 - DreamBook: Practical Magic
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Boutique Design - September 2012 - Indoor Furnishings
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Boutique Design - September 2012 - Green
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